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Girika Sharma, a Senior Research Analyst at IEG, presented a paper titled “Climatic Vulnerability and Health Risks: An All-India Analysis” at the 23rd IASSI Annual Conference held at BIT Mesra, Ranchi, from October 25th to 27th, 2024. The paper, co-authored by Purnamita Dasgupta, Madhura Chowdhari, Gudakesh, William Joe, and Girika Sharma, delved into how climatic […]

Girika Sharma, a senior research analyst at the Institute of Economic Growth (IEG), attended a training workshop on Impact Evaluation of Development Programs held during 22-24 October 2024. The workshop focused on key methodologies and techniques for impact evaluation in development programs. Day 1 began with an introduction to impact evaluation, including when and why […]

Professor Rajib Dasgupta, a co-principal investigator on project CHHANW, presented a talk titled “Heat Action Plans in a Warming India: Shifting the Gaze to Community-centred Approaches” at the Workshop on Science and Technology: Agenda for Self-reliant India organised by Delhi Science Forum on 31 August 2024 at Indian Social Institute, New Delhi. Other contributors to […]

In theory, heat-related deaths and illnesses are preventable, albeit with specific policies and interventions. The individuals who died in Noida included a ragpicker, a manual labourer and a security guard — and they were migrants Heat is both an environmental and occupational health hazard. The National Programme on Climate Change and Human Health (NPCC-HH) under […]

India needs to adopt a decentralised model to deal with extreme events, drawing on planning and communitisation models enshrined in the National Health Mission The political heat that the ongoing Lok Sabha polls have generated aside, the effect of the impending weeks of summer on the campaign and the actual polling process is part of […]

In theory, all or most heat-related deaths and illnesses are preventable while in practice, gauging the public health impact of extreme temperatures is difficult 2023 was the world’s warmest year on record and it has been 47 years since the Earth has had a colder-than-average year. According to the India Meteorological Department (IMD), 2023 was […]

The Government of India has consistently reiterated its global climate commitments. As the world heats up, heat health is increasingly occupying centre stage during the summer months. The Global Heat Health Information Network cautions that heat is a serious human health concern and that the number of people exposed to extreme heat is growing exponentially due to climate change […]

Professor Purnamita Dasgupta, Chair Professor and Head of the Environmental and Resource Economics Unit at the Institute of Economic Growth, Delhi, delivered a keynote address on the assessment of heat-health risks and economic impacts at a national symposium organised by the Indian Meteorological Society Pune, Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, and India Meteorological Department. Professor […]