Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item titled "Are missing palm trees causing more lighting deaths in Bihar appearing in ‘The Times of India’ dated 29.05.2025". The original application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled "Are missing palm trees causing …
Many irrigation systems are special cases of common-pool resources (CPRs) in which some users have preferential access to the resource, which in theory aggravates collective action challenges such as the under-provision of necessary infrastructure as a result of unequal appropriation of water resources. We present experimental evidence based on an …
Private-sector environmental initiatives are being hampered by banks’ reluctance to finance clean-energy enterprises. Indeed, economic development is taking its toll on the environment even though the UAE has made progress in reducing its carbon footprint. The country has lowered its annual per capita emission of greenhouse gases to 18.8 tonnes …
Project involving around 500 structures would require budget of Rs 100 crore. Nearly 500 traditional structures to aid water conservation that were built during the 1972 drought are being revived as part of a better water management strategy by the state government. The estimated budget for the project is not …
Amid stiff opposition, Delhi Jal Board had launched three pilot water management and distribution projects in association with private firms. But the projects are nowhere near completion even more than two years after they were started, prompting DJB to issue showcause notices to the companies. Sources said the deadline for …
The Ganga-Bramhaputra Basin together store around 960 cubic km of water, researchers have claimed in a first of its kind study after mapping the rivers, and said it will help understand signatures of droughts and floods to better manage water resources in the region. Scientists from India, the UK, France …
Although India is set to become water scarce country by 2025 due to demand-supply mis-match, the water sector is expected to see investment of USD 13 billion from overseas players in the next few years, a new study has said. "India's demand for water is expected to exceed all current …
A partnership between New Delhi and Dhaka to save the rare ecosystem of the Sundarbans and that agreement should be signed in a boat — that was Union Minister Suresh Prabhu’s suggestion as Environment Minister in 1998 to his counterpart in Dhaka which could not be carried out. Ahead of …
Water and Sanitation Minister Nomvula Mokonyane says her department is working on completing a comprehensive water plan for South Africa with the aim of managing the country's scarce resource. The Minister said the plan, which her department aims to finalise during the current financial year, will use innovative means and …
Up to 80% of all UK imports come from countries with at least some level of water risk, according to a new report from WWF. The charity warns that those UK businesses that rely on imports must take steps to proof their supply chain against an increasingly stressed global water …
Scientists have discovered tiny microbes with the potential to cleanse polluted waterways. They've found that microbial communities in urban waterways not only clean the water, but also act as raw water quality indicators. The increased demand for water in urban center coupled with elevated pressures placed on the environment by …
Water is key to food security and nutrition. However there are many challenges for water, food security and nutrition, now and in the future, in the wider context of the nexus between water, land, soils, energy and food, given the objectives of inclusive growth and sustainable development. This report explores …
PUDUCHERRY: The significance of recognising bioregions and overcoming territorial boundaries in preserving and conserving water was emphasised at a meeting jointly hosted by the US Consul General and a few NGOs from Puducherry and Auroville on Tuesday here. The meeting on the topic, 'Water stewardship for sustainable development of the …
Cairo - The Arab Water Council (AWC) has said that arid or semi-arid areas cover about 87 per cent of the Arab region, 83 million people do not have access to clean drinking water, and 96 million people do not have access to proper sanitation, while agriculture uses 85 per …
The Gujarat State Climate Change Action Plan 2015-2020 has finally got the Centre's nod. The plan had been submitted in August 2014. Gujarat which had set up a much-hyped Asia's first climate change department is among the last states to get approval from the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF). …
FEW months to 21st Conference of Parties (COP 21) , experts have warned that the negotiating text for a new climate change agreement, already circulated to parties of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change may be changed in the final moments of the 2015 Paris climate conference. Leading …
LEAK alert sensors began real-time monitoring of water consumption in 100 companies over the city over the weekend. Businesses using more than 50,000 cubic meters of water per month are targeted in the Shanghai Water Authority initiative to save water. Inspections will take place at companies found to be consuming …
More tanks should be built to save available water: Rajendra Singh Renowned water conservationist Rajendra Singh strongly felt that effective water management was the solution for water crisis. The Stockholm Water Prize and Magsaysay Award winner was addressing the gathering at a function organised by the Rotary Club of Coimbatore …
Global food prices, which have been rising since 2012, may be ready for another hike. In a report released Thursday, Ceres, a sustainable business consortium based in Boston, found that most food companies aren’t prepared to deal with the water risks that it expects will lead to higher water and …
Mwanza — THE government has been urged to have sustainable development in the Water Sector Development Programme (WSDP) and ensure there is stable financing mechanism for the growth of the country's economy. Coast Regional Chief Accountant, Mr Paschal Karomba, said although significant investments in water infrastructure were made by the …
The global food sector faces extraordinary risks from the twin challenges of water scarcity and water pollution. Growing competition for water, combined with weak regulations, failing infrastructure, pollution and climate change impacts threaten the sector’s water security and contribute to a water availability emergency that was recently ranked the world’s …
