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Urban green finance: Case of Hyderabad and Kolkata
Urban green finance flows require the integration of both vertical and horizontal levels of governance
Shreyans Jain
Rajashree Padmanabhi
Cities Climate Finance Leadership Alliance
Posted on 08 Dec, 2021 12:29 PM

Around 40% of India’s population will live in cities by 2036, according to government projections, but climate change is already exposing these urban areas to extreme water and heat stress.
The pandemic has amplified the need to undertake sustainable activities at the city level (Image: CCFLA)
Mobilising communities against encroachment of water bodies
Pushing urban local governments to take adequate steps to protect water bodies
Subhrajyoti Karmakar
Posted on 20 Aug, 2021 07:25 PM

Tapas Das, a river and wat
Tapan Dighi (Image: Tapan Dighi Bachao Facebook Page)
Challenges to India’s urban water security and future growth patterns
Water resources in most Indian cities are overworked and overused, and not adequately replenished.
Ambika Vishwanath
Posted on 29 Dec, 2020 12:10 PM

Linkages between water security and socio-economic growth
Cities in India are marked by unequal distribution of water, lack of access, outdated infrastructure and minimal enforcement of rainwater harvesting and other means of supply. (Image: Anish Roy, Pixabay)
Arrival of northeast monsoon & retreat of southwest monsoon coincides this year; Salt lake and several metro cities shrinking at alarming pace
News this week
Swati Bansal
Posted on 23 Oct, 2019 01:36 PM

Soon a national framework for e-flows in all major rivers
Yamuna river in Delhi (Source: Sudhanshu Malhotra via IWP Flickr Photos)
Protecting the kidneys of Kolkata – the East Kolkata Wetlands
A real estate boom is tightening its grip on the East Kolkata Wetlands, a unique waste processing ecosystem. Cooperation and coproduction, not conflict are needed to save them.
Gorkhy Chakraborty
Dhruba Das Gupta
Posted on 08 Aug, 2019 05:12 PM

 The East Kolkata Wetlands (EKW) are a truly unique ecosystem, presenting a very different sight from the normal urban landscape in India.
Fishermen use wastewater of Kolkata to rear fish (Image Source: India Water Portal)
Twenty-six states under threat of desertification
News this week
Swati Bansal
Posted on 18 Jun, 2019 08:23 PM

The threat of desertification increases in 26 of 29 states
Increasing desertification, a challenge India needs to tackle. (Image Source: Wikimedia Commons)
Job opening at Splash International, Kolkata for WASH Infrastructure Coordinator
Posted on 10 Jun, 2019 11:14 AM

THE ORGANIZATION
Job opening at Splash International, Kolkata for Programme Data Officer - India
Posted on 04 Jun, 2019 11:27 AM

 

The Organization
Job opening at Splash International, Kolkata for Monitoring and Evaluation Coordinator
Posted on 04 Jun, 2019 11:10 AM

The Organization 
Job opening at Splash International, Kolkata for Behaviour Change Specialist
Posted on 04 Jun, 2019 11:03 AM

The Job

Location: Kolkata, India
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