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Current Trends and Issues Regarding Public Transport in Urban Areas

Ayan Arora is a young intern at Raahgiri Foundation, Gurugram This article tries to understand the issue of vehicular air…

G20: Youth from Latin American Countries at CDRI to Discuss Disaster Risk Reduction

On May 16, A 35-member team from Brazil and other Latin American countries visited the Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure…

India heatwave: High Temperatures Killing More Indians Now

The G20, under India’s Presidency, has endorsed a new working group on disaster risk reduction. This makes it well-positioned to…

Heatwaves in India to Get more Frequent and Longer

A recent study has found that humid heatwaves, that occurred less than once in a century in India and Bangladesh,…

Residents Flag Fresh Cracks in Joshimath

Days after Uttarakhand chief minister Pushkar Singh Dhami said the situation in crisis-hit Joshimath is “stable”, some residents of the…

Climate Visas could give Victims of Natural Disasters Safe Route to UK, says Think-Tank

New climate visas should be created to allow victims of natural disasters to come to the UK, and to bring…

Global Temperatures Set to Reach New Records in Next Five Years

Global Temperatures Set to Reach New RecordGlobal temperatures are likely to surge to record levels in the next five years,…

Heatwaves, Droughts, Extreme Rain may be Near Permanent in 20 Countries at 1.5°C Warming

Heatwaves, droughts, maximum one-day rainfall and extreme wind events will likely become a near-permanent in some 20 countries, even if…

How to Prevent Asbestos Exposure During Disasters

Michelle Whitmer is an asbestos expert with over 15 years of experience covering medicine, cancer care, and environmental toxins. Michelle…

‘Statistically Impossible’ Heat Extremes are here

Nicholas Leach Nicholas Leach is a Postdoctoral Researcher, Climate Science, University of Oxford.  Tracking outlier heatwaves is important not just…

Building Resilience Through TRADITIONAL IRRIGATION SYSTEM

Mudita Raj Mudita Raj is a PhD scholar at A.N. Sinha Institute of Social Studies, Patna. co-author – Dr. Rakesh…

Covid Vaccination for 12-14 Age Group to Begin from March 16: Govt

The Central government will start the Covid vaccination for the 12-14 year age group March 16 onwards,  Union Health Minister…