On account of recent revision of population figures by the census of India and the United Nations, India will require nearly 10 percent more water than existing government calculations by 2050. The study will be released in the current Science journal, reports Jacob P. Koshy from livemint.com. A report by National Commission for Integrated Water

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EcoBusiness: The newest environmental superhero is a seven year old Himalayan girl named Ishi. Ishi, who lives in a small Indian village called Kaaza in the remote ice desert region of the Himalayas, is the star of an award-winning short film from Delhi filmmaker Nitin Das. The message of the film is as short and sweet as

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Noreen Haider: Disaster are far more dependent on the processes surrounding vulnerability, including asset depletion, deforestation, soil erosion, population growth, poor planning, coping capacities of population, climate change, bad governance and corruption to state a few. The flood effectively proved once again that unless Risk Reduction strategies are incorporated in the overall planning at the

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IDSA: The Brahmaputra river, which is called Yarlung Tsangpo by the Tibetans and Tsan-Po by the Chinese, is the soul of India. It is the lifeline for those living in Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya and Assam. People in this region largely depend on the river for irrigation, fishing and transportation of goods. As is well known,

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IPS News: When Binita Lamichhane got married she was troubled by her husband’s bloodshot eyes. “What happened to your eyes?” the 18-year-old bride asked. “Smoke,” came the answer. Nakul Lamichhane, the young groom, was the son of landless agricultural labourers who had to cook the family meals while his parents were away tilling others’ fields.

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Actions to reduce global warming should focus not just on carbon dioxide, but also other contributors to greenhouse gases that could, if eliminated, quickly reduce the Earth’s temperature, according to American researchers. A team from the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration argues in a new paper that reducing emissions of greenhouse gases with shorter

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IISD:The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has released a report titled “Accounting for Health Impacts of Climate Change.” The report highlights that Asia and the Pacific host the greatest number of people vulnerable to the projected adverse impacts of climate change, which will challenge the public health community at the global, national, and local levels with the appearance of

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64 years after India attained its Independence, not many might remember the insidious ways in which colonization of this country actually took place, to gradually subjugate our communities in a variety of ways. Not many might recall the East India Company making commerce and trade the means to slowly take over and control lives. However,

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TimesLive:Climate change can’t be solved without empowering women, and global problems can’t be solved without addressing climate change, Minister of International Relations and Cooperation Maite Nkoana-Mashabane says. “Women produce up to 80 percent of the food in the developing world as here in South Africa, and especially in Polokwane,” the minister said. She said in

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The Conversation: Most Australians believe that climate change is real and want to learn more about it, but the debate in the media and on the internet makes it difficult for lay people to know who and what to believe. There are uncertainties in climate science, as in any scientific field, and scientists are quite

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SierraClub:Do you despair that the developing world is starting to consume like we do? That our energy budget is spiralling out of control? Know, then, that Bhutan, the hidden kingdom of the Himalayas, is determined to develop sanely and sustainably. While you wouldn’t want to visit — tourist visas cost hundreds of dollars per day,

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