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300 organisations from across the globe call for no climate finance for hydropower

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Swati Bansal

Posted on 06 Oct, 2021 10:06 PM

Hydropower is not fit for climate finance according to 300 organisations worldwide

Gambhir dam near Ujjain (Source: IWP Flickr photos)

Does a drop per crop help groundwater extraction to stop?

This World Bank study from Andhra Pradesh found that drip irrigation did not limit groundwater exploitation. Farmers who had saved water continued to draw groundwater and sell it to farmers who were water constrained.

Ram Fishman

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Hanan G. Jacoby

Posted on 04 Oct, 2021 11:19 PM

Groundwater irrigation covers more than half of the total irrigated area in India and is responsible for 70 percent of the agricultural production, making India one of the largest users of groundwater in the world.

India, hurtling towards a groundwater crisis

Groundwater depletion, a growing problem in India (Image Source: India Water Portal)

Understanding the thinking behind IEC in large programs

Lessons from the Swachh Bharat Mission experience

Manisha Shah

Posted on 04 Oct, 2021 03:24 PM

Our governing ministries in the Centre and in States plan several programs every year for the overall betterment of lives and livelihoods of the masses, and many of them require people to under

Pop culture icons like Gabbar Singh are painted on the walls of a toilet complex in New Delhi (Image: Project Raahat, Enactus)

Background on the meteorological datasets

This data can be useful in various research areas

Praharsh M Patel

Adeel Khan

Posted on 01 Oct, 2021 10:04 AM

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Community videos: By the community, for the community

Community videos as a tool to influence behaviour change and adoption in rural communities

Oorna Mukherjee

Ronali Pradhan

Posted on 01 Oct, 2021 07:55 AM

The Paudi Bhuyan tribe in Odisha are one of the most primitive and vulnerable communities in the count

Community videos are produced by farmers themselves and feature local participants and agents from the rural communities themselves (Image: Digital Green)

Is climate action at scale a possibility?

Lessons from Meghalaya’s attempt to strengthen its frontline across the State

Manisha Shah

Posted on 28 Sep, 2021 09:07 PM

The recently released report on climate change by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has portrayed a devastating picture of the world that our

Stories of change from Meghalaya on moving towards “net-zero” emission commitments (Image: MBDA)

Youth climate leaders join hands with the UN in India to celebrate India's climate action

The United Nations in India launches its climate campaign, We The Change, to recognize and celebrate the green solutions pioneered by young people in India

We The Change

United Nations

Posted on 27 Sep, 2021 11:00 PM

The United Nations in India today announced the launch of its climate campaign, We The Change, which aims to showcase climate solutions pioneered by young Indians as a celebration of India's climate leadership.

There is a need for bolder climate action from people, communities and the national and state governments (Image: PxFuel)

Global warming can spell doom for India's freshwater fish!

Climate change is warming river waters and changing their flows. These changes can spell doom for fish that live in these waters.

Mark A. J. Huijbregts

Aafke M. Schipper

Posted on 24 Sep, 2021 11:12 PM

Freshwater ecosystems such as rivers, lakes, ponds cover only 0.8 percent of the Earth’s surface, but are incredibly biodiverse. They harbour around ~15,000 fish species, corresponding to approximately half of the global known fish.

Human activities such as water abstraction, diversion, damming, and pollution are posing a threat to the survival of fish.