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May 31, 2024
Climate action in urban spaces: SEEDS cool roof solutions in Delhi slums
From scorching to sustainable: Building resilience against heatwaves
A multifaceted approach to urban heatwaves (Image: Sri Kolari)
April 30, 2024
India boils as heat soars!
As temperatures soar, what should India do to adapt to changing conditions to mitigate the adverse impacts of climate change?
Heat waves sweep across India (Image: Maxpixel, CC0 Public Domain)
November 5, 2023
Weather-related natural disasters likely to impact sustainability initiatives
Honeywell’s environmental sustainability index, a quarterly index reveals a growing number of organisations globally are boosting annual sustainability investments by at least 50%, and are optimistic about achieving short- and long-term objectives
Environmental Sustainability Index gauges movement in corporate sentiment and investment on the sustainability front. (Image: Needpix)
May 4, 2023
The changing face of monsoon
Climate change is expected to have significant impacts on the Indian monsoon
As per the India Meteorological Department (IMD), instances of heavy rainfall have increased by almost 85% in the country since 2012 (Image: Marina, 2009,Wikimedia Commons)
January 17, 2023
पानी-पर्यावरण मास्टर - मास्टर मोहन कांडपाल 
रिस्कन नदी 40 किमी लंबी है। अब तक बने 5000 से अधिक खावों का प्रभाव कहीं-कहीं दिखाई देने लगा है। लेकिन एक नदी को जिंदा होने के लिए पर्याप्त नहीं है। रिस्कन नदी को बचाने हेतु उनके द्वारा माननीय प्रधानमंत्री महोदय, माननीय जल शक्ति मंत्री भारत सरकार व माननीय मुख्यमंत्री उत्तराखंड से भी निवेदन किया गया है।
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December 12, 2022
Why farmers are not adopting crop insurance in India?
Study looks at behavioral biases in crop insurance adoption
Adoption rate of crop insurance low in India despite government efforts (Image: PxHere, CC0 Public Domain)
350.org is looking for two interns at Hyderabad - Apply by 15th June, 2011
Posted on 14 Jun, 2011 01:29 PM

350.org350.org is building a global grassroots movement to solve the climate crisis. Our online campaigns, grassroots organizing, and mass public actions are led from the bottom up by thousands of volunteer organizers in over 188 countries.

350.org is looking for two interns to join its India campaign based in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh. 350.org works with multiple organizations in India and with a South Asian focus, aims to raise public awareness about the climate crisis and strengthen the region’s environmental movements.

‘A Scientists-People Partnership’ - National conference on science of climate change and earth’s sustainability: Issues and challenges, The Society of Earth Scientists, 12th – 14th September, 2011, Lucknow
Posted on 13 Jun, 2011 03:18 PM

The Society of Earth Scientists

Organizer: The Society of Earth Scientists

Venue: Lucknow

Topics:

  • Science of earth’s climate system and related process
  • Human impacts and natural resource management
  • Sustainable agricultural productivity, energy management
NIDM calls for applications for online course on 'Climate-change and disaster management', 20th June - 15th July, 2011
Posted on 13 Jun, 2011 02:21 PM

The National Institute of Disaster Management (NIDM)The National Institute of Disaster Management (NIDM) is one of the pioneer institutes under the Ministry of Home Affairs, Govt. of India which has been mandated to promote capacity building interventions in Disaster Risk Management (DRM).

Hydrological impacts of rainwater harvesting in the catchment of the Arvari river, Rajasthan - Case study from the Agricultural Water Management Journal
These two case studies describe a study that explored the hydrological impacts of rainwater harvesting in the Arvari river catchment in Rajasthan.
C.J. Glendenninga
R.W. Vervoort
Posted on 11 Jun, 2011 04:11 PM

Monsoon 2011 onset over Kerala - A meteorological analysis by IMD
The meteorological analysis of various features of Monsoon 2011 vis-a-vis the criteria is given in the attached file.
Indian Meteorological Department
Posted on 08 Jun, 2011 05:39 PM


Advance of southwest monsoon 2011India Meteorological Department has objective criteria for declaring the onset of monsoon over Kerala.

Samuchit lifestyle workshop-'Turn a green leaf in your life', Samuchit Enviro-Tech, 18th June, 2011, Pune
Posted on 08 Jun, 2011 05:27 PM

Samuchit Enviro-Tech Private Limited (SET)

Organizers:

  • Samuchit Enviro-Tech Private Limited (SET)
  • Petroleum Conservation Research Association

Venue: Samuchit Envirotech, 6, Ekta Park Co-operative Society, Law College Road Behind Nirmitee Showroom, Pune

YGL conference on Indo-Pak cooperation - ‘Climate change and disaster risk reduction: Managing risks, creating benefits’, Young Global Leaders, 8th – 9th July, 2011, Lahore
Posted on 08 Jun, 2011 04:32 PM

An Initiative of the forum of Young Global Leaders

Organizer: Young Global Leaders of the World Economic Forum

Venue:  Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS), Lahore, Pakistan

Topics:

  • Current best practice in climate change, natural resources and disaster management - Pakistani and Indian context
First-of-its-kind map depicts global forest heights - Update from NASA
Using NASA satellite data, scientists have produced a first-of-its kind map that details the height of the world’s forests.
Adam Voiland
Posted on 08 Jun, 2011 10:54 AM


European Beech. Photo: Forestryimages.org/University of West Hungary/Norbert FrankEuropean Beech
Photo: Forestryimages.org/University of West Hungary/Norbert Frank

 Although there are other local-and regional-scale forest canopy maps, the new map is the first that spans the entire globe based on one uniform method.

The work - based on data collected by NASA's ICESat, Terra, and Aqua satellites - should help scientists build an inventory of how much carbon the world’s forests store and how fast that carbon cycles through ecosystems and back into the atmosphere. Michael Lefsky of the Colorado State University described his results in the journal Geophysical Research Letters.

Weather variability and rainfall pattern of Sidr, the post-monsoon cyclonic storm of November 2007 in the Meghalaya Plateau – A paper in Current Science
This paper in Current Science deals with the weather variability and rainfall pattern of Sidr, the post-monsoon cyclonic storm of 15 November 2007 in the Meghalaya Plateau.
Disaster Prevention Research Institute (Kyoto University)
Hiambok Jones Syiemlieh
Kagawa University
Laitpharlang Cajee
North Eastern Hill University
Surendra Singh
Taiichi Hayashi
Toru Terao
Posted on 25 May, 2011 07:52 PM

Atmospheric depressions sometimes initiate tropical cyclones in the pre- and post-monsoon season in the Bay of Bengal, which move to land and create havoc. Their intensity and pattern vary individually.

Changes in extreme rainfall events and flood risk in India during the last century- A report by the India Meteorological Department
This report by the India Meteorological Department deals with the changes in extreme rainfall events and flood risks in India during the last century.
A B Mazumdar
India Meteorological Department
O P Sreejith
P Guhathakurta
Preetha Menon
Posted on 21 May, 2011 05:53 PM

IMDThe occurrences of some exceptionally heavy rainfall during the recent years causing flash floods in many areas necessitated the study of long term changes in extreme rainfall over India.

The study includes the analysis of the frequency of rainy days, number of rainy days and heavy rainfall days as well as one-day extreme rainfall and return period analysis in order to observe the impact of climate change on extreme weather events and flood risk. It has been found that frequency of heavy rainfall events are decreasing in major parts of the central and north India while increasing in peninsular India, east and north east India.

The report provides interesting findings that are useful for hydrological planning and disaster managements such as –

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