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Heat levels in Nearly half of IPL 2025 Matches in India Reached Dangerous Highs: Report
Report shows that over a third of matches played under “extreme caution” conditions A new…
Children Born in 2020 Will Live Through Unusual Climate Extremes: Study
Study shows that unprecedented lifetime exposure to heatwaves for children may rise to 92% if…
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Extreme Heat is Increasing Pregnancy Risks Around the World: Study
Nearly one-third of countries which were studied experienced at least one additional month’s worth of…
Rise in temperature leading to increased suicide rates in US, Mexico: Study
The study provides longitudinal and country scale evidence that local suicide rates in both a…
14.5 million lives may be lost by 2050 due to climate change: WEF report
The report also predicted an economic loss of $12.5 trillion worldwide by 2050 based on…
Most heat action plans across India lack local context, underfunded: Report
Only 10 out of 37 plans reviewed seem to establish locally defined temperature thresholds and…
The Silent Killer: Assessing the Impact of Biomass Burning on Women’s Health
Research in the field has established that women and children are disproportionately impacted by indoor…
How rising temperatures are fuelling risk to human health
Human-induced climate change and rising temperatures are a growing threat to human health. Old people…
Why India must start viewing air pollution and climate change as two sides of the same coin
Any possibility of near-term regional warming due to the implementation of emission standards should be…
Air pollution cost India 1.67 million lives and $36·8 billion in 2019
Lancet study finds air pollution leads to various illnesses, including lung diseases, diabetes and cataracts….
“We are at the mouth of the cave when it comes to understanding PM1”
India suffers from some of the worst air anywhere in the world. While reports have…
Unfit for habitation: Life in Chennai’s industrial badlands
Decades before fossil fuel became the villain of the climate movement, frontline communities of dalits,…
Average life expectancy cut by 1.9 years due to air pollution; India, South Asia worst affected: Air Quality Life Index update
The update highlights the dire need to step up regulatory and implementation efforts in India…
Reliance Power ash dyke breaches in Singrauli
For the third time in eight months, Madhya Pradesh’s Singrauli district suffered a breach in…
A Toxic Childhood
All health studies prove that children are the most vulnerable to air pollution. While toxic…
Lancet report: India’s children bearing brunt of climate casualties and health risks
With north India on the verge of a second air pollution emergency in just 10…
COPD second most common cause of death in India; is govt in denial?
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is the second most common cause of death in India…