India

While climate activists and world leaders were gathering in Paris in the first week of December 2015 to discuss the impact of climate change, the metropolis Chennai in the southern corner of India was inundated with floods. The worst flood to hit the region in over 100 years took the lives of more than 300 people. And at the same time, access to clean water eluded millions in the city.  

Droughts in India: types, causes and effects

Droughts are greatly feared in India, impacting food production, the economy and the livelihoods of millions of farmers. 60% of India’s population is engaged in agriculture.

Water, its use, availability, and impact on people has been on the public policy debate centerstage for the past several years. In India, a growing water crisis driven by climate change, inefficiency, and water pollution is slowly moving to a near-permanent state that will harm the country’s people, economy and environment.  

Wind energy is a renewable, inexhaustible, non-polluting and popular alternative source of clean energy. India stands fourth in the world in wind energy conversion and utilization, with an installed capacity of about 34,605 MW as of September 2018. Countries such as Uruguay, Germany and United Kingdom are meeting as much as 19.5%, 12% and 11% respectively of their electricity demand through wind power. China is a leading nation in wind power installed capacity and has grown rapidly, from 300 MW in 2000 to 188,232 MW in 2018.

MoU signed for groundwater management through community intervention

NSS finds only 58.2 percent of rural households have drinking water facilities within premises

Manual scavenging still prevails in India thanks to weak laws, says study

Delhi CM announces free sewage cleaning schemes for unauthorised colonies