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Droughts and Floods
Shaping river policies with updated environmental flow methods
Posted on 01 May, 2024 09:30 AMCWRDM to formulate implementing a revised approach to environmental flow calculations
Saving tropical riverine grasslands of the Brahmaputra floodplains
Posted on 25 Apr, 2024 12:00 PMWhat are grasslands
The heat is on: Invisible, unprecedented, and screaming for new solutions
Posted on 25 Apr, 2024 11:55 AMThe world is heating up like never before. According to NOAA's 2023 climate report, the combined land and ocean temperature has increased at an average rate of 0.11° Fahrenheit (0.06° Celsius) per decade since 1850, or about 2° F in total.
Political parties urged to pay special attention to rehabilitation of people displaced by climate change
Posted on 20 Apr, 2024 12:09 PMThe ‘Youth4Water India’, a campaign initiated by Water Initiatives, WaterAid India and sixty-eight other organisations, has just released a 23-point manifesto for political parties contesting in these general elections urging upon them to commit to special rehabilitation and support programmes for the youth who are most vul
Understanding drought impacts and strategies: Orange growers in Vidarbha
Posted on 19 Apr, 2024 03:50 PMDrought, a climatic phenomenon marked by insufficient rainfall over an extended period, severely impacts livelihoods by causing water shortages for essential activities like farming. This leads to reduced agricultural income, livestock mortality, food insecurity, and health issues.
Mapping groundwater in drought prone Marathwada
Posted on 12 Apr, 2024 10:16 AMAs high as 0.6 million Indians suffer from high to very high water stress because of insufficient availability of freshwater.
India needs gender responsive strategies to cope with climate change impacts
Posted on 30 Mar, 2024 02:08 PMOverworked, underpaid and unrecognised: Women in rural India
Clean water for all
Posted on 22 Mar, 2024 12:54 PMAs the world commemorates World Water Day 2024 with the theme “Water for Peace”, the focus is once again on the critical issue of water accessibility and sustainability. In India, a nation with a staggering population of over 1.3 billion, the challenge of ensuring clean water for all is particularly acute.
Water security amid climate challenges
Posted on 15 Mar, 2024 09:29 AMS M Sehgal Foundation, in collaboration with DCB Bank and NIRDPR (National Institute of Rural Development & Panchayati Raj) as the knowledge partner, held the fourth and final workshop of ‘Jalagam’, the Capacity Building and Experience Sharing series in Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh, on March 14, 2024.
Baseflows contribute to river floods in Peninsular India
Posted on 22 Jan, 2024 10:28 AMUnderstanding the causes of floods and the factors affecting intensity of floods are critical for developing effective flood management strategies. However, causes of short term variability and long term changes in extreme floods vary between the catchments.