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Protecting children from climate change impact not child's play
Posted on 06 Nov, 2022 06:57 PMOn October 25 2022, UNICEF released a report titled "The Coldest Year of the Rest of Their Lives: Protecting Children from Escalating Impacts of Heatwaves".
![Heat-related mortality is four times higher among children under 1 year of age than in persons aged 1–44 years (Image: Taqver, Wikimedia Commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp-images/You_will_die_of_old_age%2C_our_children_will_die_of_climate_change_-_Melbourne_climate_strike_-_IMG_4068_%2840419636433%29.jpg?itok=fH-c115D)
Wheat sowing dates influences yields in Eastern Gangetic Plains
Posted on 02 Nov, 2022 07:51 PMWheat is a principal crop staple in South Asia with current cultivation extending across 36.1 million ha; around 73% of this area is in India where wheat provides approximately 21% of the aggregate food energy and 17% o
![Greater adjustments to the annual cropping calendar are anticipated to increase wheat yield potential by an average of 0.84 t/ha (Image: Pixnio)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp-images/PIXNIO-1807675-1200x900.jpg?itok=Skk6Ts8P)
Groundwater policy affects stubble burning in the north west
Posted on 29 Oct, 2022 11:20 AMAn estimated 620 million tons of crop residue is generated annually in India, of which 16% is burnt in field. The major contribution in stubble burning is paddy straw (43%), wheat straw (21%) followed by sugarcane (19%).
![Burning of rice residues in south east Punjab, prior to the wheat season(Image: CIAT/NeilPalmer via Flickr Commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp-images/NP_India_burning_48_%286315309342%29.jpg?itok=jNjvkgql)
Young woman's work is impacting Odisha villages
Posted on 28 Oct, 2022 01:36 PMThe sound of a specific cycle bell deep inside the jungles of Kashinathpur village in Angul (Odisha) brings vibes of joy. Everybody recognises that bell because it belongs to 24-year-old Urmila Bahera who sometimes cycles to villages as far as 15 kilometres, braving bumpy roads, streams and elephants.
![Urmila engaging children on local bird diversity (Image: FES)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp-images/Urmila%20engaging%20children%20on%20local%20bird%20diversity.jpg?itok=EXNRtjLp)
Harnessing energy from wind
Posted on 20 Sep, 2022 10:58 PMIndia’s ever-increasing energy demand is putting a heavy load on energy generating agencies. Shifting towards renewable energy entails a series of judicious steps in consultation with the government bodies, energy developers, market valuation, and consumers.
![Over 23% of India's energy production comes through renewable energy sources (Image: Eric Wilde, Wikimedia Commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp-images/wind.jpg?itok=xSnaImCI)
Renewable energy sector financing must go up to $600bn to meet 2030 goals
Posted on 20 Sep, 2022 08:16 PMIndia is amidst a monumental energy transition—with global consequences. India's population is primed to continuously grow, industrialize, urbanize, and electrify their lives.
![RE tariffs will be determined by PV module costs and financing costs. (Image: ODT, Flickr Commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp-images/lead_0_0.jpg?itok=LLfaA3MV)
Odisha’s untapped renewable energy potential
Posted on 17 Sep, 2022 04:10 PMThe International Forum for Environment, Sustainability & Technology (iFOREST) organized a major conference last month in Bhubaneshwar to start a dialogue on Odisha’s new Renewable Energy (RE) policy for 2022-30. Odisha’s present RE Policy was introduced in 2016, and is set to lapse at the end of 2022.
![Experts stressed on the need to remove barriers related to land, procedure, institutional capacity and finance, to attract investments in the sector (Image: Aiseinau, Wikimedia Commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp-images/Saul%C4%97s_elektrin%C4%97.jpg?itok=rWNqTyVK)
UN's Human Development Report calls for a shift in direction
Posted on 15 Sep, 2022 02:43 PMGlobal Human Development Index declines for two years in a row: UN Report
![India ranks 132 in latest Human Development Report (Image source: IWP Flickr albums)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp-images/16251681448_7216fb34bb_o.jpg?itok=UAk4kAHG)
IFC fosters climate action in South Asia
Posted on 08 Aug, 2022 01:04 PMIFC Fosters Climate Action with a Focus on Sustainable and Inclusive Growth in South Asia as New Regional Vice President for Asia and the Pacific Begins Work
![IFC works on accelerating the transition to low-carbon development in a wide range of sectors (Image: Kai Stachowiak)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2022-08/climate_1.jpg?itok=z8Lk573k)