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Nov 4, 2024 | 
nrdc.org | Vijay Limaye
This blog was co-authored by Dr. Ritika Kapoor and Abhiyant Tiwari of NRDC IndiaRising temperatures due to climate change pose an immediate and growing threat to the health and livelihoods of millions of people in India, exacerbating the risks of heat-related illnesses and fatalities.
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Jul 26, 2024 | 
nrdc.org | Vijay Limaye
Co-authored with Abhiyant Tiwari and Dr. Ritika Kapoor of NRDC India and Sameeha Hossain, NRDC Intern and Graduate Student at the Yale School of Public HealthThe climate crisis registered in a new and alarming way this week as scientists documented the two warmest days ever observed over a century-plus period of reliable recordkeeping.
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Jun 21, 2024 | 
nrdc.org | Sameer Kwatra |Prima Madan |Vijay Limaye
Co-authored with Sameeha Hossain, NRDC Intern and Graduate Student at the Yale School of Public Health, with contributions from Ashish Jindal, and Gerry George of NRDC IndiaWith record breaking temperatures taking a devastating toll on human health, the state of Uttar Pradesh (UP) has prepared a long-term heat resilience plan, which was presented in a June 19th, 2024 workshop.
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Jun 7, 2024 | 
nrdc.org | Vijay Limaye
Co-authored by Dr. Ritika Kapoor and Abhiyant Tiwari of NRDC India with Siraz Hirani and Ramesh Gadhvi of Mahila Housing TrustMany parts of India have been experiencing dangerous heat over the past few weeks, with multiple regions under alerts for extremely severe heat. Recent conditions are part of a broader trend that could make 2024 the hottest year on record for the country (closely following 2023, which was the hottest year globally since recordkeeping began).
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Apr 15, 2024 | 
nrdc.org | Vijay Limaye
Co-authored by Dr. Ritika Kapoor, Abhiyant Tiwari, and Smriti George of NRDC IndiaIndia typically experiences intense heatwaves between March and June each year, and these events impose an extreme burden on public health as well as on the economy at large. Last year’s heat experience in India was challenging, with multiple extreme temperature records broken due to the effects of climate change and El Niño.
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Apr 2, 2024 | 
nrdc.org | Vijay Limaye
Co-authored with Prof. Megan Zuelsdorff (School of Nursing, University of Wisconsin-Madison)The accumulation of heat-trapping climate pollution in the Earth’s atmosphere from burning fossil fuels is continuing to push humanity down a dangerous path.
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Mar 14, 2024 | 
nrdc.org | Vijay Limaye
Co-authored by Abhiyant Tiwari and Dr. Ritika KapoorWith 2023 confirmed as the hottest year documented in global temperature records since 1850, the life-threatening risks of extreme heat are becoming ever more obvious around the globe. Last year was the second warmest year in India since 1901, in part due to the onset of El-Niño, which is linked to higher atmospheric temperatures and reduced rainfall over the Indian subcontinent.
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Feb 7, 2024 | 
nrdc.org | Vijay Limaye |John Walke |Emily Davis
In a victory for the health of all Americans, especially those most burdened by air pollution, EPA Administrator Regan announced today the agency’s final decision strengthening limits on soot (fine particulate matter) in our air. These limits, a part of the Clean Air Act known as National Ambient Air Quality Standards, define how much soot pollution is medically unsafe to breathe and set the level to which this kind of pollution must be reduced across the country.
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Jan 12, 2024 | 
nrdc.org | Vijay Limaye
Co-authored by Dr. Ritika Kapoor and Abhiyant Tiwari of NRDC IndiaIntense heat waves are becoming more frequent and severe across India, threatening public health, electricity grid reliability, , amongst other impacts. As these heat risks linked to climate change intensify, government leaders are taking steps to improve preparedness through strengthening of of national heat preparedness efforts and city-level Heat Action Plans (HAPs).
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Aug 8, 2023 | 
journals.plos.org | Vijay Limaye
Global climate warming is fueling complex and compounding threats to populations worldwide, especially in the Global South where climate hazards pose an additional threat to health and well-being in communities heavily burdened by pollution [1]. Extreme heat poses a particular hazard to populations in South Asia because temperatures in that region are approaching the physiological limits to human tolerability [2].
