The trail of destruction left by Cyclone Amphan in eastern India has once again highlighted inadequacies in dealing with climate disasters that displace millions of people every year
Fisheries markets collapsed in the first days of the lockdown, impoverishing hundreds of thousands of small fishers in India, and recovery is nowhere in sight
The mangroves in the Sundarbans region absorbed the fury of the cyclone to save West Bengal and Bangladesh, but was badly damaged in the process
Water levels at India’s ports are rising much faster than elsewhere in the world, a marker of danger for the country’s infrastructure, coastal communities and ecosystems
India has shown much improvement in saving lives from extreme storms like Cyclone Fani, but enormous challenges remain on the rehabilitation and rebuilding fronts
Destructive human activity, rising temperatures in the Arabian Sea and ocean acidification is pushing the coral ecosystem in Lakshadweep to the verge of breakdown