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November 6, 2022
Protecting children from climate change impact not child's play
In 2020, 559 million children were affected by four to five heatwaves a year; numbers could increase four-fold by 2050, as per a report by UNICEF
Heat-related mortality is four times higher among children under 1 year of age than in persons aged 1–44 years (Image: Taqver, 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)
July 29, 2022
Carbon removal using ‘blue carbon’ habitats “uncertain and unreliable”
New study from the University of East Anglia challenges the widely held view that restoring areas such as mangroves, saltmarsh and seagrass can remove large amounts of carbon dioxide (CO2) from the atmosphere
Mediterranean seagrass (Image: David Luquet, CNRS-Sorbonne University)
July 10, 2022
Slow onset climate-induced disasters leaving migrants at greater risk of human trafficking
People in India fleeing disasters like drought more likely to have experienced trafficking or modern slavery than those fleeing floods or cyclones
The country's climate change assessment suggests things are only going to get worse (Image: Saurav Karmakar, India Water Portal Flickr)
July 8, 2022
Warming waters will lead to gasping rivers in India
Indian rivers are experiencing rising temperatures, which can lower the oxygen carrying capacity of their waters and spell doom for living organisms, small and large living in the waters.
The Karamana river in Thiruvanathapuram, Kerala (Image Source: India Water Portal)
June 15, 2022
Damned by pollution, doomed by beautification
The River Front Development project planned by the PMC is nothing but a cosmetic makeover for the already choked Mula Mutha river in Pune, argues Dr Gurudas Nulkar while speaking to the India Water Portal.
The highly polluted and encroached Mula Mutha river in Pune (Image: Alexey Komarov via Wikimedia Commons)
Water storage in river basins dips in 2021, drier than normal conditions to blame: WMO
News this fortnight
Swati Bansal
Posted on 15 Dec, 2022 05:57 PM

Significant drop in the volume of Ganga river water and groundwater in the river basin, reveals WMO report
Ganga river in Uttarakhand (Source: IWP Flickr album)
COP-27: Act now
In 2022, almost every country in the world has been affected by natural disasters
Gurinder Kaur
Posted on 02 Dec, 2022 10:06 AM

The Conference of Parties-27 (COP-27) ended on November 20 in the Egyptian city of Sharm el-Sheikh. This conference was supposed to last until November 18, but it ended on November 20 as no result was reached by November 18. In this conference, the item named 'Loss and Damages Fund' has been passed, which is being considered as a major achievement.
The the poor and developing countries are more affected by these climate change induced natural disasters than the rich and developed ones(Image: MaxPixel)
India joins Mangrove Alliance for Climate (MAC) at COP27
News this fortnight
Swati Bansal
Posted on 17 Nov, 2022 01:34 PM

India joins the newly formed Mangrove Alliance for Climate (MAC)
Mangroves in Sunderbans (Source: IWP Flickr Photos)
Addressing climate change impact on horticultural production in central India
This study shows that while the area and production of horticultural crops in Madhya Pradesh has grown in the last decade the state is susceptible to climate change which may affect crop production in the future negatively
Gaurav Sharma
Amita Sharma
Nishant Kumar Sinha
Om Prakash Sharma
Ashutosh Singh
Ajai Kumar Pandey
Abhishek Kumar
Sudhir Kumar Trivedi
Bharti Sao
Mukesh Kumar Sahu
Posted on 14 Nov, 2022 06:10 PM

Climate change is one of the most complex and challenging environmental threat faced by the world and has been affecting ecosystems in major ways. It is predicted that the global temperature may rise by 1.5– 2.0  °C over the next decade and lead to increase in heat waves, longer warm seasons, and shorter cold seasons.

Climate change and agriculture
A farm in Madhya Pradesh during monsoon (Image Source: Rajarshi Mitra/Wikimedia Commons)
Protecting children from climate change impact not child's play
In 2020, 559 million children were affected by four to five heatwaves a year; numbers could increase four-fold by 2050, as per a report by UNICEF
Gurinder Kaur
Posted on 06 Nov, 2022 05:45 PM

On October 25 2022, UNICEF released a report titled "The Coldest Year of the Rest of Their Lives: Protecting Children from Escalating Impacts of Heatwaves".
Heat-related mortality is four times higher among children under 1 year of age than in persons aged 1–44 years (Image: Taqver, Wikimedia Commons)
Children demand ecological rights ahead of COP-27
Children say ‘Nothing about us children without us children’
PRATYeK
Posted on 06 Nov, 2022 02:38 PM

Ahead of the Conference on Climate Change COP 27 at Egypt, PRATYeK, a registered organization with UN ECOSOC status, known for its national child led-advocacy initiative NINEISMINE, hosted an online event NO COP OUT on November 4 and 5, along with coalition partner
Millions of children face the brunt of climate change in their day to day lives. There Is No Planet B (Image: Blaine O'Neill; Flickr Commons, CC BY-NC 2.0)
Climate Asia addresses concerns about climate change
A masterclass by Climate Asia on “Localisation of Economy from Climate Lens” talks of various aspects from the ground up.
Climate Asia
Posted on 01 Nov, 2022 08:06 PM

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Effects of climate change on this low-lying lands (UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe)
Shrinkage of aus rice in eastern India
A paper looks at the darker side of agricultural intensification - disappearance of autumn or aus rice, entry of high yield varieties, and implications in terms of environmental sustainability in West Bengal
Avik Ray
Posted on 12 Oct, 2022 01:13 PM

Agricultural intensification riding on the Green Revolution ushered bountiful production of selected staples (rice, wheat, maize) in the developing nations and caused a significant economic growth.
Rice has undergone an unprecedented rise in production and yield during the green revolution (Image: Wikimedia Commons)
Climate predictions and tipping points
United in science 2022: The world is heading in the wrong direction
World Meteorological Organization
UNDRR
Posted on 05 Oct, 2022 09:59 PM

Levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4) and nitrous oxide (N2 O) continue to rise.
Cities – responsible for up to 70% of human-caused emissions – will face increasing climate impacts (Image: cocoparisienne, Pixabay)
Dengue expands with climate change in India
Dengue is witnessing an alarming rise in India. And climate change induced changes are to blame. This study attempts to predict the present and future distribution of dengue vectors under different climate change scenarios in the country.
Hussain, S.S.A
Dhiman, R.C
Posted on 26 Sep, 2022 12:20 AM

Dengue is witnessing an alarming rise in India in recent years and the National Vector Borne Disease Control Programme (2020) data shows a five fold increase in cases of dengue from 28,066 cases in 2010 to 157,315 cases in 2019.

Dengue and climate change
Asian tiger mosquito, Aedes albopictus, beginning its blood-meal (Image Source: James Gathany, CDC via Wikimedia Commons)
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