Floods & Wildfires: Don't Blame Only Poorer Countries for Climate Change
3 years, 5 months ago

Floods & Wildfires: Don't Blame Only Poorer Countries for Climate Change

The Quint  

The loss of lives to extreme weather events, no matter which part of the world they occur in, is mind-numbing. There is a perception that the ravages of climate change will hit densely populated coastlines in the developing world and the richer nations will somehow be spared or be able to tackle it. But every disaster has only reminded us, much like the COVID-19 pandemic, that we are living in an increasingly flat world — what happens in Kolkata will also impact Kansas city. While countries gear up for another round of climate talks in Glasgow this year, the list of climate-related disasters has only been increasing. The year 2021 has already witnessed wildfires in California, a severe heatwave across the United States, and floods in Germany; just recently, parts of China, too, reported apocalyptic scenes of cars floating and being tossed around like pieces of Lego in a swirl of muddy water.

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Climate change impacts millions in India. But as the country votes, some politicians skirt the issue
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Climate change impacts millions in India. But as the country votes, some politicians skirt the issue

Associated Press  

BEED, India — Almost 970 million Indians are voting in general elections amid sweltering heat and unpredictable weather extremes exacerbated by human-caused climate change, leading to loss of livelihood, forced migration and increasingly difficult living conditions for millions across the country. Issues related to religion, caste and employment still determine most Indians’ political preferences, but Koll said that at local …

Emergency Planners Are Having a Moment
55 years ago

Emergency Planners Are Having a Moment

Wired  

Lucy Easthope is a professional emergency planner. “We’re having a little bit of a—I don’t know if you can call it a renaissance—maybe just a ‘naissance,’” says Easthope, a professor in practice of risk and hazard at the University of Durham. Actually, it’s great to say: OK, when something happens, I’m ready.” Right now, that something feels like it could …

Scientists say storms like Ciarán are becoming ‘more damaging’
1 year, 2 months ago

Scientists say storms like Ciarán are becoming ‘more damaging’

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “It looks like a once-in-every-few-years storm for the UK and France,” said Bob Henson, a meteorologist and science writer …

Asia-Pacific needs disaster warning systems to counter rising climate change risks, report says
1 year, 5 months ago

Asia-Pacific needs disaster warning systems to counter rising climate change risks, report says

Associated Press  

BANGKOK — Countries in the Asia-Pacific region need to drastically increase their investments in disaster warning systems and other tools to counter rising risks from climate change, a United Nations report said Tuesday. She noted that countries that have put early warning systems in place, such as India and Bangladesh, which faces severe threats from devastating tropical storms, can save …

Floods, fires and deadly heat are the alarm bells of a planet on the brink
1 year, 5 months ago

Floods, fires and deadly heat are the alarm bells of a planet on the brink

The Independent  

The world is hotter than it’s been in thousands of years, and it’s as if every alarm bell on Earth were ringing. Unless humanity radically transforms the way people travel, generate energy and produce food, the global average temperature is on track to increase by more than 3 degrees celsius, according to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change – unleashing …

North India floods: As rains kill more than 100 in India, what makes south Asia’s monsoons deadlier?
1 year, 5 months ago

North India floods: As rains kill more than 100 in India, what makes south Asia’s monsoons deadlier?

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “Recent heavy rains and flash floods remind us of one of the important impacts of climate change on monsoon,” …

Tragic unpreparedness: on the Maharashtra heatwave incident
1 year, 8 months ago

Tragic unpreparedness: on the Maharashtra heatwave incident

The Hindu  

The state of the ongoing global climate crisis is such that India is going to have hotter hot days and more of them every year. On April 16, nearly a million people gathered on an uncovered ground in Navi Mumbai for an event in which social activist Dattatreya Narayan received a State award, with Union Ministers Amit Shah and Kapil …

Flood map reveals which areas are most at risk from climate change
1 year, 10 months ago

Flood map reveals which areas are most at risk from climate change

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A map has revealed the areas in the UK most at risk of flooding damage …

