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Can weather index insurance be a win for all?
Posted on 08 Oct, 2021 03:25 PMDeveloping countries are already enduring the worst of climate change.
![Devastated onion farm during floods in Bihar, 2016. (Image: Dakshina Murthy/IWMI)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2021-10/wle.jpg?itok=lV3l8DxL)
Proactive action on green cooling to deal with the climate crisis
Posted on 20 Aug, 2021 10:58 AMIndia’s approval on ratification of the Kigali Amendment to the Montreal Protocol on
![Edited NASA PR image showing the ozone hole for 2014 over the south pole. Red is bad, blue is good, e.g., red means not as much ozone as blue. (Image: Stuart Rankin; CC BY-NC 2.0)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2021-08/ozone%20hole.jpg?itok=sDwHycQI)
IPCC: Net zero plans needed if we are to stop warming
Posted on 09 Aug, 2021 05:02 PMThe Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) met virtually to consider the contribution of Working Group 1 (WG1) to the IPCC Sixth Assessment Report (AR6), for two weeks from 26th July to 6th August, 2021.
![India will face irreversible impacts of climate crisis, says IPCC report (Image: Pixabay)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2021-08/gw.jpg?itok=QIc-eZU0)
Emerging markets adopt renewables
Posted on 19 Jul, 2021 12:36 PMEmerging markets are about to leapfrog fossil fuels to generate all the growth in their electricity supply from renewables in this decade. The peak global fossil fuel usage for electricity generation was probably 2018.
![Solar power plant in Telangana (image: Thomas Llyod Group, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2021-07/Solar_Power_Plant_Telangana_II_in_state_of_Telangana%2C_India%2C_12-MWp_DCb.jpg?itok=S4BX2pRq)
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)
Online Training on Design and Implementation of Decentralised Wastewater Treatment System (DEWATS)
Posted on 11 Jun, 2021 03:23 PM![Flyer](/sites/default/files/inline-images/Flyer%20-Online%20DEWATS%20Training%202021%20_JPG.jpg)
Irrigation from thin air
Posted on 06 Jun, 2021 07:44 PMA new development from a US university - a gel that can absorb water from humidity in the air, before releasing it back into the soil - could help farmers struggling to cope with the effects of drought.
![The water-absorbing gel has performed well under lab conditions. (Image: IWMI Flickr, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2021-06/sprinkler%20irrigation.jpg?itok=Kq19E11f)
Serious efforts needed to curb carbon emissions
Posted on 07 May, 2021 07:45 PMThe Leaders’ Summit on Climate hosted by the United States President Joe Biden has come to a successful conclusion.
![On January 20, 2021 United States rejoined the Paris Accord (Image: Kai Stachowiak; Public Domain license)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2021-05/climate.jpg?itok=uOoR1Nmk)
World must unite to tackle climate change immediately: UN
Posted on 29 Apr, 2021 10:15 AMUN report reminds the world to tackle climate change immediately
![Severe cyclone batters a town in India (Source: IWP Flickr Photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2021-04/31642433665_20dc424529_z_2.jpg?itok=6e1Hwqve)
Lights out to mark the Earth Hour
Posted on 26 Mar, 2021 04:25 PMEarth Hour is observed on the last Saturday of March each year in almost all countries to raise people’s awareness of natural disasters due
![Through this year’s theme, awareness is being raised about the crisis of nature loss, climate change and global warming (Image: SomeCG, Pixabay)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2021-03/earth%20hour.jpg?itok=9dSoSxbI)