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As India prepares for intense heat waves ahead, the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) has, for the first time, begun crafting heat mitigation solutions tailored to the needs of vulnerable groups such as street vendors, slum dwellers, traffic policemen, and construction workers. This

In 2019, Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation in North Yukon inside the Arctic Circle became the first community in Canada to declare a climate emergency. The declaration stated that First Nations’ voices were not being heard and that governments “around the world are not sufficiently responsive to the dire circumstances already being directly experienced and the implications for the health of animal populations, food security, as well as our communities’ emotional, cultural, and physical well-bei...

AFN Concludes Three-Day Gathering to Advance Strategic Priorities for First Nations Communities In Kjipuktuk (Halifax), the Assembly of First Nations (AFN) has successfully wrapped up its Annual General Assembly (AGA), a crucial three-day event that took place in Mi'kma'ki, the ancestral and unceded territory of the Mi'kmaw people. Advancing First Nations Priorities Over 1500 First

In a hotter world, India urgently needs hyper-local heat action plans based on granular heat vulnerability assessment

With India witnessing unprecedented heatwaves in 2022 and this February declared the hottest month since 1901 by the India Meteorological Department

With India witnessing unprecedented heatwaves in 2022 and this February declared the hottest month since 1901 by the India Meteorological Department, the Centre for Policy Research (CPR) on Monday, in the first critical assessment, said most of ...

Also, nearly all HAPs fail to identify and target vulnerable groups.Clos

Panelists discussed how blockchain can help aid climate action.