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Ecology and Environment
WMO annual report emphasises how quickly climate change is progressing
Posted on 24 Apr, 2023 11:09 AMAccording to the World Meteorological Organization's (WMO) yearly report, climate change continued to advance in 2022 from the tops of mountains to the bottom of the ocean. Communities on every continent were impacted by droughts, floods, and heatwaves, which cost many billions of dollars.
![Ocean heat content reached a new observed record high in 2022 (Image: Maxpixel)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2023-04/polar-bear.jpg?itok=jLA6dsvi)
NITI Aayog panel likely to propose incentives for water efficiency
Posted on 15 Apr, 2023 11:32 AMNITI Aayog panel likely to propose incentives for efficient use of water
![Solutions that enable comprehensive reductions in water in agriculture (Image: WallpaperFlare)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2023-04/nature-water-green-garden-wallpaper-preview.jpg?itok=7qmTx-gA)
Prepaid cards for power to save groundwater
Posted on 01 Apr, 2023 04:49 PMHouse panel suggests prepaid cards for power to save groundwater
![Over exploitation of groundwater is due to wide cultivation of water guzzler paddy and sugarcane crops (Image: Thamizhpparithi Maari, Wikimedia Commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2023-04/A_Pump_irrigation.jpg?itok=raUuFXgl)
PepsiCo India extends pilot initiative in Punjab to address stubble burning
Posted on 21 Mar, 2023 12:39 PM![PepsiCo’s Biochar Program helping farmers manage stubble burning](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2023-03/biochar.jpg?itok=Te38ASDl)
India’s first round-the-clock solar village angers pastoralists
Posted on 20 Mar, 2023 09:02 AMIndia'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)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2023-03/Maldhari_grazing_buffaloes_AJTJ.jpg?itok=BTTE_yeC)
How to restore India's degraded pond ecosystem
Posted on 11 Mar, 2023 09:41 AMHealthy pond ecosystems are critical for achieving several sustainable development goals (SDG) through numerous ecosystem services (e.g., flood control, nutrient retention, and carbon sequestration).
![Temple pond in Kerala (Image: Sreekanth V, Wikimedia Commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2023-03/Temple_pond_kerala.jpg?itok=y2SxlZYG)
Instruments to facilitate long-term lending critical for green transition
Posted on 23 Feb, 2023 10:17 AMThe 22nd edition of the annual flagship event of The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI)—the World Sustainable Development Summit (WSDS)—is being held from 22-24 February 2023 in New Delhi.
![There is a need to reform the global financial system to achieve sustainable development (Image: MaxPixel)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2023-02/green%20finance.jpg?itok=EOzZxuVl)
Haryana becomes 'Har Ghar Jal’ state
Posted on 19 Feb, 2023 07:26 PMHaryana becomes 'Har Ghar Jal’ state
![States and union territories have been advised to undertake testing of water quality on a periodic basis (Image: Maxpixel)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2023-02/Liquid-Fountain-Water-Mountains-Drinking-Water-4156787.jpg?itok=B90JYhQD)
Rivers and riverine communities of India: Water Talk Series 2022-23 by students of Water Policy and Governance, TISS
Posted on 19 Feb, 2023 06:11 PM![](/sites/default/files/inline-images/IMG-20230224-WA0001%20%281%29.jpg)
The Water Talk Series started in 2017 at the Tata Institute of
Participatory development needed for eco-sensitive Himalayan region
Posted on 31 Jan, 2023 02:38 PMThe residents of Joshimath in Uttarakhand are coming out in protest. Land subsidence in the region has put their lives, houses, and town at risk and impacted the surrounding land. As part of the relief efforts, at-risk families are being shifted to temporary relief centres, and work is underway on building transition centres, where they can stay till a long-term solution can be worked out.
![Need to declare Himalayas as an eco-sensitive zone (Image: Bibek Raj Pandeya, Wikimedia Commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2023-01/Bibekraj_Joshimath_Uttarakhand.jpg?itok=X4uc5k7o)