Water crisis: World to lose 26% storage by 2050 to trapped sediment, says new UN report
Dam capacity loss by mid-century to equal combined annual water usage of India, China, Canada, Indonesia and France
As told to Parliament (December 13, 2022): 130 sq km of forest land set to be diverted in Great Nicobar Island
Mitigation measures have been proposed for the ‘sustainable development’ projects
As told to Parliament: Over 1,000 groundwater units in India over-exploited
All that was discussed in the House through the day
Scarcity to abundance: How a Maharashtra village came together to address water crisis
Cultivable land with perennial irrigation grew 20% in a decade
Water, Africa’s Gold: How poverty exacerbated Nigeria’s acute water crisis
Lack of clear government funding led to avoidable deaths from water-borne diseases like cholera
Can India manage its precious waters
Even as water levels in river basins across the country diminish, the gap between water demand and supply is gradually widening. India faces a …
Investors accuse 37 Indian companies of hiding environmental impact information
A group of 105 investors wrote to 1,051 corporate giants across 49 countries on the matter
Swachh Bharat Mission: Let the toilet revolution live long
The start has been promising and exciting. Now the challenge is to sustain the ODF tag and ensure that the pollution is checked
In the future there will be more rain, but less water, in the Nile Basin
About 250 million people are reliant on the Nile’s waters in Ethiopia, Uganda, South Sudan, Sudan and Egypt
How to create an oasis
Communities across the world are building on their traditional experiences to achieve land degradation neutrality
Chennai’s water crisis: A lesson for Indian cities
As India’s urban population is set to increase, the need is to consider water resource availability and carrying capacity of cities in …
Political tension doesn’t leave any spotlight for green issues in J&K
Issues like shrinking of glaciers and rivers and water shortage are neither being addressed in election campaign, nor are they mentioned in …
Shimla suffered from excessive rainfall that won’t solve its water woes
The whole Himachal Pradesh got 500% more average rainfall within a day than it normally does
This idea helped rescue a city of 3.8 million from a water crisis
When water shortages loomed in Chennai, India, one man’s campaign to conserve rainwater saved the day
Problem in paradise: Water crisis deepens in Ladakh amid surge in tourists
Dry taps and tube wells and a possibility of a prolonged water crisis is casting huge shadows on Ladakh's present and future
At least 200 cities are fast running out of water
Cities across the world have grown, thrived and expanded along rich, perennial sources of water, be it lakes, rivers, springs or even seas. So, …
Nairobi's water crisis likely to continue till 2026
On December 26, 2016, the Nairobi City Water and Sewerage Company Ltd first announced “temporary” reduction of water supply, and the …
World of Cape Towns
From Cape Town to Bengaluru and Nairobi to Mexico City, hundreds of cities across the world are on the verge of going completely dry
36 per cent cities to face water crisis by 2050
An estimated 400 million people currently live in cities with perennial water shortage. The number is slated to go up to 1 billion by 2050 due to …
Why UNESCO's 'natural solutions' to water problems won't work in Africa
Nature-based solutions to water can work in some places, but on the whole they face serious limitations
Day Zero is meant to cut Cape Town's water use: what is it, and is it working?
Tough water restrictions and punitive tariffs will drive down water demand, helping to postpone Day Zero
Melting glaciers will cause water crisis for 700 million people in Asia by 2100: study
Scientists have computed global glacier run-off changes for glaciated drainage basins and analysed the glacial impact on stream flow
Recycling is the answer to India’s water woes
Frankfurt recycles a drop of water eight times before it reaches the sea, as compared to zero in India
Parched hills
Women are the worst sufferers of the water crisis in Uttarakhand. Why are the hills going dry?
From Morocco to Yemen, many squeeze water out of fog
The system of collecting water from low-hanging clouds has brought respite to residents in water-stressed regions around the world
