Water Resources

Water availability for sustainable energy policy: assessing cases in South and South East Asia

This study by Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES) focuses on the impacts of water scarcity on long-term energy supplies up until 2050 based on case studies in India and Thailand.

Publication Date: 
01/12/2013
Anindya Bhattacharya, Bijon Kumer Mitra
Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES)
Tags:
Water Demand, Water Resources, Energy Policy, Thermal Power Plants, Electricity, River Basin, South Asia, India, Climate Change, Climate Impacts
Water Pollution

Environmental degradation of the Coimbatore Wetlands in the Noyyal River Basin

Conservation of the lakes can significantly enhance the much wanted and rapidly declining underground water availability in and around the growing city of Coimbatore. This was one of the major ecological functions of the lakes possibly conceived by the far-sighted Tamil kings in the past.

Publication Date: 
01/12/2013
A.Pragatheesh, Pushp Jain
EIA Resource and Response Centre (ERC)
Tags:
Wetlands, Coimbatore (T), Tamil Nadu, Noyyal, River Basin, Water Pollution, Groundwater Pollution, Heavy Metals, Wetland Conservation, Drainage, Plastics, Garbage
Climate Change

Tackling change: future-proofing water, agriculture, and food security in an era of climate uncertainty

Communities across the globe can build resilience to climate change by re-inventing old water storage strategies and investing in new ones, according to a new report by the International Water Management Institute (IWMI), a member of the CGIAR global partnership, which unites organizations engaged in research for a food secure future.

Publication Date: 
15/11/2013
P. McCornick, V. Smakhtin, L. Bharati, & et al
International Water Management Institute
Tags:
Climate Change, Water Resources, Water Management, Groundwater, Groundwater Recharge, Agriculture, Food Security, India, Global, Climate Adaptation, Water Policy, River Basin, Women
Climate Change

Tackling change: future-proofing water, agriculture, and food security in an era of climate uncertainty

Communities across the globe can build resilience to climate change by re-inventing old water storage strategies and investing in new ones, according to a new report by the International Water Management Institute (IWMI), a member of the CGIAR global partnership, which unites organizations engaged in research for a food secure future.

Publication Date: 
15/11/2013
P. McCornick, V. Smakhtin, L. Bharati, & et al
International Water Management Institute
Tags:
Climate Change, Water Resources, Water Management, Groundwater, Groundwater Recharge, Agriculture, Food Security, India, Global, Climate Adaptation, Water Policy, River Basin, Women
Climate Change

Hydrological assessment for sustaining rice production in a changing climate: A case study of Krishna river basin, India

Hydrological assessment for sustaining rice production in a changing climate: A case study of Krishna river basin, India - A presentation by Dr. Balaji Narasimhan at the 4th National Research Conference on Climate Change, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, October 26-27, 2013.

Balaji Narasimhan
Tags:
Climate Change, Climate Impacts, Agriculture, Krishna, River Basin, Rainfall, Land Use, Hydrology, Water Demand, Water Distribution
Climate Change

Determinants of livestock holders’adaptive capacity to climate change in Gandaki river basin, Nepal

Determinants of livestock holders’adaptive capacity to climate change in Gandaki river basin, Nepal - A presentation by Chandra Kant Dhakal held at the 4th National Research Conference on Climate Change
Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, October 26-27, 2013.

Chandra Kant Dhakal
Tags:
Climate Change, Climate Adaptation, Livestock, River Basin, Nepal, South Asia, Global Warming, Agriculture, Poverty, Knowledge, Farmers
Energy

Supreme Court-Mandated Panel to Study Impact of Hydro Projects on Environment

The environment ministry has set up an expert group, as mandated by the Supreme Court, to determine whether hydropower projects along Alaknanda and Bhagirathi rivers and their tributaries contribut

Publication Date: 
23/10/2013
Economic Times (New Delhi)
Tags:
Supreme Court, Hydroelectricity, Alakananda, Bhagirathi, Environment, Uttaranchal (Uttarakhand), Environment Impact Assessment (EIA), Ecology, River Basin
Energy

ONGC finds rich reserves of oil in KG Basin block

Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC), facing a prolonged stagnancy in oil production, has got a shot in the arm with one of its blocks in the Krishna-Godavari basin off the Andhra Pradesh coast,

Publication Date: 
17/10/2013
Pranav Nambiar
Financial Express (New Delhi)
Tags:
Andhra Pradesh, Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC), Krishna, River Basin, Natural Gas Exploration, Oil Exploration, Energy
Climate Change

Managing disasters, sustaining development in the Hindu Kush Himalayas

Managing disasters, sustaining development in the Hindu Kush Himalayas - a presentation by Aditi Mukherji at CSE Annual South Asian Media Briefing Workshop on Climate Change, 2013 held in New Delhi from September 18-19, 2013.

Aditi Mukherji
Tags:
Climate Change, Himalaya, Nepal, South Asia, Natural Disasters, Floods, Disaster Management, China, River Basin, Glacial Melt, Global Warming
Climate Change

Asynchronous exposure to global warming: freshwater resources and terrestrial ecosystems

Mean global warming of 2 degrees, the target set by the international community, is projected to expose an additional 8 percent of humankind to new or increased water scarcity says this new study published by scientists of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) in the journal "Environmental Research Letters".

Publication Date: 
12/09/2013
Dieter Gerten, Wolfgang Lucht, Sebastian Ostberg & et al
Environmental Research Letters
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Tags:
Water Resources, Global Warming, Freshwater Ecosystems, Asia, Africa, Global, Food Security, Economic Development, River Basin, Water Demand, Water Distribution, Climate Change, Climate Impacts

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