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Billions lack access to WASH services
Posted on 06 Jul, 2021 06:40 PMA UNICEF-WHO Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) report on drinking water and sanitation indicates that billions of people will lack access safely managed household drinking water, sanitation and hygiene services in 2030 unless the rate of progress towards meeting sustainable development goal (SDG) goal quadruples.
![Between 2016 and 2020, the global population with safely managed drinking water at home increased from 70% to 74% (Image: Pxhere)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2021-07/tap-water.jpg?itok=aTJAl17y)
Aspirational Districts Programme, a successful model of local development, says UNDP report
Posted on 30 Jun, 2021 11:09 PMUnited Nations Development Programme (UNDP) India released an independent appraisal report on the Aspirational Districts Programme (ADP) recently. The report captures the progress of the flagship initiative and recommendations for further improvements.
![UNDP India released an appraisal report on transformation of 112 most backward districts recently (Image: Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2021-06/Village_pump_in_India.jpg?itok=KS0Uh4uQ)
A just energy transition roadmap
Posted on 30 Jun, 2021 11:15 AMIn the run-up to COP 26, International Forum for Environment, Sustainability & Technology (iFOREST), the Delhi-based environmental organization, launched India’s first ‘Just Transition’ Centre at a virtual event on June 29, 2021.
![How the demand for coal is transforming the environment and the people who depend on it (Image: Wilson-Centre, Environmental Change and Security Program, Flickr Commons, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2021-06/fossil-fuel.jpg?itok=_1ryMZNQ)
When monsoon plays truant!
Posted on 29 Jun, 2021 07:43 PMA recent study by the Council on Energy, Environment and Water (CEEW) found that very few (less than 4 percent) of Indian farmers have adopted sustainable agricultural practices and systems.
![When the monsoon plays truant (Image Source: India Water Portal)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2021-06/Monsoon_0.jpg?itok=AOX1E0oG)
Toxic chemicals: A barrier to safe drinking water
Posted on 22 Jun, 2021 04:22 PMA drinking water quality, testing, monitoring and surveillance framework was released by the Ministry of Jal Shakti in March 2021 as a part of the government’s flagship Nal se Jal scheme.
![Water treatment facilities are incapable of removing many chemical compounds and need to be upgraded (Image: PxHere)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2021-06/water.jpg?itok=dJ83RM97)
Living with droughts
Posted on 20 Jun, 2021 11:02 AMAs per a Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction: Special Report on Drought 2021, released by the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UND
![Drought resilience partnerships at the national and local levels will be critical to managing drought (Image: Pixabay; hbieser)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2021-06/drought.jpg?itok=_9XJhO2X)
Eco-Tales exchanging ideas, suggestions on 'Wetland Management and Biodiversity Conservation
Posted on 17 Jun, 2021 01:04 PMThe Central Pollution Control Board, MOEF&CC, are offering an open and free-flowing discussion forum where you can share your valuable ideas, your thoughts, tell your stories and suggestions about 'Wetland Management and Biodiversity Conservation', its usage its value towards humankind (based on this year's theme- Ecosystem Restoration).
Rural realities amid second COVID surge in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh
Posted on 05 Jun, 2021 11:33 AMCOVID-19 has been spreading fast in rural areas while issues related to its management and the government’s response to the pandemic remain.
![COVID-19 has had an adverse impact on the livelihood of people doing small jobs due to lockdown. (Image: Gospel for Asia; Wikimedia Commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2021-06/Gospel_for_Asia_Covid_Relief.jpg?itok=euL0qs7u)
Social solidarity model in COVID-19 times
Posted on 03 Jun, 2021 07:28 PMThe COVID-19 pandemic affected the entire globe and unfolded the most challenging health risks and economic burdens on communities, women, men and children, who were already on the margins.
Community owned solutions strengthen rural resilience
Posted on 03 Jun, 2021 12:32 PMSituated in the north-central part of the country, Uttar Pradesh is the most populous state in India as well as the most populous country subdivision in the world. Agriculture forms an integral part of Uttar Pradesh’s economy and the lives of its people.
![Managing community grain banks (Image: Shramik Bharti)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2021-06/Uttar-Pradesh-crop-2.jpg?itok=EVwXCKLb)