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Study reveals the increasing cost of debt caused by climate change
Bridging the gap between climate science and real-world financial indicators
University of East Anglia
Posted on 07 Aug, 2023 12:57 PM

Climate change will increase the cost of sovereign and corporate debt worldwide, according to new research led by the University of East Anglia (UEA) and the University of Cambridge. Published today in the journal Management Science, the study is the first to anchor climate science within “real world” financial indicators. It suggests that 59 nations will experience a drop in sovereign credit r
Human activities have been the main driver of climate change (Image: U3196787: Wikimedia Commons)
Climate change and SDGs in the Global South: Unraveling intersectionalities
Promoting fair and inclusive measures to address climate change while enhancing the ability of communities to withstand its impacts.
Dasra
Posted on 02 Aug, 2023 08:09 PM

Dasra, a strategic philanthropy organisation, along with Observer Research Foundation, launched a landmark report on the intersection of climate and the SDGs in India titled Our Uncommon Future : Intersectionality of Climate Change and SDGs in the Global South at the Think20 (T20) Summit on July 31, 2023.
There is an urgent need for scaling international cooperation to find solutions (Image: WallpaperFlare)
Odisha village tackles cyclones by planting mangroves
News this fortnight
Aarti Kelkar Khambete
Posted on 02 Aug, 2023 02:55 AM

Odisha village tackles cyclones by growing mangrove forests
Mangrove forests, Bhitarkanika National Park, Odisha. Image for representation purposes only. (Image Source: Shubhamg81095 via Wikimedia Commons)
India's updated ESG reporting format and rules
Policy matters this fortnight
Amita Bhaduri
Posted on 31 Jul, 2023 11:51 AM

India’s updated sustainability reporting format and rules for ESG ratings providers
India has rigorous environmental, social, and governance (ESG) disclosure norms (Image: WallpaperFlare)
How to save Punjab from floods?
The devastation caused by the torrential rains that pounded Punjab serves as yet another painful reminder of the cost associated with our hasty urban expansion and unplanned development.
Gurinder Kaur
Posted on 29 Jul, 2023 12:18 PM

These days, Punjab is in the grip of floods. In more than 1,400 villages in 19 districts of Punjab, water from Sutlej, Beas, Ravi, and Ghaggar is causing heavy damage to crops, houses, people, and other belongings. The state government has evacuated more than 25,000 people to safer places to avoid the flood.
Green regulations and environmental warnings are often disregarded by our planners. (Image: Rawpixel, CC0)
FAQs on water pumping and distribution for residential buildings
Who doesn't enjoy a constant, smooth flow of water at home? While local utilities provide water through their pipeline network, pumps are used to push the water stored in overhead tanks. Also, residential buildings use pumps to deliver water to your households. Know more about pumps through the FAQs below.
Amita Bhaduri
Posted on 28 Jul, 2023 07:09 PM

What is water pumping machinery used for?
Pumps used in residential buildings (Image: Propertygeek)
Wading through stagnant waters can be risky
Walking unprotected through stagnant or accumulated waters in urban as well as rural areas can expose you to diseases such as leptospirosis. What is leptospirosis? What are its causes? 
Aarti Kelkar Khambete
Posted on 27 Jul, 2023 10:15 AM

The monsoon can drench besides forcing you to wade through flooded stagnant waters in cities or make you to start working happily in the rice fields in rural areas. Rainwater puddles in the fields or stagnant waters in cities are often mixed with water from animal and rodent waste, and sewage in urban areas. Do you know that this can cause diseases such as leptospirosis? 
Working for long hours in collected waters can increase the risk of leptospirosis (Image Source: India Water Portal)
Designing for inclusion
How can architecture and design play an important role in redevelopment and rehabilitation to improve the built environment for marginalised communities.
Sandhya Naidu Janardhan
Community Design Agency
Posted on 26 Jul, 2023 04:57 PM

Slums have become ubiquitous parts of the urban landscape today. The lack of formal planning and public infrastructure in these settlements makes them unhealthy and unsafe for the residents. There is an urgent need to provide safe and healthy housing to these communities.
How can architecture support marginalised communities (Image: Community Design Agency)
One stop shop and services: Skilling rural Maharashtra
A pioneering initiative of training and skilling Young WASH Entrepreneurs (YWEs) as WASHMitras has not only helped solve the need for operation and maintenance of WASH facilities in schools in Maharashtra, but also helped empower WASHMitras in the process.
CYDA
PEF
UNICEF
Posted on 21 Jul, 2023 12:19 PM

Sapna, a WASHMitra from Chandrapur now frequently travels outside her village solving practical problems, breaking barriers and stereotypes while looking after Operation and Maintenance of toilets and marching towards earning more than enough to be financially independent.
(Image Source: CYDA, PEF, UNICEF (2022) One stop shop and services: Bringing 21st century skills to rural Maharashtra)
DCM Shriram AgWater Challenge
Apply now to solve water use efficiency for India's smallholder farmers: https://bit.ly/3qRf6xW
Posted on 19 Jul, 2023 10:29 AM

The 'DCM Shriram AgWater Challenge' was launched on 20th June 2023, and has been received with great interest and anticipation.
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