Emerging Economies Climate Report 2022
The report reveals that over half of companies in emerging economies have been impacted by extreme weather events over the last 12 months.The report shows that 58% of companies in Africa and South Asia
Drought
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Steeplechase
There is euphoria in the villages which have harvested rain. Overcoming hurdles, village communities learn the first lesson in water management
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SOLUTION FOR THIRST
A large sum of money will be spent on the installation of 10,000 tubewells in different parts of Pakistan. The move is aimed at combating drought that has affected many parts of the country for
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Sustained Conservation
Only a strong political commitment for water conservation will ensure the survival of these structures
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The nation owns the water not an individual
Keshubhai Patel Chief minister, Gujarat On overflowing check dams: We needed a permanent solution that not only drought-proofs the state but also provides livelihoods. The effort is to trap
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Four years is enough for ecological regeneration
Digvijay Singh Chief minister, Madhya Pradesh On institutionalisation of structures: They are already public property. They were built according to needs of the people. For example, the
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Time Locked
Government watershed programmes run for a limited period. The impractical timeframe threatens to undo the goodwork
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Accounting water
Investment in water is an insurance against poverty and drought. Down To Earth reporters visited the eight villages below during the droughts of 2000 and 2001. These villages have several years of
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Percolation drive
To fight drought, the Madhya Pradesh government embarked on a water conservation drive in February this year with its Pani Roko Abhiyan (Stop Water Campaign). The state administration geared up
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The road to ecological and economic prosperity
The experience of the last 22 years, starting from Ralegan Siddhi and Sukhomajri, shows that regeneration of a highly degraded village, ecologically and economically, takes more than 10 years. The
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Making waves
The rain dance over water harvesting structures is on. But it s also time for the government to think of making them sustainable