Cities, no doubt, are aspirational and most people want to move into them for upgrading their stands of living. However, a lot of these immigrants will be coming due to distressed conditions and hence neither they nor the city authorities will be prepared to handle them. In recent times, many urban areas of the world… Continue reading Cities need to handle climate-displaced people with dignity
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India in the grip of floods – yet again!
Kamaljit RayR.K. GiriS.S. RayA.P. Dimri dM. Rajeevan Floods are becoming the most frequently occurring extreme events leading to high deaths in India. The states of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, and Tamil Nadu are in the news since the last few days because of the heavy rains that have left the region battered by flooding and water-logging… Continue reading India in the grip of floods – yet again!
South Asia could see 40 million climate migrants by 2030
Soumya Sarkar Unless South Asian countries start working quickly, and in cooperation, they could soon be flooded by tens of millions of climate migrants. Tens of millions of people are migrating or are being displaced in South Asia due to disasters brought on by climate change, and the number could rise three-fold in 30 years… Continue reading South Asia could see 40 million climate migrants by 2030
3 Billion Animals Died or Displaced by Australia’s Bushfire Crisis
Nearly three billion animals – mammals, reptiles, birds, and frogs – were killed or displaced by Australia’s devastating 2019-20 bushfires. It’s almost three times an earlier estimate released in January. The breakdown is 143 million mammals, 2.46 billion reptiles, 180 million birds, and 51 million frogs. Those figures are revealed in an interim report entitled Australia’s… Continue reading 3 Billion Animals Died or Displaced by Australia’s Bushfire Crisis