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Toolkit for developing city action plans for reusing treated wastewater
Strategic approach to managing urban water resources sustainably Posted on 23 Jul, 2024 10:49 AM

The increasing demand for water resources in urban areas has led to significant challenges in water management, particularly in regions facing water scarcity.

Water treatment plant (Image: Rawpixel; CC0 License)
Addressing India's impending solar waste crisis
The solar industry should also explore innovative financing mechanisms and business models for solar waste management.
Posted on 09 Apr, 2024 12:04 PM

As India progresses towards achieving net-zero status by expanding its renewable energy capacity, a recent study by the

There is a need for building collection centers, storage facilities, and recycling plants to manage solar waste effectively (Image: Syedsolar/RawPixel/CC0 1.0 Universal)
Creating scalable, sustainable agriculture programs
The report presents six case studies on how sustainable agriculture programmes scaled up in the past in India Posted on 28 Dec, 2023 01:34 PM

The agrarian complexities India faces are large-scale and systemic, intertwined with socio-economic and environmental issues.

A farmer uses a hosepipe to irrigate crops at her farm in the Nilgiris mountains, Tamil Nadu (Image: IWMI Flickr Photos; CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 DEED)
Insights from Atal Bhujal Yojana in Rajasthan
Learnings from India's Participatory Groundwater Management Programme Posted on 12 Dec, 2023 08:58 AM

Groundwater, comprising approximately 99 percent of easily accessible freshwater (United Nations 2022), plays a vital role in meeting the water needs of diverse stakeholders globally, encompassing both rural and urban areas and spanning industrial and irrigation sectors.

Launched in 2019, Atal Bhujal Yojana aims to mainstream community participation and inter-ministerial convergence in groundwater management. (Image: Picryl)
Bridging the inequity gap: Imperatives for COP28 success
COP28 must bridge the North-South equity gap with decisive action, ambition, and acceleration, says CEEW
Posted on 07 Dec, 2023 05:50 PM

“To be successful, climate negotiations need to fulfil three purposes: set the agenda and targets, put in a process for their implementation, and monitor enforcement and progress. The year 2023 has underlined clearly why the UN’s Conference of Parties can not kick the can of climate justice, climate action and climate finance down the road.

The world will take stock of Paris Agreement at the COP28 (Image: Flickr/ Nick Humphries)
Fourteen Indian states have better resilience to floods
These states are at the forefront of flood early warning systems Posted on 14 Jul, 2023 09:58 PM

Approximately 66% of individuals in India are exposed to extreme flood events. However, only 33% of the exposed individuals are covered by flood early warning systems (EWS), according to a new report released by the Council on Energy, Environment and Water (CEEW) recently.

Previously drought-prone areas are now facing floods (Image: Needpix)
Market value of treated wastewater will rise to rupees 1.9 billion in 2050
Only 10 states in India have treated wastewater reuse policies so far Posted on 29 Mar, 2023 07:26 PM

The market value of treated wastewater in India will be INR 830 million in 2025 and INR 1.9 billion in 2050 if we have the mechanism to sell it to select sectors, according to an independent study by the Council on Energy, Environment and Water (CEEW).

Sewage treatment plant in Kavoor, Mangalore (Image: Asian Development Bank; CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
Unlocking demand for solar rooftops
A rooftop solar for every home in India: Report to organise local solarise campaigns
Posted on 31 Jul, 2022 11:34 AM

Council on Energy, Environment and Water's (CEEW) interactive guidebook ‘A rooftop solar for every home in India: Report to organise local solarise campaigns’ builds on the experience of organising and delivering the Solarise Delhi campaigns.

Residents who already have roof top solar are ideal for solar ambassadors. (Image: PxHere)
Financing clean energy transitions to meet India's climate goals
India must significantly step-up clean energy subsidies to meet its 2030 targets: CEEW-IISD Posted on 20 Jun, 2022 08:40 PM

In 2021, at global climate negotiations, the government established a new commitment to reach net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by the year 2070. It also reaffirmed its aim to install 500 GW of non-fossil power capacity by 2030. This is up from 159 GW of non-fossil capacity as of February 2022 (Central Electricity Authority [CEA], 2022).

India needs to further shift support away from fossil fuels and towards clean energy technologies (Image: Kenueone, Pixabay)
Forecasting systems can reduce Delhi's cocktail of pollutants
A CEEW study indicates that forecasting systems helped avert extremely severe air pollution episodes last winter.
Posted on 13 Jun, 2022 09:15 AM

 

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