As climate change buffets the mountains of Gilgit-Baltistan, women become central to disaster relief

Purdah-observing women often died in disasters because men found it awkward to save them.

Zofeen Ebrahim

· Feb 20, 2021 · 09:30 pm

A tale of two states: Why disaster recovery in India needs to go beyond housing

With extreme weather events predicted to get more frequent, there is a need for policies to include livelihood concerns and other issues.

Jasmitha Arvind

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Nihal Ranjit

· Jan 08, 2020 · 12:30 pm

There’s an environmental cost to disaster and conflict relief – and clean energy is the way out

At present, relief operations overwhelmingly rely on diesel for transport and electricity generation, and wood and charcoal for household cooking.

Morgan D Bazilian

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Liliana Benitez

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Glada Lahn

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David Mozersky

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Sherwin Das

· Nov 24, 2018 · 11:30 pm

Due to an ‘accounting error’, Assam has not received any special Central flood aid since 2014

This despite that fact that the state has been hit by devastating floods every year.

Arunabh Saikia

· Sep 02, 2018 · 06:30 pm

Watch: 'Where is the huge development package we were promised?' asks Kashmir's Bandipora district

Despite the allocation of Rs 44,800 crore for roads in the state, it is impossible to drive here.

Scroll Staff

· Dec 25, 2016 · 05:00 pm

What can you do for Nepal? Stay put, and open your wallets

Cash donations are the easiest to deploy for assistance, while inexperienced volunteers can be a liability.

Nayantara Narayanan

· Apr 27, 2015 · 09:10 am