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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)
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
Anshuman Atroley
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
Emily Benson
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
waterandclimatechannel
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.
Ranjan K Panda
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
Praveena Sridhar
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
Sachin Tewari
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.
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

UP India
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
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