by AIP Online Bureau | Feb 3, 2024 | Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Policy, Risk Management
”Vulnerabilities that arose due to unplanned and non-scientific developments in the fragile Himalayan ecosystem were exacerbated by floods resulting from the convergence of monsoon winds and western disturbances in July-August 2023, leading to significant...
by AIP Online Bureau | Oct 1, 2023 | Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, Eco/Invest/Demography, Features
Climate change compounds the phenomenon of weather extremes, said Anjal Prakash, a research director at the Indian School of Business, with both droughts and deluges expected to intensify as the world warms. In the Himalayas, the problem of climate changed-boosted...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 23, 2022 | Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Non-Life
“Climate change has added another layer of vulnerability. It is acting as a force multiplier and making landslides, flash floods and cloudbursts more disastrous,” said Himanshu Thakkar, coordinator of South Asia Network on Dams, Rivers and People Climate change and...