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Climate Change
Urgent action needed to embrace integrated water and climate policies
Posted on 12 Oct, 2021 11:31 AMWater-related hazards like floods and droughts are increasing because of climate change. The number of people suffering water stress is expected to soar, exacerbated by population increase and dwindling availability.
India needs a comprehensive emissions database
Posted on 10 Oct, 2021 01:35 PMIndia needs to develop and maintain a comprehensive inventory of baseline emissions to ascertain whether its policy and technological interventions are able to reduce air pollution, according to an independent
Can weather index insurance be a win for all?
Posted on 08 Oct, 2021 03:25 PMDeveloping countries are already enduring the worst of climate change.
300 organisations from across the globe call for no climate finance for hydropower
Posted on 06 Oct, 2021 10:06 PMHydropower is not fit for climate finance according to 300 organisations worldwide
Is climate action at scale a possibility?
Posted on 28 Sep, 2021 09:07 PMThe recently released report on climate change by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has portrayed a devastating picture of the world that our
Global warming can spell doom for India's freshwater fish!
Posted on 24 Sep, 2021 11:12 PMFreshwater ecosystems such as rivers, lakes, ponds cover only 0.8 percent of the Earth’s surface, but are incredibly biodiverse. They harbour around ~15,000 fish species, corresponding to approximately half of the global known fish.
Human activities such as water abstraction, diversion, damming, and pollution are posing a threat to the survival of fish.
India leads Asian countries in enacting the Plastics Pact
Posted on 08 Sep, 2021 09:41 AMIn launching its Plastics Pact, India becomes the first Asian country to do so
Study calls for securing water sustainability in Chennai
Posted on 01 Sep, 2021 01:43 PMWater stress has specifically magnified for metropolitan cities like Bengaluru, Chennai, Delhi, Kolkata, Pune, etc.
Proactive action on green cooling to deal with the climate crisis
Posted on 20 Aug, 2021 10:58 AMIndia’s approval on ratification of the Kigali Amendment to the Montreal Protocol on
Urban inequalities and heat risks in Delhi
Posted on 18 Aug, 2021 02:58 PMThe sixth assessment report by the United Nation's Inter-governmental Panel on Climate Change released this week has issued dire warnings that have major implications for India.