Climate Emergency CoP 25: 22 million people will be displaced in 2019 by extreme weather events, says WMO

The State of Global Climate 2019 says that once-in-a-century climate events are becoming regular

Factsheet: Climate finance

Climate finance involves flow of funds from developed to developing countries to help them cut  their emissions and adapt to climate change. …

Here is how forecast of extreme rainfall events can be improved

By adding quantitative precipitation forecasting to IMD forecasts, there can be more reliable extreme event forecasts

India most vulnerable to climate change

More than 22 million Indians were affected by extreme weather events in 2017, making the country most open to the cliamte attack

'Africa should not be a dumping ground for cheap technologies'

Africa has only 1,152 weather stations; most of which are in dilapidated condition. Adequate infrastructure and quality data is needed to …

54% of Africa’s surface weather stations can't capture data properly

With extreme weather events becoming the new normal, forecasting has become more important than ever. It's time African nations invest in …

New farming technique helps resist flood and drought in Gorakhpur

Farmers in Gorakhpur have re-learnt the art to adapt to erratic weather conditions through multi-crop farming

2016: a year of growing dissent

This year, more than ever before, has been tumultuous, both in terms of economic politics and nature’s art

Landmark human rights case against 47 'carbon majors'

Petitioners in the Philippines have asked its human rights panel to investigate the role of carbon majors in causing climate change which has …

E-agriculture can drive rural development, boost agriculture

Information and communication technologies can help boost agricultural development by improving farmers’ access to vital information 

Will the monsoon reach Kerala on time?

Citizens baffled as weather forecasters are divided over monsoon’s onset dates 

IMD partners with premier institutes to forecast fog more accurately

Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology and India Meteorological Department have jointly started a project this year to monitor fog

Prevailing El Niño can hit 4.7 million people in the Pacific Islands

The advisory states that less rainfall is affecting agriculture in several countries of the Asia-Pacific region

Typhoon Koppu brings severe floods to Philippines

Till now, the slow-moving typhoon has killed two people and forced tens of thousands to flee from their homes

Awaiting the deluge

The question on everyone's lips is when will the monsoon commence and how extensive will it be?

Help on-line

A new cyclone prediction model will indicate the severity of a cyclone at least 12 hours in advance

Weathering the drought

Meteorological Department attempts to get its act together after bungling with monsoon predictions

‘Attribution studies help increase awareness about links between human activities and climate change’

Down To Earth talks to Wenxia Zhang, author of paper on attribution of extreme heat & drought events in 2022 at COP28

India jumps to fourth place in computing capacity for weather forecasting

The super computer, Pratyush will help in major improvements in various services offered by institutions under the Ministry of Earth Sciences for …

How climate ready are we?

Floods cost India Rs 4.7 lakh crore in last 6 decades

At least 90% of the Assam’s districts are flooded and more than 50,000 people are in relief camps

Signal, interrupted

By allowing high-rises around an advanced weather radar in Mumbai, IMD sets a bad example for the rest of the country

El Nino disasters: Governments know what’s coming, but are unprepared — what must change

There is a need to be clearer about who does what and coordinate preparations for disasters better

2.2 bn people in Pakistan’s Indus Valley & India at risk of moist heatwaves, high temperatures: Study

The impacts expand along the Bay of Bengal as well as into Bangladesh and parts of Myanmar in 3°C and 4°C warmer world

Extreme weather impact: 20,000 children displaced every day in last 6 years

At least three of every 10 persons displaced across the world due to weather-related disasters was a child