Press Releases
Department:
Planning, Investment Promotion & Sustainable Development Department
Title: Block level climate vulnerabilities of Meghalaya revealed
Press Release Number:
18/07/2025
Description:
Researchers from the Meghalaya Climate Change Centre (MCCC), Government of Meghalaya have conducted an assessment profiling a comprehensive climate vulnerability across the then 39 Community & Rural Development Blocks of Meghalaya. The assessment, "Integrated climate vulnerability assessment of Meghalaya at block level", is published as a research article in Discover Sustainability , a journal published by the Europe based Springer Nature Group. The assessment reveals vulnerability in 25 C&RD Blocks in the very high and high categories, contributed by limited access to credit, low household incomes, inadequate public health infrastructure such as Anganwadi centres, and low forest resource availability besides other factors
Released Date:
18 Jul 2025