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75% districts and half of India’s population vulnerable to extreme climate events: CEEW study
Posted on 17 Jan, 2021 06:08 PMOver 75% of Indian districts, which are home to over 638 million people, are hotspots of extreme climate events such as cyclones, floods, droughts, heat, and cold waves, according to a first-of-its-kind independent study released by the Council on Energy, Environme
![India is already the fifth most vulnerable country globally in terms of extreme climate events and it is all set to become the world’s flood capital (Image: Geralt, Pixabay license)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2021-01/geralt-pixabay.jpg?itok=zVn73bO7)
2020: Crammed in disasters, yet filled with hope
Posted on 17 Jan, 2021 04:30 PMThe year 2020 came with numerous disasters, not just COVID-19, a pandemic that brought the planet to a standstill, but many other natural calamities. During the year, the country suffered from cyclones, extreme rainfall, floods and locust attacks.
![All was not negative for 2020 in the water sector as many states and districts gained credit for themselves (Image Source: IWP Flickr Album)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2021-01/2295713140_38059b8ec1_c.jpg?itok=m7MF2hCh)
Child malnutrition rises in five years, as per NFHS-5 data
Posted on 13 Jan, 2021 10:08 AMGovernment of India has recently released the data of the first round of National Family Health Survey-5, 2019-20.
![Children born between 2014 and 2019 are more malnourished than those before. (Image: PxHere)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2021-01/children_1.jpg?itok=6iSihkcF)
Mini piped water scheme helps overcome social exclusion
Posted on 11 Jan, 2021 10:34 AMIn 2016, India ranked 131 among 188 countries in the Human Development Index (HDI). With a population of 1.3 billion, the need for services is high, a
Everything you want to know about drinking water
Posted on 09 Jan, 2021 01:49 PMWhy is drinking water important?
![Safe drinking water, avaluable resource (Image Source: India Water Portal)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2020-12/Water%201%20%282%29.jpg?itok=nmERKjYF)
The challenge of building a technology team in non-profit organisations
Posted on 07 Jan, 2021 07:45 PMThe usage of software and technology in non-profits is increasing.
![Technology's role in the non-profit sector is increasing and there is a need to help the nonprofit community think creatively about technology. (Image: PxHere)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2021-01/achievement-agreement-arms-bump-business-cheer-up-1433619-pxhere.com_.jpg?itok=FJ7Rc9KT)
Climate change: A look through a gender lens
Posted on 06 Jan, 2021 02:51 PMClimate change vulnerability is a multi-layered and multi-faceted phenomenon. “It’s a justice issue determined by both biophysical and socio-economic factors.
![The gendered vulnerabilities due to climate change need to be well-recognized. (Image: Justin Kernoghan, Trocaire, Wikimedia Commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2021-01/800px-India_3_Gender_3_%2810265682234%29.jpg?itok=_oi1_AJ1)
Should we bet more on historians than engineers to sort flooding?
Posted on 04 Jan, 2021 12:00 AMRaging floods swarming great expanses have been a common occurrence in the 21st century in South Asia.
![Need to consider the perspective of the historians who see floods as a naturally occurring event. (Image: Wikimedia Commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2021-01/Flood_in_odisha_india.jpg?itok=NdrjVafc)
The unsung women fishers of Wular lake
Posted on 02 Jan, 2021 08:20 PMNestled in the north Kashmir region is Wular lake, India’s largest freshwater lake or wetland.
![The survival of many fisher households living nearby is entirely dependent on Wular lake. (Image: Manju Rawat)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2021-01/Wular%20Lake.jpg?itok=Dk9Rp0K4)
The fast disappearing traditional water harvesting structures of Rajasthan
Posted on 02 Jan, 2021 06:00 PMIt has been four years since Anupam Mishra Ji, the stalwart environmentalist who had worked his entire life promoting the water harvesting techniques of Rajasthan, left. In his book, Anupam Ji extensively talks about how the water tankas (structures) were historically valued by the communities and were maintained regularly and governed through community participation.
![Toorji Ka Jhalara, Jodhpur (Image Source: Rituja Mitra)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2021-01/Rujita1.jpg?itok=Q73ZLRt9)