# CLIMATE IMPACT

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Impacts   /  Slow onset disasters

Coffee Bean to Cup: Do you know what’s up?

This sweltering heat could mean drastic changes to your coffee. The crop due to its particularly “narrow climate range” is extremely vulnerable to the changing climate.

Ojas Khurana

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Impacts   /  Slow onset disasters

Paradise in Peril: How Climate Change Has Changed Summer Destinations

With 2023 being the hottest year on record and the country prepping to be hit by unprecedented heatwaves this year, a closer look at the top summer spots tells a concerning story.

Ojas Khurana

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Finance   /  Slow onset disasters

COP28: Loss and Damage fund fall short in addressing global inequality in climate impacts

Globally, climate change has resulted in a population-weighted GDP loss of 6.3% in 2022 including direct, spill over and capital losses.

Editorial Desk

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Impacts   Research   Witness   /  Extreme Weather /  Slow onset disasters

Over 600 mn people in India would be exposed to dangerous heat at 2.7°C global warming: Study

Assuming a future population of 9.5 billion people, India would have the greatest population, more than 600 million, exposed at 2.7°C global warming. At 1.5°C, this figure would be far lower, at about 90 million.

Editorial Team

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Impacts   Research   Witness   /  Slow onset disasters

The impact of changing patterns of Western Disturbances and La Niña on warmer winters

According to meteorologists, the anomaly in the temperatures and rainfall is the result of alterations in the weather patterns. The intensity as well as frequency of Western Disturbances have been on the lower side this winter season.

Kartiki Negi

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Impacts   Witness   /  Slow onset disasters

Joshimath subsidence demonstrates risks of unplanned, rampant development in fragile areas: Experts

NTPC in particular has been called out for its unchecked development in vulnerable areas exacerbating the impacts of climate change, which is a force multiplier. Joshimath is a clear example of what should not be done in the Himalayas, say experts

Editorial Team