Addressing policy challenges from Chennai’s 2015 extreme rainfall event This policy brief identifies the key causes of Chennai's 2015 extreme rainfall and gives recommendations for building urban resilience in the area.

Climate attribution science: A useful tool to plan for extreme heat events This policy brief identifies how climate attribution science can help to mitigate future extreme heat events and address the needs of those most affected.

Rapidly growing Chennai submerged by rare extreme rainfall event This factsheet, from the Raising Risk Awareness initiative, examines the impacts of the 1 December 2015 flood in Chennai, that killed over 470 people and brought the city to a standstill.

Communicating extreme weather event attribution: Research from India and Kenya Communication of extreme event attribution information in the immediate aftermath of an extreme event provides a window of opportunity to inform, educate, and affect a change in attitude or behaviour in order to mitigate or prepare for climate change.This report presents the most effective identified methods, phrases and tools.

Attributing extreme weather events (Hindi version) What if we could better prepare for hazards like flooding and heat waves by understanding the changing risks of extreme weather events? This short film, presented in Hindi, explains the process behind attribution science and its importance in preparing for the future.

Aerosols: How they affect atmospheric warming (Hindi) Like greenhouse gases, aerosols affect the Earth’s radiative balance, intercepting solar radiation and either reflecting it back or absorbing it high in the atmosphere. This short film from the Raising Risk Awareness initiative, presented in Hindi, looks at how aerosols affect atmospheric warming.