Climate
Healthy and free-flowing rivers are essential to meet the SDGs
This month two global news about rivers attracted my attention. One, the Colorado River, for dying a slow death due to climate change; and […]
Category: Water
Education
A water policy for the youth in India
The new National Water Policy must have a special chapter for the youth of the country. This is not just because the youth need […]
Sustainable Business
Water sachet use in Ghana: how to stop the pollution
Alexander Diani Kofi Preko Almost 2,500 tons of waste is generated daily in Accra. This is as a result of refuse being dumped and the environment […]
Biodiversity
Half of World’s GDP or $44 trillion Dependent on Nature
This World Economic Forum report, produced in collaboration with PwC UK, found that many industries have significant “hidden dependencies” on nature in their supply chain […]
Biodiversity
The long goodbye: Study declares ancient Chinese paddlefish extinct
Shreya Dasgupta The Chinese paddlefish is, or rather was, a unique species. It was one of only two living species of paddlefish, part of an […]
Sustainable Business
Indian government looks to acquire land in Kashmir
India’s central government identified 15,000 acres in Kashmir – mostly next to rivers, streams and wetlands – for investors from outside the region Following […]
Cities
A global ‘toilet revolution’ is underway – but it’s polluting water and ignoring the urban poor
Deljana Iossifova, University of Manchester; Purva Dewoolkar, University of Manchester, and Youcao Ren, University of Manchester It’s great that countries are backing the global […]
Cities
A slum after the storm!
How prepared are urban poor to face climate change induced disasters? On the 10th of November, the morning after cyclone Bulbul passed through Odisha […]
Disasters
Colonial Hangover: Engineering a season of floods
Insurgent South Asian rivers breached embankments repeatedly, turning engineered floodplains into hydrological dystopias, but dams kept getting built, and embankments kept getting longer and […]
Climate
Climate change ‘poses lifelong threat to children’s health’
Fatima Arkin Climate change is already damaging the health of the world’s children and threatens a lifelong impact unless countries meet the Paris Agreement […]
Data & Reports
Rivers globally carry deadly pathogens: study
A global study on pathogens in rivers finds that rivers harbour dangerous levels of diarrhoeal disease-causing pathogens Diarrhoea is one of the leading killers […]
Aid
South Sudan floods: 800,000 people at risk of disease and extreme hunger
Unusually heavy rainfall has hit 29 counties across the country, causing widespread displacement including in Akobo, Pibor and Lankien Houses have been destroyed and […]