Tag: Climate Central

New Delhi: Nearly 36 million people in India will be threatened by flooding annually by 2050 if greenhouse gas emissions are not reduced, a new study has said, showing the potential of climate change to reshape cities, economies and coastlines within our lifetimes. By 2100, it warned, 44 million people will be under the risk […]

New Delhi: A study has warned that coastal Odisha is expected to be particularly vulnerable as rise in sea level may put some of India’s greatest cities in the flood-risk zone, affecting a total of 36 million people in the country by 2050 – about 31 million more than previously thought. Worldwide, rising sea levels […]