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Heat action crumbles when it needs cross-department coordination, says report

Simrin Sirur 27 Mar 2025
Traditional fishers on small craft prefer to finish work early before the sun gets too harsh. A crew lands their fibreglass boat at Thumba village on the city's fringes. Image by Max Martin.

Kerala’s early heat surge signals climate shift

Max Martin 25 Feb 2025

Hyper-local climate predictions to protect Kerala from extreme weather events

K.A. Shaji 6 Dec 2024

How flood protection structures heighten flood vulnerability

Simrin Sirur 29 Nov 2024

Loss and damage funding languishes as costs of climate disasters multiply

Soumya Sarkar 22 Nov 2024

‘Red alert’ as temperatures cross 1.5 degrees for 16 months straight

Simrin Sirur 20 Nov 2024
At a football match in Ladakh's Climate Cup 2024. Image by Phachuks.

A football tournament kicks off conversations about sports and climate

Priyanka Shankar, Saumitra Shinde 14 Oct 2024

The road to road resilience is paved with mindful construction and design say experts

Simrin Sirur 1 Aug 2024
A deserted playground and basketball court in Noida. Image by Shweta Thakur Nanda

Hopscotch to heat watch: How climate change is impacting summer play

Shweta Thakur Nanda 29 Jul 2024

Flood risk study of Himalayan valley highlights unregulated tourism as a cause

Arathi Menon 29 Jul 2024

Raising houses above rising flood waters

Arathi Menon 12 Jul 2024

Climate models could be underestimating the impacts of future rainfall in India

Simrin Sirur 4 Jul 2024
A roadside coconut stall in Palakkad, Kerala. Image by Effulgence108 via Wikimedia Commons (CC0 1.0).

High temperatures lead to decline in coconut production, spiked prices

Rashi Goel 4 Jul 2024

Uncertainty looms over weather weary weavers

Arathi Menon 3 Jul 2024

Surviving a heat stroke, against all odds

Simrin Sirur 1 Jul 2024
Rajiya, a resident of Kishan Kunj, a slum in east Delhi, stands on her home’s roof where she has spread damp jute bags to create cooling indoors. Image by Vandana K for Mongabay India.

Extreme heat compounds vulnerabilities in low income neighbourhoods

Vandana K. 27 Jun 2024

Extreme heat and erratic rain affect flower production and livelihood of vendors

Dimple Behal 26 Jun 2024

Farmers pin hopes on new agricultural calendar to weather climate variabilities

Arathi Menon 10 Jun 2024
A road in Sangli district, a few days after the heavy rain in 2019. Image by Varsha Deshpande via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0 Deed).

The forgotten victims of Maharashtra’s 2019 floods

Apsara Aga 6 Jun 2024
An auto driver seen standing in the shade in Connaught Place while waiting for a cusotmer to arrive. Photo by Pallavi Ghosh

Heat wave hits earnings, health of auto rickshaw drivers

Pallavi Ghosh 3 Jun 2024