2022 too short, too far: How the climate emergency hit us

Down To Earth recaps the primary environment, health and developmental news from 2022  

Early warning for all: WMO unveils $3.1 bn plan at COP27

Early warning systems have still not reached 33% of the global population

Asani update: Cyclone to dissipate into sea after moving parallel to Andhra coast

Andhra Pradesh government assures all precautions taken in coastal districts; track of cyclone not unique, say experts

Cyclone Asani may not make landfall at all

Odisha to witness maximum impact; West Bengal and Andhra Pradesh likely to have rains   

Five African countries among top 10 affected by extreme weather in 2019: Germanwatch

India incurred the maximum losses due to extreme weather in 2019 

NHRC raps Mamata govt on silicosis rehabilitation

At least 250 people from Minakhan block in Sunderbans contracted the disease when they left home to work as labourers in stone and mineral …

IPCC Special Report: India under constant threat of cyclones, coastal flooding

This report emphasises on what several scientists and researchers have been saying for a while now

Cyclone hudhud impact: lower Assam flooded with hilsa

Fishers makes windfall gain as Brahmaputra river and several of its channels get swamped with much sought after variety of fish

Phailin, floods, now government apathy

People wait for food, water, medical aid, and assistance to rebuild homes

Tribals in Odisha likely to be severely affected by Hudhud

Many tribals, who earlier used to live in settlements amid big forests, have been made more vulnerable after being relocated by government to …

Cyclone Lehar weakens

Speed of the winds during landfall will be 70-80 km/hr as against 200 km/hr predicted earlier

As Hudhud approaches, coastal people move to safer areas

Many people hit by Phailin last year yet to overcome food and water shortages, find source of livelihood

Cyclone Lehar may be as severe as Phailin

Cyclone wind speed may reach up to 200 km/hr on Thursday at time of landfall; heavy rains predicted from Wednesday evening

3,026 people, 2 million ha crops: How 314 days of extreme weather events affected India in 2022

Highest number of people were killed in central India, largest crop area damaged in South Peninsula

How disasters, poverty fuel human trafficking 

Natural disasters triggered 30.7 million displacements globally in 2020

‘Our vulnerabilities laid bare’: Least developed countries react to IPCC’s Working Group II report

Chair of LDC group urges rich countries to deliver on loss and damage and climate finance

Rabi crops at risk? Northwest, central India dry due to lack of western disturbances

Anomalous non-existence of western disturbances in the region since mid-November

Climate emergency: Extreme weather events in Australia to get more frequent, intense

Report says extreme heat, heavy rainfall and coastal inundation, fire weather and drought expected to get worse

Extreme weather events in India may be transporting more plastic litter into oceans, warn experts

Understanding source, distribution of plastics can help target priority areas to implement mitigation policies

US Pacific Northwest deluged with rain, snow due to ‘Bomb Cyclone’

Two people killed in greater Seattle; heavy rain and snow pound all major cities of California, Washington and Oregon, recently plagued with wildfires

Odisha report on housing ‘irregularities’ under Centre’s lens

MPs allege that 85% of 1.2 million PMAY-G beneficiaries in state ineligible for scheme

Human-made climate change behind rising 2019 temperatures: WMO

Absence of El Niño and yet an extension in the spate of rising temperatures points towards it, says the UN weather agency

Historically prone to cyclones

26 of the 35 deadliest tropical cyclones in world history have been Bay of Bengal storms

Odisha worries over safety of dams in way of Hudhud

Officials try to figure out how to drain water from the dam reservoirs before heavy rains begin Sunday morning

Cyclonic rains ravage coastal Andhra; death toll rises to 25

Crops on 250,000 hectares destroyed, 60,000 people in relief camps