Mainstreaming Climate-Resilient Water and Sanitation Infrastructure For Long Lasting Impacts

In this article, Manisha Jain and Dr Kriti Akansha highlight that it is necessary to support long-term thinking, transformation, flexibility and innovation while taking the associated climate risks into consideration to attain climate resilience. There is a need for a robust framework that ensures climate policies are integrated into all sectors and that planning, implementation, and evaluation are strictly followed.

Solar Radiation Modification Potential to Offset Warming and Ameliorate Climate Hazards

The Carnegie Climate Governance Initiative C2G) is a foundation-funded initiative of the Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs. C2G seeks to catalyse the creation of effective governance for climate-altering technologies, in particular for solar radiation modification. Here, we are in conversation with Janos Pasztor, Executive Director, C2G for TerraGreen.

Novel Policy Considerations For a Global Net-Zero

In this article, Ram Ramprasad suggests some novel policy considerations and highlights that as climate disasters accelerate, it is time for countries to unite and fight the battle against global warming. The urgent need is to increase whale populations, grow more forests, and repair our soil.

Urban Gardens

Good for Ecosystems and Humans

Traditional Agriculture for Sustainable Development

A Satoyama Approach

Climate Actions For Businesses - How Big Should These Be?

When we talk and act on climate action and the energy transition in emerging economies, the discussion can range from topics such as climate mitigation, adaptation, energy transition, financing, and business model innovation to next generation technologies. In this article, Biba Jasmine says that given the current debate and discourse around net zero and carbon neutrality, it is important to pause for a moment and reflect on whether companies need to realign their purpose to serve a more holistic set of stakeholders—including the environment— and leverage additional channels to demonstrate their commitment to more sustainable activities along the value chain. It stands to reason to ask what companies can—and must—do to make progress towards a low-carbon economy.

Geospatial Energy Mapper : A New Tool to Map Out Clean Energy Infrastructure

An update to the Energy Zones Mapping Tool, the Geospatial Energy Mapper is an online tool with an extensive catalogue of mapping data for energy planning. It can help identify areas that are suitable for clean energy infrastructure projects.

Electric Vehicle Charging Market - Driven by Software Now

Julien Deconinck says software innovations are now providing solutions to many of the scaling challenges and will play a crucial role in electric vehicle adoption.

Africa's Green Hydrogen Potential

Harnessing Africa’s solar energy to produce 50 million tonnes of green hydrogen a year by 2035 can help secure global energy supply, create jobs, decarbonize heavy industry, enhance global competitiveness and transform access to clean water and sustainable energy. The analysis has been commissioned by the European Investment Bank, the International Solar Alliance and the African Union, with the support of the Government of Mauritania, HyDeal, and UCLG Africa.

Protecting The One-Horned Rhinoceros - Lesser Poaching Incidents in Assam Now

In this article, Nava Thakuria highlights that poaching incidents of rhinoceros in various forest reserves of Assam in northeast India have decreased drastically. Brutal laws against the poachers, strengthening of ground staff inside the protected forest areas, and increasing public awareness in the fringe localities of national parks and wildlife sanctuaries across the State have positively impacted the mission to save the one-horned rhinos.

Giving to Amplify Earth Action

The IKEA Foundation has joined a new initiative, Giving to Amplify Earth Action (GAEA), by the World Economic Forum. The initiative will leverage philanthropic capital to generate the $3 trillion needed each year from public and private sources to tackle climate change and nature loss.

The Art of Bird Conservation

Rupa Samaria is a bird artist who aims at creating awareness on the issue of bird conservation through her art works both in India and overseas. The birds on her canvas come alive. Well, their calls can also be listened to. In a chat with N Kalyani, the Delhi-based artist shares the kind of art she creates, and the conservation issues that she thus espouses. Samaria also reminisces the house sparrow, a bird rarely seen now in urban settings.

Nature-Based Solutions - Used by Tribals in India

In this article, Himanshu Kumar and Nikita Sethi discuss the concept of nature-based solutions and how ignored communities and tribals have substantially contributed to nature conservation and sustainable resource management. Documenting and integrating the indigenous technical knowledge systems into modern knowledge systems could be highly beneficial for India to move towards a more resilient and sustainable future.

E-Rickshaws in Matheran - Tilting in Favour of Environment

In this article, Gajanan Khergamker examines the conundrum that has been surrounding the introduction of e-rickshaws in Matheran, a hill station in Maharashtra. The author feels that whatever is best in the interests of everyone should be done because after all, it’s the human whose interest is paramount in any developed society.

Green Skills Workforce Training - Paving the Way to Net Zero

Rehan Haque, CEO of metatalent.ai, discusses how green skills training via AI-moderated orkforce upskilling is important for businesses to adopt to prepare for a greener economy.

