34 percent of India's coastline suffers from erosion, West Bengal worst affected
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Coast along the southern tip of the country (Image source: IWP Flickr photos)
Taking people along, to conserve freshwater ecosystems
Citizen science can be greatly useful in breaking down the barriers between local and expert knowledge and help in better management and protection of freshwater ecosystems.
Pashan lake in Pune (Image Source: India Water Portal)
Towards food system transition
The report looks at what the transition could look like in ten specific foodscapes
Foodscapes for people and nature (Image: TNC)
Village fair inspires positive change
Behaviour change towards safe drinking water, handwashing and sanitation practices
The village fair (Image Source: Sehgal Foundation)
Drinking water quality course by Sehgal Foundation
Drinking water quality testing course organised by Sehgal Foundation
Safe drinking water, for health (Image Source: Wikimedia Commons)
Forest fire incidences have increased ten times over the past two decades
Over 30% of Indian districts are prone to extreme forest fires, as per a CEEW study
More than 275 million people in India are exposed to extreme forest fire events. (Image: Naveen N Kadalaveni, Wikimedia Commons)
Informing children about environmental pollution
Children are important stakeholders in bringing about change, say experts
Time is running out on climate action (Image: Maxpixel)
Heat waves, extreme weather events and climate change
Increased heatwave conditions are more prominent in central and northern India
Heat waves sweep across India (Image: Maxpixel, CC0 Public Domain)
Water for all, still a dream?
Lack of governance and six toothless irrigation acts have done very little to change the water situation on the ground in Maharashtra, argues water expert Pradeep Purandare.
Peanut irrigation in India (Image Source: Seratobikiba via Wikimedia Commons)
MatiKalp: A low-cost solution for safe drinking water
Low cost water filter, to improve access to safe drinking water can greatly help in improving health among vulnerable populations.
Meenadevi driking water from the low cost filter (Image Source: Sehgal Foundation)
Prioritize equitable health to build well-being in societies for a healthier, fairer, and greener world: WHO
Every year 13 million lives are lost due to avoidable environmental causes
South-East Asia has the highest number of deaths related to climate change (Image: Mohamed Hassan, Pixabay)
Water sustainability assessment of Gurugram
Achieving water use optimization and efficiency in India's upcoming residential townships
The guidelines developed by Mahindra-TERI CoE can play a pivotal role in aiding townships to move on the path of becoming net water positive (Image: Eatcha, Wikimedia Commons)
JJM coverage low in rural households of several large states: Parliamentary panel
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Drinking water provision in rural school and hygiene (Image source: IWP Flickr photos)
Centre launches Jal Shakti Abhiyan: Catch the Rain campaign, 2022
Policy matters this fortnight
Catch the rain where it falls, when it fall (Image source: IWP Flickr album). Photo for representation only
Sensitisation and awareness - for WASH behavior change
Simple, low cost and locally made systems for washing hands can go a long way in motivating people to adopt regular WASH practices.
Communicating, for WASH behaviour change (Image Source: Biswarup Ganguly via Wikimedia Commons)
Water in the cloud?
IoT-Cloud based water monitoring enables to build up ESG compliances, reduces water footprint
A real-time monitoring system based on IoT can be highly effective in fulfilling water needs, saving water cost, energy cost and reducing water footprint. (Image: Piqsels)
Options for flood risk reduction
How participatory is participatory flood risk mapping? Voices from the flood-prone Dharavi slum in Mumbai
Need to enhance community participation through participatory flood risk mapping (Image: Ronie, Pixahive)
21-year old with sign boards on Ladakh streets is helping change how residents manage waste
Disposing waste safely
Stanzin's team towards the end of second drive (Image: Karuna Chhimed)
India gears up for second spell of intense heat
Climate change nightmares coming true
Maximum temperatures breaking records are now here to stay with the rise in global mean temperatures (Image: Frau Katze, Pixabay)
India, in the hot seat!
The intensity and duration of heat waves is predicted to increase in India and human induced anthropogenic changes are to blame.
A man sits under the scorching heat of the sun in front of Amer fort in Jaipur (Picture courtesy: Prabhu B Doss, Flickr Commons: CC-By-NC-ND-2.0)
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