Energy

Delhi’s sweet spot: 25°C to 31°C

Study says power demand doesn’t rise with increase in temperature in this range

Publication Date: 
20/06/2019
Hindu (New Delhi)
Tags:
Delhi, CSE Study, Electricity, Heat Waves, Energy
Climate Change

Severe heat wave conditions continued in Himachal and Una, which recorded a high of 45.2 degrees C, the temperature it witnessed on June 21, 2005.

At least 61 persons have died in a heat wave that hit three Bihar districts on Saturday, officials said on Sunday.

Publication Date: 
17/06/2019
Tribune (New Delhi)
Tags:
Bihar, Heat Waves, Gaya (D), Nawada (D)
Climate Change

No Drought Alert Yet, But Centre Warns of Deficit Rainfall

The Centre has asked states to brace for deficit rainfall this season, although the weather office has stuck to its forecast of normal monsoon.

Publication Date: 
12/06/2019
Economic Times (New Delhi)
Tags:
Rainfall, Monsoons, Kerala, Indian Meteorological Department (IMD), Heat Waves, Delhi, Rajasthan, Drought
Climate Change

Shimla sees the hottest day in 5 yrs

Severe heat wave conditions continued in Himachal and Una, which recorded a high of 45.2 degrees C, the temperature it witnessed on June 21, 2005.

Publication Date: 
11/06/2019
Tribune (New Delhi)
Tags:
Himachal Pradesh, Shimla (T), Heat Waves
Climate Change

Increasing mitigation ambition to meet the Paris Agreement’s temperature goal avoids substantial heat-related mortality in U.S. cities

Current greenhouse gas mitigation ambition is consistent with ~3°C global mean warming above preindustrial levels.

Publication Date: 
05/06/2019
Y. T. Eunice Lo, Daniel M. Mitchell, Antonio Gasparrini & et al
Science Advances
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Tags:
Heat Waves, United States Of America (US), Climate Mitigation, Urban Habitat, Global Warming, Emission Targets, Climate Impacts
Health

Health Ministry issues advisory as India reels under heat wave

Parts of Central and North India undergoing heat wave

Publication Date: 
04/06/2019
Hindu (New Delhi)
Tags:
Heat Waves, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Haryana, Health
Environment

Spiritual leaders join hands to save environment

Various spiritual leaders and Bollywood actor Vivek Oberoi shall join an initiative for environment protection on June 5, marked as the World Environment Day, an official said on Monday.

Publication Date: 
04/06/2019
Business Standard (New Delhi)
Tags:
Environmental Security, Pollution, Climate Change, Heat Waves, Environment
Climate Change

Ahmedabad heat action plan 2019

A pioneering strategy to protect people from killer heat waves is rapidly catching on across India and beyond, as more communities adopt their own Heat Action Plans (HAP) to shield people from dangerously hot weather worsened by climate change.

Publication Date: 
03/06/2019
Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)
Tags:
Heat Waves, Ahmedabad (T), India, Health Effects
Natural Disasters

Heatwave conditions to continue for 2 more days, subside gradually: IMD

Large parts of the country witnessed severe heatwave over the last week with temperatures even reaching 50 degrees Celsius in Rajasthan

Publication Date: 
03/06/2019
Business Standard (New Delhi)
Tags:
Rajasthan, Indian Meteorological Department (IMD), Heat Waves, Madhya Pradesh, Natural Disasters
Health

The imperative of climate action to protect human health in Europe

A report by experts from 27 national science academies has set out the widespread damage global heating is already causing to people’s health and the increasingly serious impacts expected in future.

Publication Date: 
01/06/2019
German National Academy of Sciences
Tags:
Climate Change, Health Effects, Heat Waves, Europe, Extreme Weather Events

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