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December 12, 2022 Study looks at behavioral biases in crop insurance adoption
Adoption rate of crop insurance low in India despite government efforts (Image: PxHere, CC0 Public Domain)
September 13, 2022 Heavy rains and floods have battered Bengaluru yet again. Uncontrolled and unregulated development and concretisation of the city that pays no heed to the ecology and hydrology of the region needs to stop!
Urban flooding in Bangalore (Image Source: Thejas via Wikimedia Commons)
August 11, 2022 This could lead to water quality crisis reinforcing the need for basin-specific management strategies
Around the world, more than a fifth of nitrogen released by human activity ends up in aquatic ecosystems (Image: Wikimedia Commons)
May 14, 2022 Climate change is real. What are its implications for India? This book presents a first of its kind national forecast on the impact of global warming on climate in India.
Climate change is real. What does it mean for India? (Image Source: Robert Hensley/Wikimedia Commons)
March 29, 2022 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)
Certificate course- Beginner's guide to climate change, CSE, 2010
An e-primer on the phenomenon, science and politics of climate change from a developing country perspective:This certificate course is a beginner's guide to climate change. Posted on 24 Jan, 2010 01:16 PM

We know that the threat of climate change is real and urgent and we also know that combating this threat requires drastic cuts in greenhouse gas emissions, particularly in the industrialized world.But as greenhouse gases are linked to economic growth, climate change requires the world to share growth between nations and people.

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Climate Change and its Impact on Biodiversity-ENVIS newsletter, September 2009
Newletter by ENVIS that includes reviews, abstracts and current news Posted on 17 Jan, 2010 02:28 PM

 

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National Seminar on Climate Change, Jabalpur, MP
Posted on 09 Jan, 2010 04:41 PM

Xavier Institute is planning to conduct a National Seminar on 'Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation: The Way Ahead', during 19th and 20th March 2010. The call for paper is attached herewith.

Workshop on pollution abatement in Ganga basin - Need for effective waste water management
A report on the workshop held in Kanpur - Living Ganga Programme Posted on 28 Dec, 2009 05:08 PM

Kanpur, November 24, 2009: Shri Alok Ranjan, IAS, Principal Secretary, UP Urban Development and Environment, inaugurated the workshop organized by WWF India, Kanpur Nagar Nigam and IIT Kanpur.

UNFCCC negotiations in Copenhagen : Adaptation text does not hold water
The latest adaptation text does not hold water: Why the global climate challenge is a global water challenge Posted on 15 Dec, 2009 03:47 PM

Water is the primary medium through which climate change impacts will be felt by human populations and the environment.  Adapting to climate change will require adapting to changes in water availability and distribution.

Invitation for IDCA conference, IDCA, Gurgaon
Posted on 14 Dec, 2009 05:50 PM

                                                                               India Development Coalition of America

Water & climate channel : An online resource to understand the vital links between water and climate change
Information on an online resource to understand the vital links between water and climate change Posted on 08 Dec, 2009 05:14 PM

Dear all, we just launched www.waterandclimatechannel.org - an online resource to understand the vital links between water and climate change. As you know there is not a lot of discussion going on during COP 15 on the relation with water. Through this channel we would like to draw more attention on the importance of it. Documents, articles, videos on water and climate change are very welcome.

WIO press release on COP 15- Orissa Farmers’ Agenda for the World Leaders attending COP 15
Withdraw your support from polluting industries, invest in organic agriculture and remunerate us at par with the government and corporate employees. Posted on 08 Dec, 2009 03:23 PM

Sambalpur, 7th December 2009 - The Fifteenth Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and Fifth Meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol (COP 15 and COP/MOP 5) begins today, just a day after the Orissa Legislative Assembly’s current session was wrapped up in a hush half way through.  The otherwise strong and majority government of Orissa has been i

No mention of water issues in the high-level discussions in Copenhagen
A view on the non involvement of water issues in the climate change negotiations in Copenhagen Posted on 07 Dec, 2009 12:56 PM

Ever since the tide of COP 15 related news swelled across the media and press releases in various parts of the world, I have been wondering if climate  issues are different from that of water. Perhaps water doesn't count as a valid climatic element or may be it doesn't make the argument any stronger than what carbon emissions and global warming can do!

Findings of Basin Focal Project on the Indo-Gangetic basin
An article on the river Ganges that seems to be dying due to the glacier being endangered by human impact Posted on 02 Dec, 2009 02:34 PM

No! This title isn't mine. I borrowed it from Mahmoud Darwish's literary work of the same name.

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