Experts urge authorities to prepare for the worst of climate disasters
Amid IPCC’s ‘clarion call’, Nepal should be more proactive to adapt to climate crisis.
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AQI | Air Pollution Level | Health Implications |
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0-50 | Good | Air quality is considered satisfactory, and air pollution poses little or no risk. |
51-100 | Moderate | Air quality is acceptable; however, for some pollutants there may be a moderate health concern for a very small number of people who are unusually sensitive to air pollution. |
101-150 | Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups | Members of sensitive groups may experience health effects. The general public is not likely to be affected. |
151-200 | Unhealthy | Everyone may begin to experience health effects; members of sensitive groups may experience more serious health effects. |
201-300 | Very Unhealthy | Health warnings of emergency conditions. The entire population is more likely to be affected. |
301+ | Hazardous | Health alert: everyone may experience more serious health effects. |
Amid IPCC’s ‘clarion call’, Nepal should be more proactive to adapt to climate crisis.
When the forest office is under-equipped, taming the fires and curbing poaching remain a challenge.
At an interaction held on International Women’s Day, residents of the Solukhumbu village shared their grievances on the impact of climate change on their daily lives including reduced harvests owing to less rainfall and low soil fertility.
At least 30 persons have died in fire-related incidents since the start of 2023.
Authorities plan to harvest rainwater at TU Teaching Hospital and other government buildings to replenish aquifers.
As climate change threatens livelihoods, experts ask Nepali authorities to adopt adaptation measures.
All efforts to contain the inferno, which has been raging for three days, have remained largely unsuccessful, say officials.
Light rainfall likely in Karnali, Sudurpaschim and Gandaki provinces.
The snowfall since Tuesday morning, however, has elated farmers in the region in hopes of an increase in winter crop production.
Officials at the Meteorological Forecasting Division say dense fog and mist will continue in the Tarai region on Monday and Tuesday.