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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)
Union Cabinet approves comprehensive mission document of the National Water Mission under National Action Plan on Climate Change - PIB release
The article is about the Comprehensive Mission Document of the National Water Mission, which forms the core of the National Action Plan for Climate Change.
PIB Release
Posted on 12 Apr, 2011 01:12 PM

Article courtesy: Press Information Bureau

The Union Cabinet has approved the Comprehensive Mission Document of the National Water Mission.

The National Water Mission is one of the 8 National Missions which form the core of the National Action Plan for Climate Change. The Mission Document for National Water Mission was drafted by the Ministry of Water Resources through consultative process with full involvement of State Governments, concerned Central Ministries, Non-Governmental Organizations, academicians and other stakeholders.

Deep wells and prudence - Towards pragmatic action for addressing groundwater overexploitation in India - A World Bank document (2010)
India is the largest user of groundwater resources in the world. It is estimated that approximately 230 cubic kilometers per year is used annually, this is more than a quarter of the total world consumption from this resource.
It is in this context that this World Bank report looks at the reasons for this quantum of groundwater usage
World Bank
Posted on 12 Apr, 2011 01:51 AM

India is the largest user of groundwater resources in the world. It is estimated that approximately 230 cubic kilometers per year is used annually, this is more than a quarter of the total world consumption from this resource.

It is in this context that this World Bank report looks at the reasons for this quantum of groundwater usage.

The report delves into socio-economic and political reasons and looks at policies which inadvertently promote so much extraction. The report also analyses various attempts to manage this resource. These attempts range from government and international agency efforts directed to grassroots mobilisations. Finally the report comes out with suggestions to deal with this crisis.

South Asia Media workshop on "Adaptation to Climate Change", 18th to 20th May 2011, Dhulikhel, Nepal
Posted on 11 Apr, 2011 05:37 PM

Regional Climate Change Adaptation Knowledge Platform for Asia (Adaptation Knowledge Platform), The Asia Pacific Adaptation Network (APAN), The International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD), The Asia Pacific Mountain Network (APMN)
Organizers:

  • Regional Climate Change Adaptation Knowledge Platform for Asia (Adaptation Knowledge Platform)
  • The Asia Pacific Adaptation Network (APAN)
  • The International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD)
  • The Asia Pacific Mountain Network (APMN)
Call for proposals: Research project on gender, climate change, agriculture and food security - CCAFS - Apply by 1st May 2011
Posted on 11 Apr, 2011 11:54 AM

Climate change, agriculture, and food security - CCAFSClimate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) is aimed at helping to inform policies and practices that reduce the negative impacts of climate change for people who depend on agriculture as a source of their livelihoods, without jeopardizing food security.

Opportunities in water and related sectors via DevNetJobsIndia.org dated 31st March, 2011
Posted on 31 Mar, 2011 02:37 PM

Content courtesy: DevNetJobsIndia

  • Administration and Accounts Officer

            LEAD (Leadership for Environment and Development)

            Location: New Delhi
            Last date: 10th April, 2011

            Read more

National mission for a green India - Presentation to the PM's council on climate change - Latest update from the MoEF
The National Mission for a Green India team prepared and processed the draft document which was put on website for comments on 23rd May 2010.
Ministry of Environment and Forests
Posted on 22 Mar, 2011 04:15 PM

The draft was made available in 11 languages.

There were 7 regional consultations held at Guwahati, Dehradun, Pune, Bhopal, Jaipur, Vizag and Mysore over a month and a half starting from 10th June to 15th July and attended by the Minister and the team.

Joint Expert Meeting of Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) WGII and WGIII on Human Settlement, Water, Energy and Transport Infrastructure - Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies, 22nd to 24th March 2011, Calcutta
Posted on 22 Mar, 2011 09:58 AM

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate ChangeOrganizer: Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)

Venue: Calcutta, West Bengal

Biomass production and carbon stock of poplar agroforestry systems in Yamunanagar and Saharanpur districts of northwestern India – A paper in Current Science
The paper from Current Science provides an assessment of carbon storage vis-à-vis CO2 assimilation by poplar plantations in agroforestry for two districts of northwestern India.
National Research Centre for Agroforestry
Ramesh Singh
R H Rizvi
R S Yadav
S K Dhyani
Posted on 20 Mar, 2011 10:18 PM

Poplar (Populus deltoides) has gained considerable importance in agroforestry plantations of western Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Haryana, Punjab, and Jammu and Kashmir due to its deciduous nature, fast growth, short rotation and high industrial requirement. Poplar based agroforestry systems are prevalent among farmers of Saharanpur (UP) and Yamunanagar (Haryana) districts of northwestern India.

3rd annual seminar on "Water Security and Climate Change: Challenges and Strategy", Guru Arjan Dev Institute of Development Studies, 4th - 6th November 2011, Amritsar
Posted on 10 Mar, 2011 11:25 AM

Guru Arjan Dev Institute of Development StudiesOrganizer: Guru Arjan Dev Institute of Development Studies (IDSAsr), Amritsar

Venue: Conference hall, Guru Nanak Bhawan, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar

Topics:

  • Challenges and Opportunities for Water Security: An overview
  • Regional Water Security, Resource Use & Allocation
International conclave on climate change by Engineering Staff College of India, 12th to 14th October 2011, Hyderabad
Posted on 28 Feb, 2011 12:47 PM

International Conclave on Climate ChangeClean Energy & Energy Security

Organizer: Engineering Staff College of India

Venue: Hyderabad International Trade Expositions Limited, Hyderabad

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