Amita Bhaduri

Sustainable investing to surge to US$125 billion in India by 2026

Sustainability investments in India will make up around 40% of AuM by 2026, from the current 15%, as per a report by Benori Knowledge Amita Bhaduri posted 2 years 5 months ago

Sectors attracting sustainable investments are renewable energy, e-mobility, agritech and waste management (Image: Roadlight, Pixabay)

A community-led landslide prediction system in India

In a first-of-its-kind disaster prevention initiative, a meteorology-based landslide prediction system was developed as a crowdsourced science effort. Amita Bhaduri posted 2 years 5 months ago

Climate change is intensifying the need for a landslide prediction system based on meteorology. (Image: Western Ghats, Kerala; Source: Shagil Kannur, Wikimedia Commons)

Forecasting systems can reduce Delhi's cocktail of pollutants

A CEEW study indicates that forecasting systems helped avert extremely severe air pollution episodes last winter. Amita Bhaduri posted 2 years 5 months ago

(Image: Ville Miettinen, Wikimedia Commons)

Dealing with heatwaves

Urgent, timely action at scale during a heatwave can drastically reduce deaths due to extreme heat Amita Bhaduri posted 2 years 5 months ago

People living in urban areas are amongst the hardest hit when a heatwave occurs (Image: Lounes D H, Pixabay)

Unsuccessful attempt at visiting Rumbak village after GLOF last year

A memoir written by Karuna Chimmed from Leh, Ladakh, on her attempt to visit Rumbak village, which was affected by flash floods due to the outburst of an artificial lake in August 2021 Amita Bhaduri posted 2 years 5 months ago

A broken bridge which connected tiny place called Zingchen (Image: Karuna Chhimed)

ITC scales up its 360-degree interventions for a greener earth

Heavily invests in renewable energy, water conservation, waste management, afforestation, and climate-smart agriculture to record landmark achievements Amita Bhaduri posted 2 years 5 months ago

Reaffirms its Sustainability 2.0 commitments on World Environment Day (Image: ITC)

Six priorities for decarbonization in industrialized and emerging economies

Navigating the tension between industrialized nations and emerging economies for global decarbonization efforts requires a diverse portfolio of solutions. Amita Bhaduri posted 2 years 5 months ago

There is a need to facilitate the shift more efficiently towards renewable energy adoption globally (Image: Pixabay)

Assam relief operations: Over 5 lakh people impacted so far

Deadly diseases, sanitation and hygiene needs immediate attention Amita Bhaduri posted 2 years 5 months ago

Floods are a regular menace to millions of people in Assam (Image: Fazlul Alam, PixaHive)

Implementing construction waste management in India

The taxes on recycled products may increase the degree of perceived constraints, says study Amita Bhaduri posted 2 years 5 months ago

Construction waste management has become a major environmental concern in most of the Indian municipalities (Image: Petr K, Wikimedia Commons)

Governance of wastewater treatment and reuse in India

Lack of enforcement of pollution monitoring and control is a major barrier Amita Bhaduri posted 2 years 5 months ago

The availability of clear guidelines and specific standards with a defined implementation framework for wastewater treatment and reuse is lacking in most states (Image: Ajay Tallam, Wikimedia Commons)

Climate change and transition in cropping patterns in West Bengal

Crop choice decisions made by the farmers largely depend on the infrastructure facilities, technology applied and ecological conditions Amita Bhaduri posted 2 years 5 months ago

The presence of infrastructure facilities influence crop choice in favour of non-foodgrains (Image: UN Women/Ashutosh Negi)

Planetary consequences of the mismanagement of land resources

UN offers stark warnings and practical remedies in Global Land Outlook 2 Amita Bhaduri posted 2 years 5 months ago

Every country can design and implement a tailored land restoration agenda to meet their development needs. (Image: PxHere)

Non pesticide management – a viable alternative

A study assesses the impact of the Andhra Pradesh Community Managed Natural Farming programme Amita Bhaduri posted 2 years 5 months ago

The APCNF policy promotes zero synthetic chemical inputs (Image: Andhra Pradesh Community Managed Natural Farming Facebook Page)

One water, one data

Enabling a culture of data sharing between programs and reuse of data Amita Bhaduri posted 2 years 5 months ago

Participatory programs such as JJM require a large amount of village-level information on water (Image: Arpit Deomurar, FES)

Transparent urban river pollution monitoring

A study develops a decision support tool to identify polluted river stretches Amita Bhaduri posted 2 years 5 months ago

Ulhas river near Khandpe village (Image: Ganesh Dhamodkar, Wikimedia Commons)

Pond water reuse from a circular economy perspective

Ponds became a storehouse of metal toxicity in the accumulated sludge: Study Amita Bhaduri posted 2 years 5 months ago

Wastewater generated from households in the catchment area of a pond contaminates its waters (Image: Wikimedia Commons)

Enabling better water governance

There is a need to bring in a paradigm shift towards democratisation of water Amita Bhaduri posted 2 years 6 months ago

Rice farmer irrigating from a shallow well to complement irrigation water from the Nagarjuna irrigation scheme in Krishna river basin, Andhra Pradesh (Image: François Molle, Water Alternatives)

Stained and smiling

Working with fluoride affected communities in Mewat, Haryana Amita Bhaduri posted 2 years 6 months ago

Stains, irregularities, and pits are common manifestations of dental fluorosis. (Image: Sehgal Foundation)

Napo Jal Bachao Kal campaign - the pre-monsoon groundwater monitoring 2022 exercise commences

Before the monsoon sets in, 1000s of Indians in rural communities head out to measure the wells in their villages Amita Bhaduri posted 2 years 6 months ago

Women use an open source groundwater monitoring tool that enables collection of water level data of wells and its collation on a web platform for easy access by all. (Image: FES)

Microplastics contaminating our soil

The plastic used for mulching is leading to soil contamination Amita Bhaduri posted 2 years 6 months ago

Under a study by Toxics Link soil samples in agricultural belts in Karnataka and Maharashtra were tested and tiny plastic particles were found at various depths (Image: 5Gyres, Oregon State University; Wikimedia Commons, (CC BY-SA 2.0))