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Bridging the inequity gap: Imperatives for COP28 success
COP28 must bridge the North-South equity gap with decisive action, ambition, and acceleration, says CEEW Posted on 07 Dec, 2023 05:50 PM

“To be successful, climate negotiations need to fulfil three purposes: set the agenda and targets, put in a process for their implementation, and monitor enforcement and progress. The year 2023 has underlined clearly why the UN’s Conference of Parties can not kick the can of climate justice, climate action and climate finance down the road.

The world will take stock of Paris Agreement at the COP28 (Image: Flickr/ Nick Humphries)
A healthy soil is the foundation of crop productivity and sustainability
Worldwide, soil degradation could cost $23 million by 2050 due to the loss of food, ecosystem services, and income. Soil health in agriculture is critical, with near-term impacts likely. As an agricultural innovator, Corteva is built on a believes in promoting sustainable agriculture and providing farmers with the most suitable and effective solutions to protect the health of their soil. Posted on 05 Dec, 2023 02:51 PM

According to a 2022 report by FAO, soil has been declared finite by the United Nations, which predicts catastrophic soil loss within 60 years. Worldwide, soil degradation could cost $23 million by 2050 due to the loss of food, ecosystem services, and income.

Controlling nematodes poses a problem (Image: Pxhere)
Ensuring sustainability of rural drinking water systems
A summary of case presentations from a national symposium organised by IIM Bangalore, appointed by the center as the JJM Chair for O&M in collaboration with Arghyam and eGovernments Foundation. Posted on 01 Dec, 2023 04:48 PM

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Recent data shows that the Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) has covered more than 70 percent of the habitations in terms of connecting households, and the need for understanding the field implementation issues particularly in terms of long-term sustainability of this exercise is enormous. 

Drinking water sustainability in rural India (Image Source: IWP Flickr photos)
Public expects transparency on climate action, APCO survey finds
A notable gap in understanding common terms related to climate action points to a strong demand for clearer language and transparent performance and accountability frameworks. Posted on 01 Dec, 2023 03:20 PM

Climate change is the biggest emergency for people around the world, but they are divided on how to address it, according to APCO Worldwide’s inaugural global Climate Action Confidence Tracker, conducted in partnership with the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD).

Climate change: Russian art contest (Image: UNDP; CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 DEED)
Sorting for circularity India toolkit launched
Pioneering partnership sets India on path to next-gen textiles leadership Posted on 30 Nov, 2023 07:56 PM

Leveraging insights from Wealth in Waste, Fashion for Good releases a toolkit designed to revalorise textile waste in India. Celebrating the closure of the Sorting for Circularity India Project, a conference in New Delhi on December 1 and 2, hosted in collaboration with Laudes Foundation, IDH, Canopy, and Reverse Resources will focus on developing a roadmap to circularity.

Textile waste can have detrimental effects on the environment (Image: Rawpixel)
Preserve the ecological integrity of rivers
A statement on riverfront development in Pune by the participants of India River Week Posted on 28 Nov, 2023 04:04 PM

The India Rivers Forum is a vibrant and active network of organisations and individuals that are committed to the conservation and safeguarding of our rivers against needless and detrimental development. Every year, India Rivers Forum organises the India Rivers Week to raise awareness regarding these issues.

Riverfront development at Pune (Image: Wikimedia Commons)
Challenging gender and caste identities: The women wheat farmers of Madhya Pradesh
This study finds that gender plays a far more important role than caste in structuring “who decides" among the men and women wheat farmers in Madhya Pradesh. However, women have now begun to challenge gendered caste structures that restrict them to unpaid agricultural work. Posted on 22 Nov, 2023 08:42 AM

Feminisation of agricultural labour in India

India is experiencing masculinisation of labour and while the labour force participation rate (LFPR) of men is increasing, that of women is decreasing. 

Woman harvesting wheat, Raisen district, Madhya Pradesh, India.(Image Source: © Yann Forget / Wikimedia Commons / CC-BY-SA)
Innovation in the face of CSR compliance
Firms close to the pre-tax profit threshold manipulate reported profits to just below the threshold: Study Posted on 19 Nov, 2023 07:09 PM

This study explores the impact of social policies, specifically India's Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) regulation of 2013 (Section 135), on corporate innovation.

CSR regulation mandates that qualifying Indian firms allocate 2% of pre-tax profits to CSR projects (Image: Meredith Foster, Medium)
Impact of fishing technologies on wellbeing of fisherwomen in Tamil Nadu
How has the ban on fishing technologies such as ring seine fishing affected the lives and livelihoods of fishing women from Cuddalore, Tamil Nadu? Posted on 19 Nov, 2023 11:05 AM

Technological innovations in agriculture and fishing have been thought to increase production, productivity, and income, alleviate poverty and reduce workloads. However, they can affect men and women differently by reinforcing gender inequalities, restrict access, and displace women as newly mechanised tasks become the domains of men.

Fisherwomen selling fish in the markets (Image Source: India Water Portal Flickr photos)
Unmasking gender disparities in Indian sanitation
Women's struggle for sanitation equity in rural areas and urban slums India Posted on 17 Nov, 2023 12:15 PM

Inadequate sanitation poses significant global risks, affecting over four billion people. Insufficient access to proper facilities leads to social, psychological, and physical threats, contributing to 6.3% of global deaths. India, with one billion residents, grapples with open defecation, affecting half the population.

A training exercise on water and sanitation, as part of an EU-funded project on integrated water resource management in Rajasthan. (Image: UN Women Asia and Pacific; CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 DEED)
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