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India now has 46 Ramsar sites as four new wetlands add to the list
Posted on 11 Aug, 2021 12:13 PMFour more wetlands get the Ramsar tag
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World Bank to provide $250 million to ensure dam safety in India
Posted on 10 Aug, 2021 07:04 AMWorld Bank will provide $250 million for dam safety in India
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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)
Empowering women to be water stewards
Posted on 07 Aug, 2021 12:53 PMIn June 2021, UNDP felicitated 41 Women Water Champions for their remarkable contributions to water-conservation efforts in the country.
Report identifies 15 high-potential actions for cities to adapt to climate risks
Posted on 04 Aug, 2021 01:56 PMAs cities around the world face a growing climate crisis, McKinsey Sustainability and C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group has released a new report called
![Cities are a key contributor to climate change and are responsible for 75 percent of global CO2 emissions (Image: The Digital Artist, Pixabay)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2021-08/climate-change-4775186_960_720.jpg?itok=z8h-ggfT)
Floods and recurring natural disasters in India
Posted on 04 Aug, 2021 09:59 AMAfter two weeks of extremely hot and long dry weather, the monsoon winds brought heavy rains to the hilly northern states of India (Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand) and the south-west coastal states (Maharashtra, Karnataka, Goa, and Kerala). Cloudbursts and landslides have wreaked havoc.
![Floods in Uttarkashi (Image: Oxfam International; CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2021-08/9133804037_11624a0be1_o.jpg?itok=onegFPEr)
Demystifying groundwater for collective action
Posted on 29 Jul, 2021 03:06 PMIndia is the largest user of groundwater in the world. Agriculture, rural and urban domestic water supply and increasingly industries are shaping the dependency on groundwater.
![Unless work on managing the demand is undertaken, the notion of ‘infinite’ groundwater will be hard to address. (Image: Rucha Deshmukh, ACWADAM)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2021-07/game.jpg?itok=WP-bLYSE)
Odisha's Puri becomes first city in the country to have safe water under Jal Jeevan Mission (Urban)
Posted on 28 Jul, 2021 07:48 AMOdisha’s Puri first city in the country to provide safe drinking water while
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New projects for revival of six polluted stretches in Uttarakhand under Namami Gange
Posted on 27 Jul, 2021 05:56 PMNMCG approves new projects for the revival of six polluted stretches in Uttarakhand
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Beat the heat
Posted on 27 Jul, 2021 01:19 PMThe demand for air conditioning is growing at 10-15% annually in India due to a combination of factors including increasing affluence and ri
![A series of air conditioning units on a building (Image: Pxfuel)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2021-07/buildings-air-conditioning-pxfuel.jpg?itok=rzo5xlVG)