Uttarakhand
Natural disasters ‘making poor poorer’ warn ODI
ODI says 325 million poor people will be living in the countries most exposed to natural disasters by 2030
India’s government urged to back faltering ‘solar cities’ plan
Proposals for 60 cities to invest in renewable technologies in danger of stagnating as red tape slows planning and implementation process
Poorly planned hydropower plants linked to North India floods
Floods in Uttarakhand that killed over 1000 and left many more homeless could have been exacerbated by inappropriate hydropower plants
Climate change to make India monsoons worse
Indian communities need to take matters into their own hands to put an end to disasters like the flooding in Uttarakhand
Climate adaptation planning ‘could have prevented’ Uttarakhand deaths
Local expert tells RTCC lives could have been saved if government had enforced rules banning construction of buildings on flood plans