India’s infrastructure prone to climate-change toll-22 September 2011, The Times of India

September 22, 2011 by Climate portal editor Leave a Comment

AHMEDABAD: Picture this: Unusually heavy rains triggers rapid soil erosion. Huge portions of highways sink and unexpected floods wash away railway tracks – the city is marooned.

India’s infrastructure prone to climate-change toll

Between contemplation and climate

Whether or not the USA, Europe, the Western world, the industrialised Eastern world (China, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan), adhere to or not their paltry promises about being more responsible concerning the factors that lead to climate change, is of very little concern to us. We have never set any store by international agreements on climate […]

The ‘Hindu’, ignorant about weather and climate, but runs down IMD

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