Annual climate summary 2023
The report discusses the climate condition over Indian region during the year 2023. Notably, global temperatures soared to exceptionally high levels during this period (WMO.No.1347). The India Meteorological
Cyclones
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Phyan: IMD blames lack of data, equipment
Two months after warnings about cyclonic storm
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Govt to map flood-prone areas
With sea levels estimated to increase alarmingly between 19 cm and 59 cm by the end of this century, India will soon embark on its first-ever
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World Bank nod to cyclone projects
BHUBANESWAR: The World Bank has approved the India Cyclone Risk Mitigation Project (ICRMP) for implementation in Orissa. Phase I of the project, estimated at $ 247 mn, may be implemented between 2010 and 2015 after the appraisal. ICRMP was initially planned for 13 states but only Orissa and Andhra Pradesh could complete the formalities successfully.
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Warm wave in city
Calcutta, Dec. 17: As Copenhagen sweats over an elusive climate deal, Calcutta is wiping beads of perspiration too, courtesy the shooting mercury and food prices. The heat and humidity have been unusually high in the city for six straight days, with today
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Urbanisation, pollution cause for global warming
Call for including disaster management in curriculum
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20002009, the warmest decade
The year 2009 is likely to rank in the top 10 warmest on record since the beginning of instrumental climate records in 1850, according to WMO. Finds that the decade of the 2000s (2000
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World Bank makes final appraisal in State
BHUBANESWAR: A full mission team of the World Bank took final stock of Orissa Government
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Ethics and methods in research for community- based adaptation: reflections from rural Vanuatu
In this article the author critically reflect on participatory processes in vulnerability research in the context of community-based adaptation to climate change (CBA). CBA is an emerging form of bottom-up adaptation to
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Women bear brunt of climate change
In dry fields and flooded villages, women are the worst off, forced to walk farther for water, giving up their food to feed kids
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Six months after cyclone Aila, victims are still homeless
Ananya Dutta KOLKATA: They endured the monsoon rains in temporary tarpaulin shelters pitched on embankments. Now, six months after the devastating cyclone pounded the region on May 25, Aila victims in the estuarine islands of the Sunderbans must brave the elements this winter since the promised compensation for rebuilding their homes is yet to come through for most.