Over the past several months, the pattern for extreme events that we saw in 2012 continued into 2013. In early 2013, parts of the Southern Hemisphere witnessed record-high temperatures, with Australia experiencing its hottest month in January 2013 since record-keeping began more than a century ago.

The map shows different environment- and development-related issues that gained attention in Lok Sabha elections 2014. Click on the icons to read details of problems in a particular area.

El Niño is a local warming of surface waters which takes place in the entire equatorial zone of the central and eastern Pacific Ocean and which affects the atmospheric circulation and direction of winds world-wide.

El Nino has a history of adversely impacting rainfall in India during monsoon. Here is a timeline of the years in which India witnessed droughts triggered by El Nino—the warming of sea-surface temperatures in the Pacific, affecting wind patterns and having the potential to trigger both floods and drought in different parts of the globe.

Fed up with the callousness of government and their elected representatives in dealing with their problems, many villages across India have decided not to vote this time.

The latest report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) - Climate Change 2014: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability-has warned of crop failures, water stress and health effects, all of which will impact the poor the most. Over US $ 7 billion loss has been projected for India in agriculture by 2030. Take a look at who will be affected how much by global warming.