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Apr252025 by Editor DeskNo Comments

Heatwave Crisis Hits India: Vulnerable Communities, Economy Suffers

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Millions of lives and economy are at existential risk due escalating heatwaves in India and across the world. There has been a dramatic increase in the loss of working hours by 50 per cent due to heatwaves in India. What is the primary reason for the deteriorating situation? How can economies be made climate risk-proof? Climate change is this century’s biggest challenge that mankind is faced with as it lacks a concerted response against it. Even the international bodies such as the United Nations have warned that the world will break all records of global warming if we continue with the current response to climate change. It is no more a distant threat but an alarming reality that is killing economies, businesses and people at an unprecedented rate. Every weather and season has started ...

Apr152025 by Editor DeskNo Comments

New Study Finds Europe Adapts Better to Cold Than Heat

Breaking News, Climate Actions, Fact Check

April 15 – Europe has made more progress in adapting to cold weather than to heatwaves over the last two decades, according to a new study led by the Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal), in collaboration with the Barcelona Supercomputing Centre. The research published in The Lancet Planetary Health analyzed data from over 800 regions in 35 countries across Europe between 2003 and 2020. The findings reveal that the risk of death from cold temperatures dropped by 2% per year, while deaths linked to extreme heat also declined, but only by 1% annually. This suggests that while Europeans are increasingly resilient to cold the response to rising heat threats remains slower and less effective. To reflect the diverse climate and vulnerability across Europe, researchers introduce...

Apr122025 by Editor DeskNo Comments

Unseasonal Storms Kill Over 100 in India Nepal IMD Warns of More Rain and Heatwaves Ahead

Breaking News, Climate Actions

In a tragic turn of weather more than 100 people have lost their lives across India and Nepal following a wave of unseasonal heavy rainfall, lightning strikes and thunderstorms that began midweek. The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) has warned of continued adverse weather in the coming days with both storms and extreme heat forecast for different parts of the region. Eastern Indian states have been hit hardest. Bihar has reported at least 82 deaths over the past 48 hours primarily due to lightning and other rain-related incidents according to the state's disaster management department. In neighbouring Uttar Pradesh, 18 fatalities have been linked to storms and lightning strikes. Nepal has also suffered from the sudden shift in weather. The country’s National Disaster Authority...

Mar282025 by Editor DeskNo Comments

Extreme Heatwaves Healthcare Systems as Rising Temperatures Expose Critical Weaknesses in Hospital Infrastructure and Patient Care

Breaking News, Climate Actions

As climate change accelerates extreme heatwaves are becoming more frequent and severe posing significant threats not only to human health but also to the capacity of healthcare systems to function effectively. While the direct effects of heat on conditions like heatstroke kidney damage, and cardiovascular stress are well documented, new research highlights a less visible but equally dangerous consequence hospital congestion and compromised patient care during heat-driven surges in demand. A recent study by Aguilar-Gomez et al. (2025) examines how extreme heat disrupts healthcare systems, using data from Mexico, where healthcare resources are often stretched thin and the frequency of heatwaves is expected to rise disproportionately compared to higher-latitude countries. Their findings re...