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May 18, 2024
Empowering women through socio-technical innovations
A case study of women-led climate resilient farming by Swayam Shikshan Prayog
Building the resilience of women farmers (Image: ICRISAT, Flcikr Commons)
April 25, 2024
The heat is on: Invisible, unprecedented, and screaming for new solutions
Understanding the impact of heat on our world
Rising temperatures, rising risks (Image: Kim Kestler, publicdomainpictures.net)
March 30, 2024
India needs gender responsive strategies to cope with climate change impacts
A recent study finds that climate change induced extreme weather events such as droughts can increase the vulnerability of women to Intimate Partner Violence (IPV).
Droughts affect women the most (Image Source: Gaurav Bhosale via Wikimedia Commons)
January 22, 2024
Baseflows contribute to river floods in Peninsular India
This study finds that baseflows have a stronger triggering effect on river floods in Peninsular India as compared to rainfall and soil moisture.
River floods and groundwater, the connection. Image for representation purposes only. (Image Source: India Water Portal)
July 14, 2023
Fourteen Indian states have better resilience to floods
These states are at the forefront of flood early warning systems
Previously drought-prone areas are now facing floods (Image: Needpix)
July 7, 2023
How to increase climate resilience in semi-arid farming systems
WOTR study throws important new findings
The study by WOTR and Wageningen University researchers emphasizes the need to prioritize adaptive capacities alongside agricultural productivity (Image: WallpaperFlare)
Changing farming practices to prevent land degradation and desertification in India
It is crucial to help farmers move from traditional practices to a more conservation-centric practices that maintain long-term sustainability of land systems in India.
Sriroop Chaudhuri
Mimi Roy
Louis M. McDonald
Yves Emendack
Posted on 28 Jun, 2023 11:41 AM

Land degradation and desertification (LDD) pose a major threat to environmental and human survival and sustainability. Nearly 33 percent of total land area is affected by land degradation globally.
Increasing desertification is a challenge India needs to tackle. (Image Source: Wikimedia Commons)
Majuli Island: A tapestry of resilience and environmental harmony
Majuli serves as a symbol of both the delicate balance between human activity and the environment and the tenacity of its residents
Ekansh Gupta
Rebuild India Fund
Posted on 16 Jun, 2023 06:34 PM

The enchanting island of Majuli, nestled in the Brahmaputra River in Assam, India, is not only a haven of natural beauty and cultural heritage but also a place where culture and history intertwines with environmental concerns.
Addressing various aspects of women's lives to enhance their social, economic, and political status (Image: Rebuild India Fund)
Technology empowers women farmers in Andhra Pradesh
News this fortnight
Aarti Kelkar Khambete
Posted on 02 Jun, 2023 03:46 PM

Agricultural technology empowers farm women in Andhra Pradesh
A woman farmer working in the field in Andhra Pradesh. Image for representation purposes only (Image Source: Claude Renault via Wikimedia Commons)
An angry river and a succumbing population
Flooding in the Northern Kosi catchment of Bihar is increasing and embankments are making it worse, increasing the risks for marginalised communities.
Sahani R K
Badiger S
Samrat A
Krishnan S
Posted on 31 May, 2023 05:11 PM

Highlights
Silt deposition at Kosi embankment at Navbhata near SaharsaBihar, India, in the Kosi River Basin (Image Source: CC BY 3.0 via Wikipedia)
Madhya Pradesh's villages lead the way in climate smart agriculture
News this fortnight
Aarti Kelkar Khambete
Posted on 03 Apr, 2023 11:21 AM

Madhya Pradesh's climate smart villages provide lessons in climate change adaptability

A Climate Smart Village project initiated by the state government on natural farming in Madhya Pradesh villages has yielded highly successful results setting an example for other villages in India to follow.
Lush green farms in Madhya Pradesh (Image Source: Rajarshi MItra via Wikimedia Commons)
India’s first round-the-clock solar village angers pastoralists
News this fortnight
Aarti Kelkar Khambete
Posted on 20 Mar, 2023 09:02 AM

 India's first round the clock solar power plant in Modhera village Gujarat, threatens livelihoods of pastoralists 
Maldharis grazing buffaloes (Image Source: A. J. T. Johnsingh, WWF-India and NCF via Wikimedia Commons)
Decentralised solar transforming rural India
News this fortnight
Aarti Kelkar Khambete
Posted on 02 Mar, 2023 09:51 PM

Decentralised solar is transforming rural India
Solar power use in a Tamil Nadu farm (Source: Wikimedia Commons)
Locally comprehensible and actionable forecasts
Uncovering knowledge and communication gaps in climate resilience realities - lessons from Indian Sundarbans
Aditya Ghosh
Amrita Sen
Marina Frietsch
Posted on 09 Feb, 2023 06:00 PM

A recent study dealing with the Indian Sundarbans, the cyclone capital of India,  uncovers how and why advances in scientific knowledge and technological developments are failing to enhance resilience of the marginal and vulnerable populations, instead continually unmaking their lived environments.
Broken houses of village in Gosaba Islands as water flooded their houses after Cyclone Aila struck this island in Sunderbans in West Bengal (Image: Anil Gulati/India Water Portal)
Local recycling of moisture via wetlands and forests high in North-East India
Floods in Brahmaputra greatly increases the surficial water availability in low lying floodplains and wetlands, promoting enhanced recycling via evaporation.
Akash Ganguly
Harsh Oza
Virendra Padhya
Amit Pandey
Swagatika Chakra
R D Deshpande
Posted on 21 Jan, 2023 09:49 AM

North-East India, home to the wettest place on the planet (Mawsynram), is a major biodiversity hotspot.
The region with its vast wetlands and forest cover is akin to the Amazon (Image: Ashwin Kumar, Wikimedia Commons)
Greater Chennai Corporation to set up 'sponge parks' to prevent street flooding
News this fortnight
Aarti Kelkar Khambete
Posted on 06 Jan, 2023 09:22 PM

Greater Chennai Corporation plans to set up 47 'sponge parks' to prevent street flooding
Natural spaces such as water bodies and vegetation in cities can act as sponges and absorb rain and prevent flooding (Image Source: IWP Flicker photos)
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