डाउन टू अर्थ विश्लेषण: 46 साल के बाद हुए जल सम्मेलन से हमें क्या मिला?

बढ़ते जल संकट पर चर्चा करने के लिए करीब आधी सदी के बाद दुनिया एक बार फिर इकट्ठा हुई। लेकिन, इस संकट से निपटने ...

Run-up to UN Water Conference: A third of people surveyed by global study suffer from freshwater shortage

Strong concerns about freshwater shortages have increased over the past few years, from 49% in 2014 to 61% in 2022

Curtain raiser: Here is what we can expect from the upcoming UN 2023 Water Conference

Conference will focus on ensuring that countries deliver on promises already made and are designed to be action-oriented, inclusive and cross-sectoral

US now calls water scarcity a national security issue: An expert explains how serious it can be

In many cases, disasters could be prevented with proper water management

UN 2023 Water Conference: Day 2 ends with dialogue on ‘water for sustainable development’

‘Make love not war, make sustainable development not war’ echoes in General Debate session; momentum grows with potentially game-…

Run-up to UN Water Conference: Bottled water masking world’s failure to supply ‘safe water’ for all, says report

Expansion of bottled water industry works against achieving the Sustaianable Development Goal to supply safe drinking water to all by affecting …

Panel recommends new central body to mitigate water woes due to lack of agency coordination     

The Parliamentary Standing Committee report also found excessive dependence on groundwater

UN 2023 Water Conference: African Heads of State lead from front; announce ‘presidential compacts’ on water, sanitation

Ethiopia makes commitment to revise the loan policy and directives to accommodate loan access for water, sanitation  

Delhi government to set up Rs 10.3 crore water recycling plant in Bawana

At present, Bawana water treatment plant lacks a recycling plant leading to acute wastage of water  

Nearly a billion children globally exposed to extremely high water stress: UNICEF report

Released days ahead of COP28, the report sees global event as a critical opportunity to finally put children on the climate change agenda

Punjab is a bleak example of India’s groundwater crisis. Here is how

In the wake of the UN report showing alarming levels of depletion, DTE analysed the groundwater crisis in the state  

संयुक्त राष्ट्र 2023 जल सम्मेलन: जल संकट से निपटने के लिए 700 से ज्यादा प्रतिबद्धताओं के साथ हुआ सम्मेलन का समापन

इस कार्यक्रम में संयुक्त राष्ट्र मुख्यालय और ऑनलाइन करीब 10,000 प्रतिभागियों ने भाग लिया

UN 2023 Water Conference: Two billion people use a drinking water source contaminated with faeces, says WHO

Shocking statistics revealed in an official side event organised by WHO on March 22 and attended by India, Ethiopia, France, UNICEF, World Bank, …

Disputes over natural resources or property triggered 16.8% of all murders in India in 2019-21: UN report 

Disputes over water access and the situation worsening with population growth, economic expansion and climate change have led to increased …

Live storage in India’s reservoirs increases by over 11% this week

Some 10 states had less-than-normal storage (the average for the last 10 years).

Live storage in reservoirs spikes, highest in 4 weeks

Storage deficient in the Indus and Mahi basins and highly deficient in the Sabarmati

UN 2023 Water Conference: Day 1 ends with debates; problem acknowledgement; funding pledges

Day 2 to be crucial as delegates seek to reconcile ambition and vision with implementation  

Live storage in India’s reservoirs increases by 1%

India’s 143 major reservoirs had live storage of 147.631 BCM or 83% of these reservoirs’ total capacity

DTE coverage: Over 700 commitments made at UN 2023 Water Conference

The conference in New York City aimed at making the world more water-resilient

Water sharing with Bangladesh: It may still be too early to talk about Teesta river

Bangladesh PM brings up Teesta during agreement for Kushiyara river; Expert says clarity on water volume still lacking   

UN 2023 Water Conference: Humanity draining its own lifeblood through ‘vampiric overconsumption’, says Guterres

Humans have broken the water cycle, destroyed ecosystems and contaminated groundwater, Antonio Guterres noted

UN 2023 Water Conference ends with over 700 commitments to make world water-secure

The event was attended by 10,000 participants at the UN headquarter and online, a statment claimed

Familiar discourse: Here is why the New York City UN water conference was mostly old hat

The world met to discuss the burgeoning water crisis after nearly half a century; but commitments on action were largely a reiteration of ongoing work

70-80% Indian farmers depend on groundwater; solar irrigation inadequate to change crop choices: Report

Policies favouring growth of staple water-intensive cereal crops in different states have played major role in irrigation expansion

UN 2023 Water Conference: Quarter of the globe lacks access to safe drinking water, says report

International cooperation over how water is used and managed is key and must be boosted to prevent a global water crisis in the coming decades, …