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Accelerating climate action: Bridging the gap from dialogue to action
Posted on 29 Apr, 2024 08:33 PMIn a call to confront our planet's pressing challenges, the 3rd Annual Climate Asia Conference convened in Bengaluru this April. Themed "Accelerating climate action: Bridging the gap from dialogue to action," the event saw leaders and experts from diverse sectors, all driven by a shared determination to effect tangible change.
![People in the face of climate change (Image: UNDP; CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 DEED)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2024-04/climate%20change.jpg?itok=AazczwIw)
Can climate smart agriculture help India cope with droughts?
Posted on 28 Apr, 2024 10:19 AMClimate related natural disasters and agriculture in India
Climate related natural disasters are predicted to threaten crop productivity and thereby food security in the future in India where the damage would be severe with more than 50 percent people being directly dependent on agriculture and with about 43 percent of cultivated lands being rainfed.
![Climate resilient agriculture to cope with droughts. Image for representation purposes only. (Image Source: India Water Portal)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2024-04/Monsoon%204.jpg?itok=jKpTttdu)
Enhancing livelihood security in wasteland-dominated areas
Posted on 25 Apr, 2024 11:38 PMIn rural India, where agriculture remains a primary livelihood, access to basic amenities is often lacking, contributing to low livelihood security. The presence of extensive wasteland, particularly in regions like West Bengal, exacerbates these challenges, especially in socially marginalised areas.
![Addressing livelihood challenges in wasteland regions (Image: Biswarup Ganguly; Wikimedia Commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2024-04/Agricultural_Hut_-_Beliaghata_-_Taki_Road_-_North_24_Parganas_2015-04-11_7109.jpg?itok=PcP20HtM)
Saving tropical riverine grasslands of the Brahmaputra floodplains
Posted on 25 Apr, 2024 12:00 PMWhat are grasslands
![Grassland in the Kaziranga National Park in Assam (Image Source: Debabrata Phukon via Wikimedia Commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2024-04/Kaziranga%20grassland.jpg?itok=AgNh0_hr)
The heat is on: Invisible, unprecedented, and screaming for new solutions
Posted on 25 Apr, 2024 11:55 AMThe world is heating up like never before. According to NOAA's 2023 climate report, the combined land and ocean temperature has increased at an average rate of 0.11° Fahrenheit (0.06° Celsius) per decade since 1850, or about 2° F in total.
![Rising temperatures, rising risks (Image: Kim Kestler, publicdomainpictures.net)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2024-04/effects-of-climate-change%20%281%29.jpg?itok=zEbB2cWE)
Political parties urged to pay special attention to rehabilitation of people displaced by climate change
Posted on 20 Apr, 2024 12:09 PMThe ‘Youth4Water India’ campaign, initiated by Water Initiatives, WaterAid India, and sixty-eight other organisations, has just released a 23-point manifesto for political parties contesting in these general elections, urging upon them to commit to special rehabilitation and support programmes for the youth who are most vul
![Youth are the first to migrate out due to extreme climate impacts; should be provided with ‘adequate employment opportunities’ with their right to life and education protected (Image: ADRA, Flickr Commons; CC BY-ND 2.0 DEED)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2024-04/cyclone%20phailin.jpg?itok=rIb13OO5)
Saving the Hilsa by letting the Narmada flow!
Posted on 20 Apr, 2024 08:17 AMWhile dams are said to play a crucial role in meeting growing water demands, generating energy, and protecting from floods, controlled water release from dams can significantly impact the ecosystem of estuaries and the fish living in its waters.
What are estuaries
![Narmada river at the Sardar Sarovar Dam (Image Source: Jitesh Ukani via Wikimedia Commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2024-04/SSD.jpg?itok=9HeqEJGc)
Understanding drought impacts and strategies: Orange growers in Vidarbha
Posted on 19 Apr, 2024 03:50 PMDrought, a climatic phenomenon marked by insufficient rainfall over an extended period, severely impacts livelihoods by causing water shortages for essential activities like farming. This leads to reduced agricultural income, livestock mortality, food insecurity, and health issues.
![Examining orange growers' perceptions and strategies to mitigate drought impacts (Image: Needpix)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2024-04/orange-tree-needpix.jpg?itok=wDUQr6hO)
Collaborative approaches to water governance in Indus, the Ganga and the Brahmaputra basin
Posted on 18 Apr, 2024 09:05 AMThe future of over one billion people and globally significant ecosystems hinges on collaborative efforts to address the challenges posed by climate change and water management in three critical river basins: the Indus, the Ganga, and the Brahm
![Rivers of destiny (Image: Vikramjit Kakati/Wikimedia Commons; CC BY-SA 3.0 DEED)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2024-04/Evening_on_the_Brahmaputra_River_by_Vikramjit_Kakati.jpg?itok=VU2ixRW7)
Role of irrigation in improving farm efficiency in tribal villages of Eastern India
Posted on 13 Apr, 2024 03:21 PMAgricultural productivity continues to be low in South Asian economies such as India. For example, the average paddy production per hectare in India is 3590 kg, which is much lower compared to 6686 kg per ha.
![Paddy cultivation in India. Image for representation purposes only (Image Source: Pranamika Pathak via Wikimedia Commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2024-04/Rice_cultivation.jpg?itok=cbdGWywY)