Interviews (Water)

‘There is no single solution to drought in Europe. It is a combination of measures’
Water

‘There is no single solution to drought in Europe. It is a combination of measures’

Shagun
6 min read
Netherlands water management vice minister Jaap Slootmaker talks to Down To Earth on Indo-Dutch water cooperation, drought, the Kalpasar project and more
‘Ken-Betwa river-linking project will have severe consequences’
Water

‘Ken-Betwa river-linking project will have severe consequences’

Bhagirath
3 min read
Ken-Betwa project is essentially a plan to transport water out of Bundelkhand, says Himanshu Thakkar, convener of South Asia Network on Dams, Rivers and People
‘El Niño-driven extremes act as threat multipliers, worsening vulnerabilities far beyond what we saw in the 20th century’
Climate Change

‘El Niño-driven extremes act as threat multipliers, worsening vulnerabilities far beyond what we saw in the 20th century’

Akshit Sangomla
3 min read
Kaveh Madani of UNU-INWEH tells Down To Earth how the 2026 El Niño could deepen water scarcity, disrupt food systems and amplify climate risks
Kanwarpreet Singh, associate professor in the department of civil engineering at Chandigarh University.

‘Research based on GIS and remote sensing helps in identifying reliable and sustainable drinking water sources’

Sushmita Sengupta
4 min read
journalist, author and filmmaker SANJOY HAZARIKA

‘Rivers need to run free’

Rajat Ghai
3 min read
‘First thing to do when solving water problems is to understand diversity’

‘First thing to do when solving water problems is to understand diversity’

Akshit Sangomla
12 min read
Economist and Nobel laureate Abhijit Banerjee

‘The poorer you are, the more expensive water is’

Preetha Banerjee
2 min read
Global South cities have a crucial opportunity to learn from costly mistakes elsewhere on land subsidence: Leonard Ohenhen

Global South cities have a crucial opportunity to learn from costly mistakes elsewhere on land subsidence: Leonard Ohenhen

Sushmita Sengupta
8 min read
Himalayan springs are cultural and ecological lifelines. But scientific studies on them remain fragmented: Vinod Kothari

Himalayan springs are cultural and ecological lifelines. But scientific studies on them remain fragmented: Vinod Kothari

Megha Prakash
4 min read
Getting the BBNJ Agreement ratified at the United Nations Ocean Conference will be an ambitious task: Nichola Clark

Getting the BBNJ Agreement enter into force at the UN Ocean Conference will be an ambitious task: Nichola Clark

Rohini Krishnamurthy
6 min read
Bengaluru after Day Zero: ‘City’s government & people took water scarcity head on & will convert crisis into opportunity’

Bengaluru after Day Zero: ‘City’s government & people took water scarcity head-on & will convert crisis into opportunity’

M Raghuram
4 min read
Krishnarajasagar dam on the Cauvery river, Karnataka. The researchers studied Cauvery basin, among others. Photo: iStock

‘Baseflow one of most important factors driving river flooding in Peninsular India’

Mehak Puri
6 min read
Mahesh Gupta, chairperson of Kent RO Systems

Fact or fallacy: ‘RO is a defence against contaminants’

Vivek Mishra
3 min read
An Indigenous Brazilian young woman of Tupi Guarani ethnicity, with her child. Photo: iStock

Amazon’s future bleak unless environmental protection and industrial development policies are overhauled: Aline Carrara

Rajat Ghai
7 min read
Kyiv and the Dnipro River on January 7, 2024. The river has frozen due to sub-zero temperatures. Seen in this photo from iStock are The Motherland (Sculpture), the Flag of Ukraine, and the Kievan district of Pechersk Lavra

Russia has turned the Dnipro into a major weapon of war: Paul Josephson

Rajat Ghai
8 min read
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