Revealed: The 50 areas in the UK most likely to perish because of climate change
1 year, 10 months ago

Revealed: The 50 areas in the UK most likely to perish because of climate change

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Percentage increase in damage risk 1950 - 2050 - 92% 3. Percentage increase in damage risk 1950 - 2050 …

Cities ablaze and countries submerged: The worst climate disasters of 2022
1 year, 11 months ago

Cities ablaze and countries submerged: The worst climate disasters of 2022

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The climate crisis intensified Pakistan’s monsoon rains by 50-75 per cent, World Weather Attribution subsequently discovered. open image in …

Mapping the scale of damage by the catastrophic Pakistan floods
2 years, 3 months ago

Mapping the scale of damage by the catastrophic Pakistan floods

Al Jazeera  

Weeks of torrential rains and flash floods have ravaged Pakistan. The South Asian nation of some 220 million people is at the epicentre of a climate crisis following historic monsoon rains in July and August. According to Pakistan’s National Disaster Management Authority, rescue and recovery missions are slow, and more than half a million people are still in makeshift camps. …

'Weather-related disasters have increased five times over last 50 years,' says UN
2 years, 3 months ago

'Weather-related disasters have increased five times over last 50 years,' says UN

Firstpost  

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres cited the floods in Pakistan, heat waves in Europe, droughts in places such as China, the Horn of Africa, and the United States – and pointed the finger at fossil fuels Geneva: With weather disasters costing $200 million a day and irreversible climate catastrophe looming, the world is “heading in the wrong direction,” the United Nations …

Science-Wise: Pakistan Floods Brutal Reminder of How Indian Subcontinent Has Become a 'Climate Crisis Hotspot'
2 years, 4 months ago

Science-Wise: Pakistan Floods Brutal Reminder of How Indian Subcontinent Has Become a 'Climate Crisis Hotspot'

News 18  

Over 1,300 dead, millions displaced and a vast swathe of croplands submerged; Pakistan is facing one of its most devastating floods — the worst since 2010 — that have affected over 33 million people. It was quite unusual the way back-to-back depressions formed in Bay of Bengal this August, and all charted the same course across Central India up to …

Pakistan Has Learned No Lesson to Deal With Floods or Other Climate Calamities
2 years, 4 months ago

Pakistan Has Learned No Lesson to Deal With Floods or Other Climate Calamities

The Quint  

The official government figures show that more than 1300 people have been killed in the recent mega floods in Pakistan that is already going through a political storm of its own. Higher than normal monthly temps in April, May, and June caused dry winds to rise up leaving a huge vacuum which was filled up by moisture-laden air from the …

Heat Waves, Droughts And Floods: No More A Developing World Problem
2 years, 4 months ago

Heat Waves, Droughts And Floods: No More A Developing World Problem

News 18  

Last month, temperature levels crossed 40 degrees in Great Britain. Backing out from Shared responsibility It is only in recent times that the global north has started to see such direct and massive impacts of climate change. Effects of Climate Change Almost the entire globe has been seeing an increase in hotter days and heat waves. Although India has not …

Is climate change to blame for Pakistan's flood fury?
2 years, 4 months ago

Is climate change to blame for Pakistan's flood fury?

Firstpost  

The flooding in Pakistan has all the hallmarks of a catastrophe juiced by climate change, but several scientists believe that it’s too early to formally assign blame to global warming Islamabad: The familiar ingredients of a warming world were in place: searing temperatures, hotter air holding more moisture, extreme weather getting wilder, melting glaciers, people living in harm’s way, and …

Warning over ‘dangerous’ flooding in cities and rural areas
2 years, 4 months ago

Warning over ‘dangerous’ flooding in cities and rural areas

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Heavy rain and thunderstorms could cause “dangerous” flooding in both …

India’s climate imperative
2 years, 5 months ago

India’s climate imperative

The Hindu  

In the absence of COVID-19, climate change-induced disasters would have been India’s biggest red alert in recent years. The heatwave that scorched Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat, and New Delhi this year; torrential downpours in south India in 2021; and the super cyclone Amphan that battered West Bengal and Odisha in 2020 are symbols of man-made climate change. Labour losses from …

Science-Wise: While Citizens And Economy Suffer Burnout, Why Is Heatwave Not a Notified Disaster in India?
2 years, 6 months ago

Science-Wise: While Citizens And Economy Suffer Burnout, Why Is Heatwave Not a Notified Disaster in India?

