Shelter from the storm

Publication Year: 2012

Author(s): Dr Rajendra K Pachauri

Abstract: India must integrate responses to climate change with its development strategy It was Mark Twain who said that everyone talks about the weather, but does nothing about it. In India, the accurate forecasting of monsoons is of particular importance. This year again our forecasts have been largely off the mark. As a result, there was no chance for timely adaptation measures. The Indian Meteorological Department has suffered from years of neglect, but with the formation of the ministry of earth sciences, there are efforts to improve knowledge and scientific capabilities for monsoon predictions, and for projecting the impacts of climate change. These efforts urgently need to be accelerated and expanded.

Source: The Indian Express

Publisher/Organisation: Indian Express Group

URL: https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/shelter-from-the-storm/