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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 crisis - A crisis that will redefine civilization
Water crisis is an impending crisis that will hit the rich as hard as the poor
Alex Bell
Posted on 16 Oct, 2009 03:27 PM



https://www.downtoearth.org.in/full6.asp?foldername=20091015&filename=croc&sec_id=10&sid=1
OneWorld South Asia looking for Research Associate – Climate Change
Posted on 15 Oct, 2009 12:02 PM

Job Description
• Manage content for OneWorld’s Integrated Knowledge System on Climate Change Adaptation (www.bhoogyan.net)
• Conduct research on climate change and development
• Moderate/facilitate a discussion list on Bhoogyan
• Engage with partner organisations on related activities
Young Climate Savers programme:Teacher's manual on climate change and energy
WWF-India has designed the Young Climate Savers programme, aimed at imparting education on climate change through teacher training workshops and mainstreaming climate issues in the academic curriculum
WWF India
Posted on 14 Oct, 2009 01:52 PM

In realizing this vision, WWF-India has partnered with Tetra Pak in designing the Young Climate Savers programme, aimed at imparting education on climate change in 200 schools across 10 cities in India through teacher training workshops and mainstreaming climate issues in the academic curriculum.
Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Outcomes:The Indian approach to climate change
A note on how India has tackled the ongoing climate discussions
Sangeeta Deogawanka
Posted on 14 Oct, 2009 12:29 AM
Recognising that climate change has of late transmuted from the geo-political to the political in the global arena, India  has tackled the ongoing climate discussions with suave diplomacy that is perhaps a trend-setter of sorts. 
The message has gone across loud and clear, that India will not accept categorically any legally binding
Calling for delegates: Investor Forum 2009: 29 & 30 October 2009, Mumbai
Posted on 13 Oct, 2009 10:28 AM

As you know that since 2006, NVI has been organizing an annual flagship event called “Investor Forum", that features information exchange and focused discussions on the issues affecting all stakeholders in the sustainability space and investor pitches by some of the most promising green businesses in India that are on look out for funding.
Climate change exhibition in New Delhi : Technology development and transfer
Posted on 04 Oct, 2009 10:51 AM

Image & Content Courtesy: Delhi Climate Change Exhibition/Conference
Countdown to the U.S. climate change bill which is to be filed on September 30th
A post on the outcome of the Climate Change Bill in the US
Sangeeta Deogawanka
Posted on 30 Sep, 2009 12:18 AM

The past week shall go down in climate history as the most active period in climate parley, punctuated with a frenzy of debates and compromises on the international table. 
India's effort at breaking the stalemate in climate commitments,needs to be applauded
A post on India's commitment to climate change
Sangeeta Deogawanka
Posted on 23 Sep, 2009 11:15 AM

Last week’s strategically timed declaration by India’s Jairam Ramesh, to set numerical targets for emissions, is a coup of sorts. Coming on the heels of U.S. administration’s shelving of the much hyped Climate and Energy Bill, this not only proves that India’s commitments on the climate front are more than honourable, but also places pressure on U.S. to perform on its climate commitments.
BALWOIS 2010 Conference on Water Observation and Information Systems for Decision Support, 25 May 2009, Macedonia
Posted on 22 Sep, 2009 10:16 AM

The BALWOIS 2010 Conference on Water Observation and Information Systems for Decision Support will be organised from 25 to 29 May in Ohrid, Republic of Macedonia. We are sending you short information, all information you can find on the website

UNESCO training program on low flow, drought and climate change, April 2010, Thimphu
Posted on 08 Sep, 2009 04:31 AM

Forwarded to the Portal by: Preeti Gupta, WES-Net

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