Natural disasters

Agriculture, the backbone of economies worldwide, is facing a significant challenge. Disasters, both natural and human-made, are causing farmers to incur substantial losses.

India has been experiencing a series of extreme weather events throughout 2023, with each season bringing its own set of challenges, according to a comprehensive report released today by the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE).

A new report from the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has issued a stark warning about the growing impact of extreme weather events and climate change in Asia.

World Bank Group has recently launched a series of initiatives aimed at addressing increasing occurrence of natural disasters in world.

A recent study has revealed that most countries in the Asia-Pacific region are not adequately equipped to deal with the growing challenges posed by extreme weather events and natural disasters.

Nearly half of the world's countries are not protected by multi-hazard early warning systems from natural disasters such as floods, droughts, earthquakes, tropical cyclones, volcanic eruptions, health epidemics or extreme temperatures.

The Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) released a report revealing that India was the fourth worst-hit country by natural disasters

Natural Disasters Young people; Seven times as many heat waves, three times as many droughts and river floods, and twice as many forest fires

Climate change has increased the cost of natural disasters, as rising sea levels and drought increase the frequency

The memories of the 2013 Uttarakhand disaster are fresh in minds of everyone. Sings of destruction can be still seen in Kedarnath to date which resulted in the loss of more than 6000 lives.