Sonia ElksZambian climate campaigner Precious Kalombwana was thrilled to take part in an online training workshop with former US Vice President Al Gore. But when she wanted to speak, a shaky Internet connection meant no one could hear her.Pandemic moves to virtual events - including UN climate talks starting on Monday - have made it easier for experts and.
Extremely severe cyclonic storm Tauktae, which hit southern Gujarat’s Saurashtra coast on
May 17, brought heavy rain to all seven states and Union Territories on India’s western coast.Thousands of uprooted trees damaged residences, vehicles and essential infrastructure such as electricity lines. Around 1,50,000 people had to be
evacuated in Gujarat. At least 90 people
The damage has drawn into sharp focus the need for adequate disaster mitigation infrastructure like shelters, all-weather roads and embankments in light of increasing cyclonic storms on the west coast. Installation of this infrastructure, however, has not kept pace in this region, official data show.
Phase-II of the National Cyclone Risk Mitigation Project, being implemented since January 2015 by the National Disaster Management Agency and state governments, covers all the west coast states –Gujarat, Maharashtra, Goa, Karnataka, Kerala – and the eastern state of West Bengal. None of the west coast states
Read more about India s western states lack critical infrastructure for cyclone management on Business Standard. States lag in installing saline embankments and underground cabling to ensure continued supply of services.
More Cyclones Batter India s West Coast But States Slow To Build Critical Infrastructure indiaspend.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from indiaspend.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Queue-jumping? Global vaccine shortage imperils Glasgow climate talks Reuters 5 hrs ago
By Laurie Goering
LONDON, May 19 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Poorer nations struggling to access COVID-19 vaccines may make the moral choice not to send delegates to November s U.N. climate summit in Scotland if others more in need of the doses remain at risk, climate and health experts warned on Wednesday.
Giving climate-talks delegates priority in vaccine-short countries would go against the principle of not jumping the queue, Dr. Ahmed Ogwell Ouma, deputy director of the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, told journalists in an online briefing.