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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)
Amidst Covid-19 second wave, two cyclones hit the Indian coasts
News this fortnight
Swati Bansal
Posted on 27 May, 2021 09:26 PM

Cyclone Tauktae hit the west coast, while Yaas batters the east coast
Fallen lampost and trees lay sprawled across the road after a cyclone (Image Source: IWP Flickr Photos)
World must unite to tackle climate change immediately: UN
News this week
Swati Bansal
Posted on 29 Apr, 2021 10:15 AM

UN report reminds the world to tackle climate change immediately
Severe cyclone batters a town in India (Source: IWP Flickr Photos)
Lessons from the Uttarakhand disaster
Experts blame it on projects in ecologically fragile zone
Simi Mehta
Amita Bhaduri
Posted on 21 Mar, 2021 07:10 PM

In the aftermath of the Chamoli disaster of 2021, the spotlight turned to the area’s proliferating development that made it particularly vulnerable to disasters. The environmental capacity to sustain damage had been severely reduced because of the impact of climate change.
Testing of drinking water gets easy for users
Policy matters this week
Swati Bansal
Posted on 17 Mar, 2021 11:10 AM

Testing drinking water gets easy thanks to JJM and ICMR
Farmer taking water from a hand pump (Source: IWP Flickr photos)
Telangana among states ensuring tap water supply to schools, anganwadis
News this week
Swati Bansal
Posted on 03 Mar, 2021 02:25 PM

Telangana joins a group of states which have ensured tap water supply to schools, anganwadis
Tap water in a rural school (Image source: IWP Flickr photos)
Revival of Ganga wetlands gets government's attention
Policy matters this week
Swati Bansal
Posted on 03 Mar, 2021 02:18 PM

Jal Shakti Ministry draws focus towards revival of Ganga wetlands
Receding Ganga river at Sangam (Image source: IWP Flickr photos)
The Uttarakhand disaster: A warning to be better prepared!
The Uttarakhand disaster reaffirms earlier warnings on the fragility of the Himalayan region calling for more careful planning and preparedness in the future!
Aarti Kelkar Khambete
Posted on 10 Feb, 2021 02:40 PM

Uttarakhand's Chamoli district experienced massive floods on the morning of 7th February 2021.
A view of the Himalayas. (Source: IWP Flickr photos--photo for representation purpose only)
Should we bet more on historians than engineers to sort flooding?
How the historian's method is invaluable in developing an understanding of floods.
Simi Mehta
Amita Bhaduri
Posted on 04 Jan, 2021 12:00 AM

Raging floods swarming great expanses have been a common occurrence in the 21st century in South Asia.
Need to consider the perspective of the historians who see floods as a naturally occurring event. (Image: Wikimedia Commons)
Over 97 million Indians were currently being exposed to extreme floods: Report
News this week
Swati Bansal
Posted on 23 Dec, 2020 03:53 PM

75 percent districts in India are hotspots of extreme climate events: Report
75 percent districts in India are hotspots of extreme climate events (Source: IWP Flickr photos))
Submit report on the need for clearance of National Waterway-1: NGT to MoEF
Policy matters this week
Swati Bansal
Posted on 23 Dec, 2020 02:17 PM

NGT seeks report on the need for clearance of inland waterway projects in Ganga
Motor-driven ferries at Varanasi (Source: IWP Flickr photos)
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