Former US Vice President Al Gore speaks about climate change during the Fourth Annual Rhode Island Energy and Environmental Leaders Day at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, June 11, 2013.
Greepeace activists protest for the climate change in the flooded water of River Danube at the Chain Bridge of Budapest downtown on June 9, 2013. The Danube is expected to peak late Sunday in Budapest close to its highest level of 860 cm at 895 cm, 35 cm higher than the record levels of 2006. Emergency services and volunteers worked through the night in Hungary as flood waters threatened towns and villages along the Danube, having already caused chaos upstream in Germany and Austria.
MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - JUNE 07: Greg Combet (L), Minister for Climate Change and Energy Efficiency and Bill Shorten (R), Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations and Minister for Financial Services and Superannuation look on as Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard (C) speaks during an automotive industry meeting on June 7, 2013 in Melbourne, Australia. The emergency meetings were called to discuss the changes in the automotive industry after Ford last month announced it would close its Australian manufacturing plants in 2016. Representatives from Ford, Holden and Toyota were in attendance.
LOS ANGELES, CA - FEBRUARY 17: A sign written in Spanglish declares that climate change is real at the 'Forward on Climate' rally to call on President Obama to take strong action on the climate crisis on February 17, 2013 in Los Angeles, California. Organizers say the rally, which is led by Tar Sands Action Southern California and Sierra Club, is composed of a coalition of over 90 groups and coincides with similar rallies in Washington D.C. and other U.S. cities.
Vicky Pryce, the ex-wife of former British climate change minister Chris Huhne, leaves Southwark Crown Court in London on February 7, 2013 after a hearing in her trial on charges of perverting the course of justice. Pryce told her trial that Huhne had put pressure on her to admit a speeding offence on his behalf. Pryce said she refused point-blank when Huhne asked her to take the speeding points, but a few weeks later she received a letter nominating her as the driver and 'exploded'. The 60-year-old senior economist, said when she refused to sign the letter and admit the offence her husband told her she was being 'ridiculous'.
Guwahati: Climate change leading to natural disasters, particularly flood and erosion, has affected the livelihood options of thousands of people across Assam, a study has found out.
The impact of the climate change is most pronounced among marginalised women, but it has also pushed people from prosperous families into taking up work of domestic assistance and daily wage labour, the study revealed.
In many cases, young women of less developed and remote areas have even been pushed into flesh trade after natural disasters wiped out their options of making an honest livelihood.
The study was conducted by the Centre for Environment, Social and Policy Research (CESPR) in collaboration with the Indian Network on Ethics and Climate Change.
