Month: September 2024

New Delhi, 06 September 2024.​Over 85 per cent of Indian districts are prone to flood, drought, cyclone and heat waves, of which 45 per cent of them are witnessing a swapping trend, according to a independent study released today by the IPE-Global and Esri-India. The frequency, intensity, and unpredictability of these climate extremes have also risen in recent decades by four-fold. Using a pentad-decadal analysis, the study compiles a catalogue of extreme climate events over a 50-year historical period from 1973 to 2023 by employing spatial and temporal modelling, the research provides a detailed district-level assessment, exploring the complexities and non-linear trends and patterns of these events. Last decade alone has witnessed a five-fold increase in these climate extremes. The st...