Look at disasters from a broader perspective, urges new report

It analyses past trends and says India has to be prepared for catastrophes even if they are not defined as natural disasters

Why is Karnataka protesting change in definition of drought?

New norms for declaring drought are too stringent to be practical and are indicative of Centre’s intention to pass on the financial burden …

Flood-protection measures: Pakistan is in for a long haul

Punjab needs to employ 871 years of flood-protection, while other flood-prone provinces like Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Sindh would require around …

US homes, businesses worth $1 trillion at flood risk

Climate change is making sea levels rise, which is putting 2.5 million properties along the coast at a risk of chronic flooding

Over 60% of Indian firms can identify, manage climate-related market risks, finds study

Climate risk to businesses discussed by 82% per cent of company boards, but many lack tools to handle

When safety measures lead to riskier behavior by more people

There, however, are people who sit out risky ventures even when they are made safer

Climate change is the most impactful risk in 2016: World Economic Forum

Climate change will also aggravate water and agriculture crises, conflicts and forced migration

Widen met station network in Himalayas to better predict extreme weather: Panel

The Centre should put in place and strengthen weather forecasting technology to warn about cloudbursts, flash floods and glacial lakes, the …

New method developed to map and monitor glacial lakes

The Object-Based Image Analysis method’s advantage is that it can help map even a glacial pond as small as 100 square metres with high precision

US undermines scientists in assessing chemicals

Funds a major constraint in implementing Cartagena Protocol

Parties to the protocol emphasise on need for capacity building for managing risks from genetically engineered products

Himalayan states also face risk of glacial lake outburst floods

The region is surrounded by 8000 glacial lakes, 200 of them potentially dangerous