by AIP Online Bureau | Jun 12, 2024 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Non-Life, Risk Management
As soon as temperatures breached 43.6C in Ahmedabad, Makwana and thousands of other women were told that ICICI Lombard, an insurance company, would pay them a portion of their daily wages. The Self-Employed Women’s Association labour union runs the insurance...
by AIP Online Bureau | May 26, 2024 | Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Policy
The punishing heat in India is straining power grids and drying up water bodies, triggering drought-like conditions in parts of the country. According to the Central Water Commission, water storage in 150 major reservoirs in India plunged to its lowest level in five...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jun 27, 2023 | Articles, Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Non-Life
McKinsey Global Institute estimates that the lost labor from work in areas exposed to extreme heat, such as construction and agriculture, could put at risk up to 4.5% of India’s GDP by 2030 “Many places that need to have local heat action plans do not have one,” said...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jun 23, 2023 | Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Risk Management
“We see again and again that climate change dramatically increases the frequency and intensity of heat waves, one of the deadliest weather events that exist. Our most recent World Weather Attribution (WWA) study has shown that this has been recognised in India, but...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jun 19, 2023 | Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News
While the heat wave was expected to continue in some regions on Monday, parts of India’s northeastern Assam state reeled under floods triggered by heavy rains New Delhi: The government said it was investigating the cause of the deaths that occurred over three...
