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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)
India in the grip of floods - yet again!
Floods are becoming the most frequently occurring extreme events leading to high deaths in India.
Kamaljit Ray
R.K. Giri
S.S. Ray
A.P. Dimri d
M. Rajeevan
Posted on 27 Nov, 2021 11:49 AM

The states of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, and Tamil Nadu are in the news since the last few days because of the heavy rains that have left the region battered by flooding and water-logging at several places leading to reports of death, destruction and displacement of large

The floods in Kerala in 2018 (Image: Ranjith Siji, Wikimedia Commons: CC BY-SA 4.0)
Will flash droughts affect India?
Flash droughts in India pose challenges for water management during the summer monsoon
Jordan I Christian
Jeffrey B Basara
Eric D Hunt
Jason A Otkin
Jason C Furtado
Vimal Mishra
Xiangming Xiao
Robb M Randall
Posted on 25 Nov, 2021 01:25 PM

Flash drought is a critical sub-seasonal phenomenon characterized by a period of rapid drought intensification. It exhibits multifaceted challenges to agriculture, water resources, ecosystems, and the human environment.

Flash drought is sometimes also defined as a rapidly developing drought event. (Image: Pushkar RV)
Managing disasters in the hills
Need to enable communities to be the first responders in case of a disaster
Baber Nafice
Posted on 24 Nov, 2021 06:59 PM

Just like another day, the mountainous village of Honzar in Dachhan Tehsil in Kishtwar district in the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir was approaching dawn when the entire village was hit by a deadly cloudburst around four in the morning on July 28
It is at the community level that the effects of disasters are felt the most (Image: Baber Nafice)
First digital flood inventory (IFI) in geospatial format created for India
News this fortnight
Swati Bansal
Posted on 22 Nov, 2021 06:56 PM

India’s first digital flood inventory (IFI) in modern geospatial format created
First digital flood inventory (IFI) in geospatial format created (Image source: IWP Flickr Photos). Image for representation only
Increase in extreme flooding events in the Upper Ganga Basin post 1995
Upstream hydrological modifications altered the basin hydrology, says study
Somil Swarnkar
Pradeep Mujumdar
Rajiv Sinha
Posted on 21 Nov, 2021 04:57 PM

Climate change and anthropogenic activities pose serious threats to river basin hydrology worldwide. The Ganga River is the lifeline for close to half a billion people in the northern Indian region.
Kathiya Gaon, Tehri, Uttaranchal (Image: India Water Portal)
Improving access to climate finance critical
India must collaborate with other countries to create a Global Resilience Reserve Fund to act as insurance against climate shocks: CEEW study.
Abinash Mohanty
Shreya Wadhawan
Council on Energy
Council on Energy Environment and Water
Posted on 04 Nov, 2021 10:32 AM

More than 80% cent Indians live in climate-vulnerable districts, according to a recently released report ‘
Bihar floods of 2008 (Image: M Asokan, Public Resource.org)
Four major rivers in Uttarakhand change course after heavy rains
News this fortnight
Swati Bansal
Posted on 02 Nov, 2021 02:06 PM

After heavy rains, four major rivers change course in Uttarakhand
A river in Uttarakhand (Image source: IWP Flickr photos)
Uttarakhand floods, a marker of climate change
Flash flood fury in Uttarakhand, a classic example of extended stay of monsoon
Climate Trends
Posted on 26 Oct, 2021 10:18 AM

Extreme weather events are not new to the country; however, the increasing frequency of these events are. All thanks to climate change, which has been altering weather patterns across India.
Floods in Uttarkashi, India. June 2013 (Image: Oxfam International)
Urgent action needed to embrace integrated water and climate policies
Asia suffered the highest economic losses from both floods and droughts compared to other regions in the last 50 years, says a report by the World Meteorological Organization.
World Meteorological Organization
Posted on 12 Oct, 2021 11:31 AM

Water-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.
Buildings and roads washed away, floods in Uttarkashi (Image: Oxfam International)
300 organisations from across the globe call for no climate finance for hydropower
News this fortnight
Swati Bansal
Posted on 06 Oct, 2021 10:06 PM

Hydropower is not fit for climate finance according to 300 organisations worldwide
Gambhir dam near Ujjain (Source: IWP Flickr photos)
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