Enterprise in Waste Management - Saahas Zero Waste

Though much has been done by city municipal authorities in recent years in terms of waste segregation and collection at household levels, it remains a burgeoning problem in our urban areas. In this article, Lata Vishwanath highlights the work done by Saahas Zero Waste (SZW). From its humble beginnings as a small NGO doing waste collection, SZW has grown, over the last two decades, into a social enterprise, as a leader with best practices in managing Bengaluru’s solid waste and thereby reducing its harmful impact to the earth and environment.

Harvesting Untapped Source of Freshwater - Researchers Propose New Structures

An almost limitless supply of freshwater exists in the form of water vapour above Earth's oceans, yet remains untapped, researchers said. A new study suggests an investment in new infrastructure capable of harvesting oceanic water vapour as a solution to limited supplies of freshwater in various locations around the world.

Sustainable Groundwater Management in Lucknow For Sustainable, Equitable, and Resilient Water Use

The study finds that the groundwater exploitation in Lucknow is 17 times more than the rate of recharge and projects a decline in the water table in various areas of the city.

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Cleaning Musi River - Learning from International Examples

This insightful article by Sonia Grover and Charu Bhanot is an outcome of literature survey done for a project for two basins—Yamuna and Musi rivers. In the earlier article, they discussed about Yamuna River. This article is particularly on Musi River and talks about the challenges and reflections from best practices at international scale that could be used as learning to improve water quality of the basins.

Butterfly Ecology and Conservation - A Review

In this article, Onam Vaid throws light on the fact that butterflies play an important role in the ecosystem as they are pollinators and components of the food chain. Butterflies help scientists in ascertaining the health of environment. But, the research studies on butterflies are very limited. Further research should be conducted to obtain details and documentation on butterfly diversity for their conservation.

Sacred Groves - Cultural and Environmental Significance

Sacred groves are forest fragments of varying sizes, which are protected, and which usually have a significant religious connotation for the protecting community. Hunting and logging are usually strictly prohibited within these areas. In this article, Shakti Bishnoi and A S Bishnoi discuss about the cultural and ecological significance of sacred groves in Indian culture.

Drones in Agriculture: Harnessing the Power of Drones for Sustainable Agriculture

In this article, Rajesh Aggarwal talks about the future of drones in Sustainable Agriculture and the many benefits that they can bring to the table. The increasing popularity of drones is opening up new possibilities in a lot of sectors. Their application in agricultural practices reveals unforeseen advantages that can hugely benefit the farmers.

RWAs and Sustainability

How RWAS Promote a Sustainable Urban Environment

Greater One-horned Rhino Estimation - The Successful Completion of the One-Horned Rhino Estimation in Assam

Implementation to preserve and promote an endangered species is important; so is mapping the progress of our plans to know how far we've come and how must we proceed. This article, by Amit Sharma and Somreet Bhattacharya, shares the successful account of estimation of the Greater one-horned Rhino population in the national parks and sanctuaries of Assam. Amid varying challenges, the WWF India team with support from the Govt. and Forest officials of Assam, undertook this task and came back with favourable results and a hope for the future of these animals.

Netafim’s Irrigation Project - For Higher Crop Productivity

Netafim India, a leading smart irrigation solution provider, along with global agronomist Ityel Eviatar, has commenced a four-month-long training programme for farmers of Singataluru Lift Irrigation Project package 1 and 3) in Gadag, Karnataka. This farmer education programme aims to reach thousands of growers of onion, maize, chilly, cotton, groundnut, red gram, and marigold, in the project area and empower them with the knowledge of Good Agriculture Practices.

Home to Stay? - India Translocates Eight Cheetahs from Namibia to Kuno National Park

As we write, an unusual-looking aircraft, with the face of a big cat painted on its snout, is on its way from Namibia in Africa, to India. Its passengers are exotic, gorgeous and much-awaited. Eight cheetahs are on that flight. Benita Sen follows their news.

From Waste to Décor: Recycling Crop Waste into Pulp and Board

From being a major political and environmental issue, to becoming a characteristic of Indian winters: stubble burning and the subsequent pollution it causes has been a matter of concern since the last decade.In this article, Dr Rina Mukherji talks about CRASTE-a start-up with the potential to solve this issue. By recycling crop waste, CRASTE helps the farmers better deal with the same, as well as creates employment opportunities in India's rural areas.

India's Women Farmers: The Unimagined Mass

India is known for its agricultural produce, but what we do not know, or perhaps tend to overlook, is the contribution of women in the growth of this sector. In this article, Himanshu Kumar and Vivek Kumar enlighten us about the role of women in the agriculture sector and some of the problems they face.

Potful

Serving Biryani in an Environment-friendly Way