Amita Bhaduri

Recording the climate co-benefits of MGNREGS

CSTEP develops a framework for quantifying the climate co-benefits of MGNREGS works Amita Bhaduri posted 1 year ago

Women working on an NREGA site building a pond to assist in farming and water storage (Image: UN Women/Gaganjit Singh)

NITI Aayog panel likely to propose incentives for water efficiency

Policy matters this fortnight Amita Bhaduri posted 1 year ago

Solutions that enable comprehensive reductions in water in agriculture (Image: WallpaperFlare)

Desilting tanks and uplifting collective spirits

A community mobilises resources, including MGNREGS funds, to take care of its commons Amita Bhaduri posted 1 year ago

Enhancing Sundarbans' early warning for disaster preparedness

Cultural adaptations to tropical cyclone warnings and impacts are crucial steps in limiting losses Amita Bhaduri posted 1 year ago

A woman searching for her utensils in debris of her house which collapsed after Cyclone Aila (Image: Anil Gulati, Wikimedia Commons)

Policies, plans and financing for just energy transition

iFOREST convenes the first Global Just Transition Dialogue Amita Bhaduri posted 1 year ago

A transition of all fossil fuel sectors will need to be considered in a phased manner (Image: Ramkumar; Wikimedia Commons)

Prepaid cards for power to save groundwater

Policy matters this fortnight Amita Bhaduri posted 1 year 1 month ago

Over exploitation of groundwater is due to wide cultivation of water guzzler paddy and sugarcane crops (Image: Thamizhpparithi Maari, Wikimedia Commons)

Market value of treated wastewater will rise to rupees 1.9 billion in 2050

Only 10 states in India have treated wastewater reuse policies so far Amita Bhaduri posted 1 year 1 month ago

Sewage treatment plant in Kavoor, Mangalore (Image: Asian Development Bank; CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)

Cost-effective and long-lasting environmental management solutions needed

CSE’s State of India’s Environment Report 2023 identifies areas that are lagging behind Amita Bhaduri posted 1 year 1 month ago

India generates 150,000 tonne of municipal solid waste every day – more than half of this is either dumped in landfills or remains unattended. (Image: India Water Portal Flickr)

IPCC climate report - a warning call

Synthesis report of IPCC AR6: Grounded action needed to ensure social and ecological justice Amita Bhaduri posted 1 year 1 month ago

The Sixth Assessment Report of the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change is the sixth in a series of reports which assess scientific, technical, and socio-economic information concerning climate change (Image: Wallpaperflare)

A large-scale training program that actually delivered results

Summary of INREM’s Water Quality Management Course assessment
Amita Bhaduri posted 1 year 1 month ago

Ms. Chandana Biswal using the Safe Water Learning Cards to train other Chemists and Lab Assistants in her District. (Image: Chandana Biswal)

Tamil Nadu unveils organic farming policy

Policy matters this fortnight Amita Bhaduri posted 1 year 1 month ago

Organic farming creates harmonious balance between crop production and animal husbandry and facilitates alignment of life with natural ecosystems and cycles. (Image: Katharina Low/SuSanA Secretariat)

Jharkhand's agroforestry potential

Study identifies 513 out of 32,620 villages in Jharkhand as potentially suitable for agroforestry work Amita Bhaduri posted 1 year 1 month ago

Agroforestry crops need land with sufficient soil moisture and low erosion for their continuous growth (Image: World Agroforestry)

Providing access to safe drinking water to transform 10,000 lives in several Indian states

Halma and WaterAid's focus was on sustainability of existing water sources Amita Bhaduri posted 1 year 1 month ago

Rubi, Buxar district’s field coordinator for WaterAid India, performs water testing to examine the quality of drinking water in the village of Bicchu Ka Dera, Buxar, India. 25 May 2022. (Image: WaterAid/ Anindito Mukherjee)

Reaping the benefits of skilling from water testing

Women gain expertise from water testing Amita Bhaduri posted 1 year 1 month ago

JJM has allocated 2% for Water Quality Monitoring and Surveillance (Image: Anita Martinz, Wikimedia Commons)

Sustainability lessons from an all-women’s team in Chennai

India’s first all-women waste management team from Chennai, through their unwavering commitment and dedication, are consistently achieving 90%-96% source segregation in their Zone. Amita Bhaduri posted 1 year 1 month ago

Women shaping the zero-waste cities of India (Image: ReSL)

How to restore India's degraded pond ecosystem

In order to promote a regenerative system for biodiversity protection, the relationship between the pond ecosystem and the circular economy was also evaluated. Amita Bhaduri posted 1 year 1 month ago

Temple pond in Kerala (Image: Sreekanth V, Wikimedia Commons)

Climate change is actively impeding the progress made across all SDGs: Reveals Dasra

Dasra announces the plan for Climate Action Alliance which will aim to bring together stakeholders across sectors with the vision to build resilient communities and systems Amita Bhaduri posted 1 year 1 month ago

Development goals on zero hunger, health, gender equality, sustainable cities, biodiversity and global partnership for sustainable development most affected by the climate change (Image: rawpixel.com/NASA)

Green jobs for women and a way to address climate change

A panel discussion was held by Climate Asia to address these issues Amita Bhaduri posted 1 year 1 month ago

Barefoot solar engineer Minakshi Diwan 20, tends to maintenance works in the solar village in Odisha (Image: Engineering for Change)

How to create engaging online training sessions

Paving way for virtual engagement of participants
Amita Bhaduri posted 1 year 1 month ago

Centre in final stages of notifying emissions trading scheme

Policy matters this fortnight Amita Bhaduri posted 1 year 2 months ago

Government plans to give energy efficiency targets to sectors (Image: RawPixel)