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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)
Annual International Water Convention, India Water Forum (IWF) 2011, 13th - 15th April 2011, New Delhi
Posted on 25 Jan, 2011 01:25 PM

India Water ForumOrganizer: The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI)

Venue: India Habitat Centre, New Delhi

Theme:

  • Water Security and Climate Change: Challenges and Opportunities
TH!NK5:Water Competition has been officially launched!
Posted on 21 Jan, 2011 06:59 PM

Forwarded to the portal by: Hanna McLean
Conference on values and practices that promote food sovereignty in the context of climate change, Pipal Tree, 16 - 19 February 2011, Bangalore
Posted on 21 Jan, 2011 05:22 PM

Pipal TreeOrganizer: Pipal Tree

Venue: Fireflies Inter-religious Ashram, Bangalore, India

2010: The year of climate records
The year 2010 has witnessed a few climate records that has mounted evidence of climate change the world over.
Sangeeta Deogawanka
Posted on 18 Jan, 2011 11:35 PM

Article Courtesy: Cognizant Reflections
Author: Sangeeta Deogawanka

The year 2010 has witnessed a few climate records that has mounted evidence of climate change the world over.

  • It marked the end of the warmest decade since climate records were kept.
  • It has been one of the three warmest years recorded, since 1850.
Managing Natural Resources -A report by IDSAsr
Managing the scare natural resources better and how space programme plays a role in this, a seminar of country's brilliant minds take the issue head on.
IDSAsr
Posted on 18 Jan, 2011 04:24 PM

The scarcity value of natural resources has risen due to rising pressure of human population and demands made by modern economics progress. As such managing these resources has become very important.
Articles on rainwater harvesting and river pollution by Janhit Foundation
Articles on rainwater harvesting and river pollution by Janhit Foundation
Janhit Foundation
Posted on 18 Jan, 2011 04:18 PM

These Articles analyse and detail the issues of rainwater harvesting and river pollution
VCCircle Sustainable Investing Summit 2011: The Cleantech Chapter on January 27 at ITC Sheraton - New Delhi
Posted on 11 Jan, 2011 04:32 PM

India Value FundOrganizer: India Value Fund

Venue: ITC Sheraton, New Delhi
December 2010 - January 2011: "Dams, Rivers and People" - The SANDRP newsletter
The SANDRP newsletter for continues its critical analysis of dams, irrigation and related issues
Souh Asia Network on Dams
River
South Asia Network on Dams Rivers and People (SANDRP)
Posted on 11 Jan, 2011 01:00 PM

South Asia Network on Dams, Rivers and PeopleThe SANDRP newsletter for December 2010 - January 2011 continues its critical analysis of dams, irrigation and related issues:

  • Water Crisis in Ramsar Wetlands of India
  • India dodged UN to get climate credits?
The 18th Stratospheric Processes and their Role in Climate Scientific Steering Group meeting, SPARC, Feb 2011, Pune
Posted on 07 Jan, 2011 02:20 PM

Stratospheric Processes And their Role in Climate
Organizer: Stratospheric Processes and their Role in Climate (SPARC)

Venue: Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM), Pune, India

Water-Focused Adaptation to Climate Change - Online Courses
Posted on 06 Jan, 2011 03:06 PM

Content and Image Courtesy: The Center for Sustainable Development


CSDi is announcing the January launch of a module of four online field courses on Adaptation to Climate Change. These courses begin by introducing basic climate change concepts, and develop as participants identify local community vulnerabilities, investigate appropriate solutions, develop full projects, launch and manage them.

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