Tag:disasters

The long-term assessment of the CRI 2025, covering data from 1993 to 2022, places India as the sixth most affected country globally due to extreme weather events. Over this period, India reported a staggering loss of 80,000 lives and economic damages amounting to $200 billion.

A state-of-the-art Earth System Model (ESM), developed by the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, is generating regional climate projections.

The report outlines several ways development finance can be used to prevent and respond to displacement. Multilateral development banks can support and encourage displacement-inclusive...

Extreme weather causes a rise in violence against women by their partners, say researchers and activists as economic impacts of climate-related disasters can fuel...

The introduction of this AI tool also underscores the growing role of technology in addressing the challenges posed by climate change. As extreme weather...

A government press release said that a number of steps have been taken to prevent any extensive loss to life and property during disasters...

More than four in 10 people in the world say they can do nothing to protect themselves in a disaster situation and over a...

Sphere India has asked the finance minister to institutionalise disaster risk and climate change adaptation budgeting in the union budgets to mark the shift...