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Mansarovar or Gaumukh: Which is the source of the Ganga?
News this week Posted on 03 Nov, 2015 12:11 PM

NIH scientists to probe if Mansarovar is the source of Ganga

Bhagirathi river at its source, Gaumukh (Source: IWP Flickr Photo)
Moving from the Kyoto protocol to INDCs: India's plan to address climate change
India says it should not be treated at par with developed and emerging economies by detailing the developmental deficits and disparities its people face in access to basic needs. Posted on 30 Oct, 2015 10:57 PM

Four years ago, the international community at the Durban climate summit agreed to establish an international binding climate agreement as the current Kyoto protocol is set to expire in 2020. Closer to the Paris summit, countries were to prepare a post-2020 action plan on climate change mitigation and adaptation.

Climate Change (Source: Sourabh Phadke on IWP Flickr Photo)
Srinagar's Dal Lake shrinks by 36% in the last 37 years
News this week Posted on 26 Oct, 2015 09:43 PM

Study shows half of Srinagar's water bodies have disappeared in the past century

Dal Lake in Srinagar (Source: McKay Savage via Wikipedia)
China operationalises one of the biggest dams on the Brahmaputra
News this week Posted on 20 Oct, 2015 07:01 PM

China's Zangmu Hydropower Project, one of the biggest dams on Brahmaputra, is operational

Brahmaputra river in Tibet (Source: Luca Galuzzi via Wikipedia)
Call for abstracts for the WASH 2016 conference
The theme of the WASH 2016 is ' WASH Futures: Pathways to universal and sustained water, sanitation and hygiene'.
Posted on 22 Sep, 2015 05:38 PM

For more details download the call for abstracts from below or visit the website

UNDP's Climate Change Storytelling Contest
Write your best climate change story and get an opportunity to join and cover COP21
Posted on 22 Sep, 2015 04:26 PM

UNDP has launched its global storytelling contest, Voices2Paris, to contribute to raising public awareness on the negative impacts of climate change as well as on the opportunities and solutions seen in actions by individuals and governments alike across vulnerable devel

Nepal earthquake affected women more than men
Disadvantaged groups suffered greater death, injury and livelihood asset losses. Dr Bimala Rai Paudyal, Hon’ble Member Planning Commission of Nepal says it is possible to reduce this vulnerability. Posted on 05 Sep, 2015 12:32 PM

April 25, 2015 dawned as any other ordinary day in Nepal. Until 11.56. Then, a massive earthquake of magnitude 7.9 rattled the country and shook its very foundation. The tremors travelled outwards from the epicentre at Barpak Gorkha district moving the earth, distorting buildings, causing convulsions on the ground and creating panic and mayhem all around.

A family beside a damaged house near Naglebhare, Nepal (Source :Asian Development Bank)
Sunderbans and Siachen glacier to become trans-boundary protected area
Policy matters this week Posted on 31 Aug, 2015 10:25 PM

Sunderbans and Siachen glacier proposed to be recognised as a trans-boundary protected area

Farm fields in the Sunderbans (Source: India Water Portal Flickr Photo)
India's groundwater: Invisible water, visible crisis
News this week Posted on 31 Aug, 2015 06:13 PM

Massive national effort needed to resolve India's depleting groundwater

Water well in Purulia, West Bengal (Source: India Water Portal Flickr Photos)
Why a right to sanitation is necessary
The Millenium Development Goals aimed to halve the number of people with no access to water & sanitation. "Who are these people?", asks Leo Heller of the UN Office for Human Rights. Posted on 28 Aug, 2015 09:43 AM

Indian activists have been campaigning for the last three years for a justiciable right to water and sanitation.

Definitions of the human rights to water and sanitation (Source: SIWI)
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