News 18  

With temperatures hovering above 42 degrees Celsius for several days in a row, the unusually early and brutal heatwave that hit India this summer has truly tested the endurance limits. Yet, the extreme heat that this country of 1.3 billion battles with is still to be declared a “nationally notified disaster”. The government’s Disaster Management Act, 2005, defines disaster as …

How much is climate change to blame for heatwaves in South Asia?
2 years, 8 months ago

How much is climate change to blame for heatwaves in South Asia?

Al Jazeera  

Hundreds of millions in India and Pakistan struggle to stay cool in record-breaking temperatures. Scientists have long warned that climate change will lead to more intense weather, such as heatwaves, floods and cyclones. The UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change says India must drastically cut greenhouse gas emissions to avoid devastating weather events. Presenter: Dareen Abughaida Guests: Aruna Chandrasekhar – …

NSW, Queensland floods on track to be among country's worst-ever natural disasters, Climate Council says
2 years, 9 months ago

NSW, Queensland floods on track to be among country's worst-ever natural disasters, Climate Council says

ABC  

The ongoing floods in Queensland and New South Wales are on track to be one of Australia's worst-ever natural disasters. The Brisbane "rain bomb", for instance, dropped more water on the city than typically falls in London over an entire year, and the volume flowing through the Brisbane River far exceeded the 2010-11 floods. The total value of the insurance …

IPCC’s new report sounds alarm bells for Mumbai
2 years, 10 months ago

IPCC’s new report sounds alarm bells for Mumbai

Hindustan Times  

The new report released by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change on Monday features multiple warning signs for Mumbai, which is one of the world’s most vulnerable cities with respect to climate change. HT Photo The report titled IPCC 6th Assessment Report Working Group II said Mumbai ranks second among the 20 largest coastal cities which are scheduled to incur …

How 2021's floods and heat waves are signs of what's to come
3 years ago

How 2021's floods and heat waves are signs of what's to come

NPR  

How 2021's floods and heat waves are signs of what's to come Enlarge this image toggle caption Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images In 2021, extremely rare weather disasters became alarmingly common. toggle caption Michael Hanson/AFP via Getty Images Unprecedented heat waves In late June, the weather forecast in Washington and Oregon read like something written for Southwestern …

Climate vulnerable in the Global South demand COP26 action
3 years, 1 month ago

Climate vulnerable in the Global South demand COP26 action

Al Jazeera  

Those on the front line of extreme weather say words from world leaders are no longer enough as the climate emergency devastates vulnerable nations. The 55-nation Climate Vulnerable Forum, which advocates for countries in the Global South facing the worst impacts of the climate crisis, told world leaders that words are no longer enough as the climate crisis intensifies. Members …

One or two disasters won't wake up India: Amitav Ghosh on climate crisis
3 years, 2 months ago

One or two disasters won't wake up India: Amitav Ghosh on climate crisis

India Today  

As COP26, or this year’s United Nations climate summit, began in Scotland’s Glasgow, India Today TV Consulting Editor Rajdeep Sardesai spoke to author Amitav Ghosh, who has worked extensively on environmental issues, on the Indian situation. I wish I could say that one or two disasters would wake the country up but it’s clear that it’s not going to happen. …

Weather Disasters Have Become 5 Times As Common, Thanks In Part To Climate Change
3 years, 4 months ago

Weather Disasters Have Become 5 Times As Common, Thanks In Part To Climate Change

NPR  

Weather Disasters Have Become 5 Times As Common, Thanks In Part To Climate Change Enlarge this image toggle caption Karl Mondon/Digital First Media/The Mercury News via Getty Images Karl Mondon/Digital First Media/The Mercury News via Getty Images Climate change has helped drive a fivefold increase in the number of weather-related disasters in the last 50 years, according to a new …

India Plagued With Extreme Climate Events, But Are We Taking the Right Actions?
3 years, 5 months ago

India Plagued With Extreme Climate Events, But Are We Taking the Right Actions?

