Aarti Kelkar Khambete

Climate finance, a critical lever to tackle climate change!

Dealing with climate change calls for better access to finance for multiple connected sectors across energy, agriculture and transport. Aarti Kelkar Khambete posted 2 years 8 months ago

Access to finance crucial for dealing with climate change (Image Source: Good Energies)

Climate change and community resilience: Insights from South Asia

This book by ICIMOD and SANDEE draws on stories from seven countries in South Asia to highlight how communities are building resilience to climate change.
Aarti Kelkar Khambete posted 2 years 8 months ago

Joining hands to cope with climate change (Image Source: Usha Dewani Das)

Counted, but not served?

Water remains inaccessible to the urban poor in the city of Mumbai as it continues to focus on developing new infrastructure to meet its very high per capita water needs. Why is this so? Aarti Kelkar Khambete posted 2 years 8 months ago

Thirsty cities and the invisible poor (Image Source: Aathavan Jaffna via Wikimedia Commons)

Leaving no one behind!

Will it be possible to ensure equity and justice while balancing climate action goals with economic progress? Aarti Kelkar Khambete posted 2 years 8 months ago

Taking everyone along while achieving a balance between economic growth and climate goals is crucial (Image Source: Good Energies)

India in the grip of floods - yet again!

Floods are becoming the most frequently occurring extreme events leading to high deaths in India. Aarti Kelkar Khambete posted 2 years 8 months ago

The floods in Kerala in 2018 (Image: Ranjith Siji, Wikimedia Commons: CC BY-SA 4.0)

Mangroves - Wetlands or forests?

Mangroves were treated and managed as forests in colonial times, although they are much similar to wetlands. This led to extensive degradation of mangrove ecosystems in India. Aarti Kelkar Khambete posted 2 years 9 months ago

Mangrove forest at Pichavaram, Tamil Nadu (Image Source: Shankaran Murugan via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0)

Will Darjeeling’s thirst be quenched?

Poor access and mismanagement of the available water resources continue to plague Darjeeling. Can there be a way out? Aarti Kelkar Khambete posted 2 years 9 months ago

Darjeeling, in the grip of a water crisis (Image Source: Bernard Gagnon via Wikimedia Commons)

Water can kill!

Mass fish deaths can pose a challenge to the environment, biodiversity and fisherfolk who depend on them for their livelihoods. Why do they happen? Aarti Kelkar Khambete posted 2 years 9 months ago

Algal blooms in a pond in Tamil Nadu (Image Source: Wikimedia Commons)

Equity and justice in groundwater access: connecting the dots

Groundwater law and community practices need to go hand in hand to achieve equity and justice in groundwater access in India, argues this recent study. Aarti Kelkar Khambete posted 2 years 9 months ago

Equity and justice in groundwater access, an urgent need (Image Source: India Water Portal)

Balancing water security with saving biodiversity in the river Beas

Will it be possible to achieve tradeoffs between meeting water needs of people and retaining river waters to sustain the rare and beautiful, but endangered Indus River Dolphin in the Beas river? Aarti Kelkar Khambete posted 2 years 9 months ago

Beas river at Kullu, Himachal Pradesh (Image Source: Wikimedia Commons)

Does a drop per crop help groundwater extraction to stop?

This World Bank study from Andhra Pradesh found that drip irrigation did not limit groundwater exploitation. Farmers who had saved water continued to draw groundwater and sell it to farmers who were water constrained. Aarti Kelkar Khambete posted 2 years 10 months ago

Groundwater depletion, a growing problem in India (Image Source: India Water Portal)

Global warming can spell doom for India's freshwater fish!

Climate change is warming river waters and changing their flows. These changes can spell doom for fish that live in these waters. Aarti Kelkar Khambete posted 2 years 11 months ago

Fish in the Tunga river at Sringeri (Image Source: Dineshkannambadi via Wikimedia Commons)

Shrinking forests, declining biodiversity - a ticking time bomb!

A fatal tick borne disease is on the rise in the Western Ghat states. Deforestation, declining biodiversity and increasing human animal conflicts are to blame. Aarti Kelkar Khambete posted 2 years 11 months ago

The Western ghats forests, under threat (Image Source: India Water Portal)

The holy composting unit

While preventing nirmalya (religious waste) from being thrown in the rivers along the ghats of rivers in India is a dire need, so is increasing public awareness and citizen involvement on the issue, urges Jeevitnadi from Pune. Aarti Kelkar Khambete posted 2 years 11 months ago