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Climate change: Slow it down or deal with it?
Climate change is for real and there are two responses – mitigation or adaptation. What does the Union Budget need to do about climate change adaptation? Posted on 15 Feb, 2015 02:38 PM

Should the next Union Budget go all-in on climate change? Should clean energy, state incentives, mitigation and adaptation all emerge as priorities? How will the administration deal with extreme weather events that become more common with climate change?

Climate change adaptation (Source: VSK, Palamau)
Citizens charter on drinking water and sanitation before Union Budget
Ahead of the Union Budget, Civil Society Organizations ask for policy strategies to support drinking water and sanitation for vulnerable sections. Posted on 13 Feb, 2015 02:24 PM

A National Convention on Union Budget 2015-16 by the Centre for Budget and Governance Accountability, New Delhi held on 8th and 9th January 2015 brought together around 200 Civil Society Organisations from more than 20 States to discuss the policy asks for water and sanitation sector.

Water facility by WASMO in Gujarat
Call for papers for the workshop on 'Regulation and management of groundwater in the age of climate change: Need for legal reforms in India', National Law University, New Delhi
This workshop seeks to bring together experts to discuss the ways in which groundwater law (and water law more generally) needs to evolve to reflect and respond to climate change.
Posted on 11 Feb, 2015 12:37 PM

Call for papers

The workshop is an opportunity for academics, students, practitioners and activists to come together, exchange ideas, and discuss emerging issues relating to implications of climate change on groundwater in India and the legal responses. The workshop will combine sessions with invited speakers and presentations and discussions of research papers.

NLUD workshop on climate change and groundwater
Rs 2000 crore action plan to restore mining ravaged areas in Karnataka
News this week Posted on 09 Feb, 2015 01:54 PM

Karnataka sets up firm to mitigate mining impacts

Coal mines in Jharsuguda
Bihar Government bans plastic packaged water bottles in all its departments
Policy matters this week Posted on 09 Feb, 2015 01:35 PM

Bihar's government offices to soon become free of plastic bottles

Plastic water bottles (Source: Pixabay.com)
Applications invited for the training on 'Water Quality Management', Centre for Water Resources Development and Management, Kozhikode, Kerala
CWRDM is organizing a KSCSTE sponsored three day training course on ‘Water Quality Management’ for teachers from university departments and colleges.
Posted on 07 Feb, 2015 03:53 PM

Centre for Water Resources Development and Management (CWRDM) is organizing a KSCSTE sponsored three day training course on ‘Water Quality Management’ at CWRDM HQ, Kozhikode during 26-28 February, 2015.  A brief course profile including the course content and application form is attached.

Training Course on Water Quality Management
Maharashtra Government puts its rivers in danger
Policy matters this week Posted on 27 Jan, 2015 12:29 PM

Mahashtra scraps state's River Regulation Zone policy

View of the river Mula in Pune, Maharashtra
Swachh Bharat Mission: 80% behind target
News this week Posted on 27 Jan, 2015 11:14 AM

Swachh Bharat seems a distant dream

Ecosan toilet built in a village
Applications invited for the post of 'Associate Director – Wetlands Conservation', WWF-India, New Delhi
WWF-India invites applications from individuals with an inherent sensitivity towards the conservation of nature to coordinate and manage the wetlands conservation programme of WWF-India.
Posted on 26 Jan, 2015 09:56 PM

Job Profile:

Applications invited for the post of 'Coordinator – Freshwater Dolphin Conservation', WWF-India, New Delhi
WWF-India invites applications from individuals with demonstrated experience in a leadership role, to provide technical support and strategic guidance to our Dolphin Conservation work.
Posted on 26 Jan, 2015 09:50 PM

About the Programme:

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