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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)
Rs 2000 crore action plan to restore mining ravaged areas in Karnataka
News this week
Swati Bansal
Posted on 09 Feb, 2015 01:54 PM

Karnataka sets up firm to mitigate mining impacts
Coal mines in Jharsuguda
Water news: A recap of 2014
Water made big news in 2014 with the formation of the new Water Ministry, initiation of the Swachh Bharat Mission, disasters due to erratic weather, and several scientific achievements.
Swati Bansal
Posted on 05 Jan, 2015 09:58 PM

New Water Ministry, Clean Ganga Portal, Ganga Manthan: Goverment makes efforts towards rejuvenating the Ganga
Sunset at Gadmukhteshwar
My disappearing land: Majuli
Majuli, a large river island in the Brahmaputra that is also a cradle of Assamese culture, is slowly shrinking due to the river's wrath, and the lives of the people ebbs and flows with it.
Usha Dewani
Posted on 02 Jan, 2015 07:50 PM

The Brahmaputra, one of the mightiest rivers in the world, has many stories to tell as it journeys from Tibet through India and finally finds its way to the Bay of Bengal. Sadly, many of these tales are not happy. Known for its disastrous flooding, the monsoon season is play time for the river.
House on stilts (Chang ghar) in Majuli
2014-drought in Maharashtra worse than the 2012 one
News this week
Swati Bansal
Posted on 23 Dec, 2014 11:58 PM

Maharashtra drought this year is worse than 2012 drought
Drought in Maharashtra
Droughts in Maharashtra: Lack of management or vagaries of climate change?
None of our policies seem to be designed keeping in mind the farmer and his convenience, says Suneel Joshi, State Coordinator for Jal Biradari, in an interview with India Water Portal.
Aarti Kelkar -Khambete
Posted on 18 Dec, 2014 08:24 AM

Recent news has been flooded with reports of the severe drought situation in the Marathwada and Vidarbha regions of Maharashtra. Even more shocking are the reports of large-scale suicides by farmers due to crop losses.
Severe droughts (Source: Wikimedia Commons)
Can we reverse the outcomes of climate change for India?
Heat extremes and groundwater scarcity are but two of the impacts of climate change affecting India. Technology, political will, and international cooperation are needed to reverse these impacts.
World Bank
Posted on 16 Dec, 2014 02:13 PM

The report title 'Turn down the heat: Climate extremes, regional impacts and the case for resilience' published by the World Bank, highlights the risks posed by climate
Droughts and climate change (Source: Wikimedia Commons)
Hydropower projects aggravated the Uttarakhand disaster
News this fortnight
Aarti Kelkar - Khambete
Posted on 16 Dec, 2014 12:08 PM

Government admits that hydropower projects aggravated the Uttarakhand disaster
House washed away in Uttarakhand floods
To link or not to link: A debate
An open debate on interlinking of rivers moderated by Ramaswamy Iyer with Himanshu Thakkar and Brij Gopal as panelists was held as a part of the India Rivers Week at New Delhi.
Amita Bhaduri
Posted on 15 Dec, 2014 02:48 PM

The essence of a river is its ebb and flow but won't taming of the fresh free-flowing rivers by building massive dams pose a threat to our rivers and the communities that live by them? 
Simen - a 'surplus' river in Brahmaputra basin
Battling water scarcity with borewell recharge
“Best practices in water management are too scattered, and results are not clearly visible. A model village would be ideal to spread awareness”, says Devaraja Reddy, a hydrogeologist in Chitradurga.
Divya N
Posted on 03 Dec, 2014 09:27 PM

Chitradurga district in Karnataka receives the lowest rainfall in the state. According to the Drought Monitoring Board, most borewells are dry and where there is water, its quality is poor. According to Chitradurga-based Devaraja Reddy who is a hydrogeologist,150-200 borewells were drilled in 2013, with an unfortunate success rate of 2%.
Basavaraj on his field in Chitradurga
ICIMOD wins UNFCCC's award for flood warning system
News this week
Swati Bansal
Posted on 03 Dec, 2014 09:55 AM

ICIMOD wins accolade for its flood warning system
Unsettling flood waters of Muzaffarpur, Bihar
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