People For Climate - A Greenpeace Climate Justice Campaign
Sustainable Development Goals
Life On Land, Climate Action
Volunteer preferred location
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Volunteering Duration
20 Feb, 2024 - 15 Mar, 2024
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Cyclone Michaung had eroded, damaged infrastructure, flooded 1500 homes, affecting the lives and livelihoods of about 20,000 residentsâ â The Hindu, January 2024 âThe extremely severe cyclonic storm claimed 64 lives and caused substantial damage to infrastructure, including houses, power lines, agricultural fields, communication networks and water supply systems.â â Economic Times on Cyclone Fani that struck Sundarbans in 2019 âMore than 50 per cent of Maharashtra is now officially under droughtâ â Indian Express, November 2023 âAt least 96 people are reported to have died from heat-aggravated conditions during a blistering heatwave across two of Indiaâs most populous statesâ â The Guardian, June 2023 âWhatâs raising the fears is the fact that over 70,000 are still missing, and given that rescuers havenât yet been able to reach many ravaged townsâ â The Times Of India on the 2013 Uttarakhand cloudburst It is high time we stop viewing these extreme weather events in silos and look at them as a symptom of a larger, deeper problem at hand â The Climate Crisis. The stories around these disasters need to be told before they hit and much after they have passed. Communities impacted by them are more than just facts and figures that
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