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Women are key to the success of the green transition
On International Women’s Day, ACCA underlines the need to address gender inequality in sustainability Posted on 08 Mar, 2024 02:02 PM

Women have a crucial role to play in the green economy. But leading global accountancy body ACCA (the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants) is concerned that women are in danger of being left behind in the green transition.

Ruby Mehla, a farmer recieves regular updates on weather and climate smart practices through voice messages on their registered mobile phone in the Climate Smart Village of Anjanthalli. (Image: CCAFS/2014/Prashanth Vishwanathan)
Women leading the charge in water transformation and conservation
Women pioneering change: Inspiring stories of empowerment in water sector Posted on 06 Mar, 2024 03:11 PM

As a woman achieves power, the barriers will fall

Image for representation (Image: India Water Portal Flickr)
Women shaping India’s water security through social enterprises
A journey into a Geo-AI platform with Jagriti Dabas, Founder of Arms4AI Posted on 06 Mar, 2024 02:27 PM

When it comes to water management, we have predominantly covered the work of civil society actors and government in the past. But in recent years, we have seen several highly innovative, market based approaches to solving India’s water security challenges.

Jagriti Dabas's firm Arms4AI leverages deep technology and GEO-AI to automate satellite based image analysis (Image: Arms4AI)
A water warrior with a vision
As urban areas continue to expand - rivers, lakes, streams crucial for survival of cities are dying. Aggressive developmental projects are further worsening the situation. However, citizens, scientists, experts, activists in cities such as Pune are now acting to save their rivers. We bring you the story of one such water warrior from Pune, Shailaja Deshpande on Women's Day. Posted on 06 Mar, 2024 11:25 AM

Shailaja Deshpande, Founder, Director Jeevitnadi has been a strong voice leading the citizen movement in Pune city and raising awareness of the masses to the plight of the river Mula Mutha, addressing threats posed to the river due to release of untreated sewage in the river and aggressive projects such as the River Front develo

Shailajatai, on the banks of river Mula (Image Source: Shailaja Deshpande)
Inspiring inclusion: Empowering women in grassroots governance
Navigating gender dynamics in grassroots governance for climate resilience Posted on 04 Mar, 2024 04:38 PM

At the grassroots level, ‘inclusion’ goes beyond representation. It involves ensuring diverse voices, including women, are actively participating in decision-making processes. This is especially crucial while addressing issues like climate change, given the phenomenon's unequal gendered effects.

Women in governance: Moving beyond figures to real influence in climate decision-making (Image: PDAG)
Traditional water mills to solve Arunachal's growing power crisis
Posted on 04 Mar, 2024 03:01 PM

Traditional water mills can be a promising solution to Arunachal's growing power crisis

A traditional watermill in Himachal Pradesh. Image for representation purposes only. (Image Source: India Water Portal)
NGT takes action against illegal sand mining in Muzaffarnagar
Policy matters this fortnight Posted on 01 Mar, 2024 07:12 PM

NGT initiates measures to address unauthorised sand mining in Muzaffarnagar

Trucks looting sand from a river (Image: Arayilpdas, Wikimedia Commons)
Reviving the traditional tank irrigation systems of Andhra Pradesh
While encroachment, siltation, poor maintenance of traditional irrigation tanks limit farmers in Andhra Pradesh from accessing water in the command areas, strengthening WUAs shows a promising way forward to ensure maintenance of tanks at the community level and ensure water security for farmers. Posted on 28 Feb, 2024 10:34 AM

The tank irrigation systems of South India

Traditional irrigation tanks of South India. Image for representation purposes only (Image Source: India Water Portal)
Empowering MSMEs in India: Navigating mine repurposing for climate resilience
As India stands at the crossroads of a transformative era, the policymakers hold immense potential to propel the nation towards a climate-resilient economy. Posted on 26 Feb, 2024 08:46 PM

India's Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs), constituting 30% of the GDP, employing 110 million workers, and contributing 49% to exports, stand as the backbone of the economy. However, limited access to affordable finance and technical know-how hampers their transition to cleaner, energy-efficient technologies.

Repurposed mined lands can emerge as a cost-effective solution (Image: India Water Portal Flickr)
Sewage will overtake agriculture as the biggest polluter of river sub basins in India
This study predicts that sewage will become the dominant source of nitrogen pollution in rivers due to urbanisation and insufficient wastewater treatment technologies and infrastructure in worse case scenario projections in countries such as India. Posted on 20 Feb, 2024 03:18 PM

India is fast hurtling towards acute water scarcity. The reasons are many. While groundwater overdependence, changing rainfall patterns, poor water management practices are to blame, recent research shows that poor water quality is also adding up to this scarcity while also threatening the health of populations.

The polluted river Yamuna at Agra (Image Source: India Water Portal)
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