water scarcity

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Himalayan Governments Must Put Springs On The Agenda

In a small Himalayan village in the northern Indian district of Pithoragarh, I came face-to-face with one of the quietest…

2 months ago
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As India’s Groundwater Runs Dry, The Calls For Reform Grow

Last month, the southern Indian city of Bengaluru faced an early start to the monsoon and experienced its wettest May…

4 months ago
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Why India Needs To Incentivise Water Reuse

While treated wastewater in India is often discharged into water bodies or used for non-essential purposes such as irrigating public…

8 months ago
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Climate Change Adds To Water Woes In The Andaman Islands

As clouds gathered on the horizon one morning in late May, the residents of Kadamtala in India’s Andaman Islands were…

1 year ago
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Why Has PM Ignored Plight Of Marathwada’s Farmers: Congress

On Tuesday, 30 April, the Congress accused PM Narendra Modi of ignoring the plight of farmers in Marathwada and also…

1 year ago
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Of India-Pak Cooperation For Water Security

As the Shahpurkandi barrage on the river Ravi in the Indian state of Punjab nears completion, there are fears in…

2 years ago
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Providing Reliable Water In A Warming World

A lot can go wrong in a large urban water system. Pumps malfunction. Valves break. Pipes leak. Even when the…

2 years ago
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Report Says More Action Is Needed To Protect Freshwater Ecosystems

The COP28 U.N. climate summit, which begins in just a couple of weeks, aims to make water more of a priority…

2 years ago
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IIT-M Develops Prototype To Use Seawater For Green Hydrogen Production

A team of researchers from the Department of Physics at IIT-Madras has developed a technology prototype to produce green hydrogen…

2 years ago
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Book Review: A Deep Dive Into The Imbalances Of Climate Justice In India

The book, Climate Justice in India, a collection of insightful and well-researched articles by a dozen of the finest scholars…

2 years ago
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What Are Green Buildings, How Can They Help Address Climate Crisis?

Globally, the building and construction sector accounts for nearly 40% of energy-and process-related carbon dioxide emissions. To address the climate…

3 years ago
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‘Ganga, Brahmaputra Flows To Reduce Due To Global Warming’

Source: PTI UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned that major Himalayan rivers like the Indus, the Ganges and the Brahmaputra, all…

3 years ago
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Loss And Ingenuity Amid Climate Change

Asian countries are highly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. In 2022, the damage across the region from catastrophes…

3 years ago
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Climate Adaptation Must Be Transformational, Not Just Fighting Fires

There was significant progress on finance for climate adaptation at COP27 last month. Governments agreed to move forward on the…

3 years ago
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Women’s Lives Get Harder In Bundelkhand As Water Scarcity Grows

Every day during the summer months, Kamlawati Yadav wakes up at 6 am and walks half a kilometre to a…

3 years ago
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Opinion: Protect Climate Refugees Under International Law

Thirty years ago, in its 1990 assessment, the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) warned that large-scale human migration…

4 years ago
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More Than 1 Bn People Face Displacement By 2050

Rapid population growth, lack of access to food and water and increased exposure to natural disasters mean more than 1…

5 years ago

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