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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)
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
Participate in the HP Climate Change Photography Contest ‘09
Posted on 20 Oct, 2009 11:19 AM

The world around you is changing. When most people think of global warming, they think of icebergs melting, seas rising and low-lying areas getting flooded. But it is no longer just an apocalyptic warning of doom. It is no longer something that will happen in some distant land.
Guest Lecture on North-South Differences in Reporting Climate Change, Cleaner Production Cell, 20-10-2009, Hyderabad
Posted on 16 Oct, 2009 03:59 PM

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