India, currently battling a severe second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, is facing multiple climate stressors simultaneously. Fueled by climate change, heatwaves and other extreme weather events are longer, more frequent, and more intense.
Expert BlogAnjali Jaiswal, Dr. Kim Knowlton, Dr. Vijay Limaye
Brutally hot weather is a major health threat in India and many other parts of the world because climate change is fueling more frequent, intense, and longer heat waves. In response to this mounting threat, cities and regions across India…
NEW DELHI, INDIA – A pioneering strategy to protect people from killer heat waves is rapidly catching on across India and beyond, as more communities adopt their own Heat Action Plans (HAP) to shield people from dangerously hot weather worsened…
AHMEDABAD, INDIA – Ahmedabad’s pioneering strategy to protect people from killer heat waves is rapidly catching on across India, and beyond, as more communities adopt their own Heat Action Plans to shield people from dangerously hot weather worsened by climate…
Ahmedabad is among the first cities in India where city leaders, state government, and civil society are voluntarily working together to improve air quality.
NEW DELHI (March 9, 2016) – Building on adaptation commitments made at the Paris climate talks in December, India is launching the first regional early warning systems and preparedness plans in South Asia this month to protect highly vulnerable communities…