The Quint  

But as some parts of India are dealing with extreme rainfall, others have been facing heatwaves that has become a regular phenomenon in the country with temperatures soaring to new highs year after year. While a severe heatwave gripped Delhi and the rest of northern India in the beginning of July, even cooler areas, like Ladakh in the Himalayan region, …

DC Edit | Climate change hits home
3 years, 5 months ago

DC Edit | Climate change hits home

Deccan Chronicle  

The monsoon rains have returned after a lull to Maharashtra and Karnataka with a vengeance. Villages have been worst hit in Raigad district where the death toll has been the highest among Maharashtra’s tally that might be closer to 200 if missing persons are not rescued quickly enough from landslides as they are thought to be in homes buried under …

India is on the frontline of climate change
3 years, 5 months ago

India is on the frontline of climate change

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: Swathes of India are battling deadly floods and landslides after heavy monsoon rains, just the latest example of how the vast country is on the frontline of climate change. In the first seven months of this year alone the impoverished nation of 1.3 billion people has experienced two cyclones, a deadly glacier collapse in the Himalayas, a sweltering …

Are London floods linked to the climate crisis?
3 years, 5 months ago

Are London floods linked to the climate crisis?

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. But there is an expectation that these sorts of storms, when they occur, will be much heavier.” Speaking about …

Uttarakhand Disaster May be Due to Water Pocket Burst, a Climate Change Event, Say Scientists
3 years, 11 months ago

Uttarakhand Disaster May be Due to Water Pocket Burst, a Climate Change Event, Say Scientists

News 18  

A massive flood in Uttarakhand’s Joshimath area on Sunday is a rare incident of a glacial burst, and may be “a climate change event”, say leading climate scientists. Another scientist, Anjal Prakash, who is the Research Director and Adjunct Associate Professor at the Indian School of Business in Hyderabad, said prima facie this looks very much like a climate change …

Climate Change Tracker: 75% of India’s districts vulnerable to extreme climate events
4 years ago

Climate Change Tracker: 75% of India’s districts vulnerable to extreme climate events

Live Mint  

On December 12, as the world marked five years of the landmark Paris Agreement on Climate Change, it also provided for an opportunity to take stock. On 10 December, the New Delhi-based energy research institution Council on Energy, Environment and Water released a study appraising the climate change-induced threats facing India. The study, Preparing India for Extreme Climate Events: Mapping …

Many Indian districts ‘hotspots’ of climate change
4 years ago

Many Indian districts ‘hotspots’ of climate change

The Hindu  

About three in four of India’s districts are hotspots of extreme climate events such as cyclones, floods, drought, heat and cold waves, according to a study by the Council on Energy, Environment and Water, a research agency. India saw 250 extreme climate events between 1970 and 2005, and since then 310 extreme weather events. The study also found a shift …

Climate change is already here. You have one last chance to stop it
55 years ago

Climate change is already here. You have one last chance to stop it

LA Times  

The world is drifting steadily toward a climate catastrophe. There are plenty of reasons to fight for Trump’s defeat in November 2020, but his deeply irresponsible climate policies — including moving to pull the U.S. out of the Paris climate agreement, roll back Barack Obama’s emission limits on coal-fired plants, rescind rules governing methane emissions and relax national fuel emission …

Humans must fix this climate mess -- Taylor Vehlow
5 years, 10 months ago

Humans must fix this climate mess -- Taylor Vehlow

Associated Press  

The polar vortex that ripped through Wisconsin and much of the country at the end of January meant no school and no work for many people, but this shouldn’t be treated as just another snow day. Extreme weather events are becoming more common, and the reason is climate change. Cities such as Houston, Texas, and Jakarta, Indonesia, regularly deal with …

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