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WMO annual report emphasises how quickly climate change is progressing
Posted on 24 Apr, 2023 11:09 AMAccording to the World Meteorological Organization's (WMO) yearly report, climate change continued to advance in 2022 from the tops of mountains to the bottom of the ocean. Communities on every continent were impacted by droughts, floods, and heatwaves, which cost many billions of dollars.
![Ocean heat content reached a new observed record high in 2022 (Image: Maxpixel)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2023-04/polar-bear.jpg?itok=jLA6dsvi)
Cities urgently need to step up climate action
Posted on 22 Apr, 2023 10:26 AMMore than 50% of the world's population lives in cities, which also account for 70% of all CO2 emissions. They are also disproportionately vulnerable to the effects of climate change.
![Cities continue to face daunting capacity constraints as they pursue urgently needed climate action (Image: Nimit Nagpal, Wikipedia Commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2023-04/India%27s_largest_city_and_financial_capital%2C_Mumbai.jpg?itok=u4FdO8dj)
Recording the climate co-benefits of MGNREGS
Posted on 16 Apr, 2023 05:12 PMUsharmukti, a massive river rejuvenation programme launched by the Government of West Bengal, is implemented primarily through the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS), in collaboration with grassroot civil society organ
![Women working on an NREGA site building a pond to assist in farming and water storage (Image: UN Women/Gaganjit Singh)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2023-04/7542188468_9b3835a08b_o.jpg?itok=XYcqgqKT)
The fast drying Cauvery delta, at a tipping point
Posted on 11 Apr, 2023 11:31 PMDeltas around the world are under threat. Recent research shows that around 85 percent of the deltas of the world are shrinking.
What are deltas
![Cauvery river at Karnataka (Image Source: Ashwin Kumar via Wikimedia Commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2023-04/Cauvery%20river_1.jpg?itok=A447HslW)
Desilting tanks and uplifting collective spirits
Posted on 11 Apr, 2023 06:46 PMThe picturesque village of Marasanapalli in Bagepalli Block, Karnataka is home to 70 households who primarily practise agriculture, livestock rearing, and daily wage labour. Farmers here grow a variety of vegetables such as beans, ridge gourd, cauliflower, spring onion and beetroot, and some with land in the command area of the village tank grow paddy.
![Devarakere tank (Image: FES)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2023-04/1.jpeg?itok=FFfwyCei)
Enhancing Sundarbans' early warning for disaster preparedness
Posted on 11 Apr, 2023 10:32 AMDue to its geographic location and low-lying coastal morphology, India's Sundarbans Biosphere Reserve (SBR) is extremely susceptible to cyclones and tidal surges. This deltaic region frequently sees cyclones that cause property damage and human casualties.
![A woman searching for her utensils in debris of her house which collapsed after Cyclone Aila (Image: Anil Gulati, Wikimedia Commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2023-04/3603694915_eb52f472a9_o.jpg?itok=hNKqpOKs)
Policies, plans and financing for just energy transition
Posted on 07 Apr, 2023 09:42 AMThe International Forum for Environment, Sustainability and Technology (iFOREST) recently organized the first Global Just Transition Dialogue in Delhi to discuss policy and financial aspects of just and inclusive energy transition.
![A transition of all fossil fuel sectors will need to be considered in a phased manner (Image: Ramkumar; Wikimedia Commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2023-04/Tuticorin_Thermal_Power_Station_at_Night_2%20%281%29.jpg?itok=IXuXGgXD)
Forests, water fountains of the skies
Posted on 04 Apr, 2023 11:30 AMForests world over are under threat.
![Forests and soil moisture can act as buffers to store water during dry spells (Image Source: India Water Portal)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2023-03/WG%20forests.jpg?itok=HJ3R9juF)
Tall and deep clouds will trigger intense spells of rain in India
Posted on 31 Mar, 2023 07:30 PMExtreme rainfall events in India can not only have a massive impact on the agricultural output, but also create havoc in urban areas of the country by affecting lives and livelihoods and destroying property and infrastructure. And India needs to be climate ready to deal with these in the future.
![The changing monsoon in India (Image Source: India Water Portal)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2023-03/Rain.jpg?itok=WDOx_sle)
Market value of treated wastewater will rise to rupees 1.9 billion in 2050
Posted on 29 Mar, 2023 07:26 PMThe market value of treated wastewater in India will be INR 830 million in 2025 and INR 1.9 billion in 2050 if we have the mechanism to sell it to select sectors, according to an independent study by the Council on Energy, Environment and Water (CEEW).
![Sewage treatment plant in Kavoor, Mangalore (Image: Asian Development Bank; CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2023-03/8425511173_408f32a67a_o.jpg?itok=1UvDQqpO)