India

The report is based on the lessons of case studies and pilot projects for improving the knowledge base towards addressing climate risk at national and local levels. While traditional Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) and Climate Change Adaptation (CCA)

The revision of the existing National Disaster Management Plan 2016 started in April, 2017 with a consultative workshop. This was followed by several rounds of extensive consultations internally and with different stakeholders and experts.

Landslides are the most commonly occurring hazard in north and north-eastern Himalaya, Western Ghats, Eastern Ghats and Vindhyan, India. It takes massive toll of human lives and lead to huge economical losses every year besides damages to environment

This article aims to develop an in-depth perspective on management issues in Kedarnath tragedy that led to increase of death toll, loss of manpower and financial loss. Disasters cannot be avoided but the aftermath of disaster can be mitigated through

This article aims to develop an in-depth perspective on disaster management of natural and man-made disasters so as to minimize the loss accountability after occurrence of a disaster. Disaster management aims at managing the disaster in an efficacious way

This study aims at the real-time monitoring and prediction of heat waves using a multi-model dynamical ensemble prediction system developed at Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, India.

This report focuses on the changing climate. India experienced its second-longest heatwave, with temperatures reaching 50.8 °C. July 2019 was the hottest month on record globally. Record-breaking warmth is becoming a familiar trend with new markers broken