The climate crisis is no longer coming—it’s here. For India, Earth Day 2025 is a moment to choose action over consequences ...

As mid-day wraps up its special campaign ‘Roads to Nowhere’, we bring spotlight onto voices that matter—those pushing for ...

MICHAEL BECKLEY is Associate Professor of Political Science at Tufts University, a Nonresident Senior Fellow at the American ...

Weather forecasting accuracy has improved more than five times in high-income countries in the last 40 years, with widespread access to real-time weather APIs helping reduce the impact of severe ...

"Is India ready for a warming world? How heat resilience measures are being implemented for 11% of India's urban population in some of its most at-risk cities," released by think tank Sustainable ...

Kolkata: The soaring summer heat ... India's cities are becoming hotter, wetter, and more dangerous, particularly for vulnerable populations. Without a clear and immediate shift in urban planning ...

Climate experts have proposed urgent measures, including paid heat leave, free water ATMs at ... With 82 per cent of working women in India engaged in informal labour, gender-responsive urban planning ...

Combination of global warming and population growth in already-warm cities India is a major driver for increased heat exposure, with urban heat islands elevating temperatures in cities relative to ...

SYDNEY, April 22 (Xinhua) -- Urban heat islands, where city temperatures are higher than surrounding rural areas, are double-edged swords for residents, a new study said on Tuesday. Urban heat ...

Climate experts have proposed urgent measures, including paid heat leave ... per cent of working women in India engaged in informal labour, gender-responsive urban planning is critical.

In summer, the combination of persistently high temperatures and densely packed buildings creates a phenomenon known as the urban heat island effect, where cities become considerably hotter than ...

(Representational image) India's magnum opus urban rejuvenation program, the Smart Cities Mission, sputtered to an end on the 31st of March 2025. When it was launched in 2015, it promised a jolt ...