plan to mainstream Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) in Chennai; thirdly, the initiation of the Safer Chennai Campaign as part of the UN World DRR Campaign is presented; fourth, the implications of the current urban expansion of the Corporation of Chennai is discussed; and finally, further suggestions are made on how Chennai can become res...
A policy dialogue on mainstreaming climate action in Chennai was held on 25 February, 2025, bringing stakeholders together to explore integrating climate resilience and low-carbon development into urban planning frameworks. Indonesia: Ur...
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As example, in 2020, the two sites of glass production at Chennai (India) and Pisa (Italy) were awarded for their installation of ORC turbine producing utilities from recovered heat. The annual Emerald Awards reward Saint-Gobain sites around the world that carry out projects contributing to the...
It is in proximity and bounded in the north by Chennai district. The main economic activity of the people in the region is crop production (rice is a major crop), and it is also a rice-efficient cropping zone. According to the climate risk assessment report, Chengalpattu falls under high-...
then washing well inland. The December 2004 tsunamis following a magnitude 9 earthquake in Indonesia reached the west coast of India and affected the Kalpakkam nuclear power plant near Madras/Chennai. When very abnormal water levels were detected in the cooling water intake, the plant shut down ...
(Colorado in September 2013), Thailand (July 2011 and December 2014), and South India (Chennai in November 2015), the damage to residential areas and industries, and consequently the disruption of the global supply chain was associated more with long-duration floods than the instantaneous peak ...
210) (2012) used quantitative methods to study Chennai’s Thirusoolam sub-watershed to “illustrate the relationship between land use change and runoff response, to develop the flood hazard map using remote sensing and GIS techniques, and to develop flood zone map of the watershed using [a] ...
S. Swaminathan Research Foundation, Chennai, India Editors and Contributors xxv P. Indira Devi Kerala Agricultural University, Thrissur, Kerala, India Priyanga M. Dunusinghe University of Colombo, Colombo, Sri Lanka Islam M. Faisal Department of Conservation and Climate, Government of Mani- toba, ...
Students take part in a demonstration calling for action against climate change, in Chennai on November 29, 2019. ARUN SANKAR/AFP/Getty Images Asia stands to be impacted the most from climate crisis The Asia-Pacific region, home to 60% of the world’s population, is one of the most ...