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December 12, 2022
Why farmers are not adopting crop insurance in India?
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
Chaos in a concrete jungle
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
India’s rivers in trouble due to high fertilizer load and heavy monsoons
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 24, 2022
Droughts reduce India's GDP by 5 percent in twenty years
News this fortnight
India, vulnerable to droughts (Image: Pixabay; hbieser)
May 14, 2022
Assessment of climate change over the Indian region
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
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)
A shift in thinking: Prioritise financial resources before working towards climate change
An analysis on the upcoming Copenhagen for the UN Climate Change Conference
Praveena Sridhar
Posted on 12 Nov, 2009 04:34 AM

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Indian women farmers in Bihar and UP coping with climate change
As men are increasingly migrating to towns , women are left to struggle against erratic weather patterns, rising temperatures and decreasing groundwater levels to support their families.
Manisha Prakash
Posted on 07 Nov, 2009 09:50 AM
At a recent public hearing, Indian women farmers voiced their helplessness in dealing with the ramifications of global warming. 
Patna: Neelam Devi, 35, and Israwati Devi, 45, from Bihar and eastern Uttar Pradesh, respectively, are
Shodh Yatra in Orissa and UP : Lessons in understanding the communities in different geographies and environment
“Shodh Yatra”- The walk to find knowledge that Prof. Anil Gupta along with several other free willing participants undertake, twice a year.
Praveena Sridhar
Posted on 04 Nov, 2009 06:20 AM


“Few people know how to take a walk. The qualifications are endurance, plain clothes, old shoes, an eye for nature, good humor, vast curiosity, good speech, good silence and nothing too much.”


What kind of a walk must have Ralph Waldo Emerson had, to pen down these lines?
History of climate change talks, the UNFCC & COP-15
How we have come to COP-15- in a nutshell
Arun
Posted on 02 Nov, 2009 08:25 PM

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History of Climate Change Talks

Jobs via DevNetJobsIndia.org - 30.10.2009
Posted on 02 Nov, 2009 03:41 PM

Programme Manager (Climate Change Adaptation and Energy Studies
Harvest of water - Watershed programs in Maharashtra make the most of the little rains received
Long at the mercy of the monsoons, some Indian farmers are sculpting hillsides to capture runoff, enriching their land and lives.
Sara Corbett
Posted on 02 Nov, 2009 11:23 AM


India Rain

Photograph by Lynsey Addario

Be the Change' Conference on Food, Health and Climate Change, Bhoomi Network, Bangalore
Posted on 29 Oct, 2009 01:13 PM

Bhoomi Network is organising a 2 day 'Be the Change' Conference on Food, Health and Climate Change at St.John's Auditorium, Kormangala, Bangalore - 35.
National symposium on climate change and rainfed agriculture, CRIDA, Hyderabad
Posted on 28 Oct, 2009 12:36 PM

Symposium on Climate Change and Rainfed Agriculture

Date: February 18-20, 2010

Venue: Central Research Institute for Dryland Agriculture (CRIDA), Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh
National conference on “Climate Change in the Himalaya”, New Delhi
Posted on 26 Oct, 2009 03:51 PM

Dear Friends,
Why India needs to link rainfall to climate change
An interesting read that draws the need to link climate change with rainfall
Sangeeta Deogawanka
Posted on 23 Oct, 2009 07:24 AM

 Climate Change has already arrived in India.  The recent flooding in Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka is portentuous of the times to come.  As climate change accelerates, so will the unpredictability and intensity of the rainfall, giving rise to s
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