Political

Supported by: ARGHYAM

To improve tropical cyclone warning systems in the Bay of Bengal and the Arabian Sea through effective operational plan

Organizers: India Meteorological Department(IMD), World Meteorological Organisation(WMO), Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP)

Venue: Scope Complex, Lodi Road, New Delhi

Organizers: MSSRF and University of Nebraska

Venue: M S Swaminathan Research Foundation, Chennai

Topics:

• Setting the Agenda – Emerging Issues in Water
• Managing Water for Food Production
• Water Productivity in Agriculture

Organizer: Centre for Science and Environment(CSE)

Venue: Anil Agarwal Green College, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, New Delhi

Topics:    

• State of India’s environment: An overview
• The environmental movement in India   
• Poverty and the biomass economy
• Ecological rights & natural resource management 
• Land and its use: Agriculture, food security  
• Conservation & conflict: wildlife management debate 

Organizer: Centre for Science and Environment(CSE)

Venue: Anil Agarwal Green College, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, New Delhi

Topics:

• Overview – Water – yesterday, today and tomorrow
• Science of rainwater harvesting 
• Technology of rainwater harvesting 
• Harvesting the city’s water endowment

Of these, as many as 36 reservoirs are having significant hydro-power benefits with installed capacities of more than 60MW each. The combined live storage in these 81 reservoirs at the beginning of monsoon, i.e. June 1, 2010 was 14% of their designed capacity and stood at 60% of designed capacity as on January 27, 2011. The present storage is 137% of last year’s storage and 145% of last 10 years average storage during the same period. Out of these 81 reservoirs there are presently 15 reservoirs where this year’s storage is less than 80 % of the average of previous 10 years and in remaining 66 reservoirs the storage is more than 80% of the average of previous 10 years.

Content courtesy: Devex

• Energy & Water Analysts
  
     Social Impact
  
     Location: India
     Last Date: 10th February, 2011
  
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India has reflected significant leadership both through initiating on domestic commitments as part of its National Action Plan and through its willingness towards extending the Kyoto Protocol. The national mission action plan on climate change has initiated on institutional strengthening activities and increased activity at local level to tackle problems arising out of Climate Change. Indian Network for Climate Change Assessment released a major new report that provides an assessment of impact of climate change in 2030s on four key sectors in four climate sensitive regions of India.

Theme: Adverse impacts of uncontrolled sand mining in the rivers

Organizer: Center for Water Resources Development and Management (CWRDM)

Venue: Kozhikode, Kerala