In a historic move in the fight against climate change, the North Somerset council in…
A slum after the storm!
Are urban poor prepared to face climate change disasters? On November 10, 2019, the morning…
A Cape Town lesson for Chennai and other Indian cities facing ‘Day Zero’
Recently, southern India, especially Chennai witnessed one of its severest water crises in history. But,…
Let’s redefine public spaces, let’s bring back urban forests
The unprecedented heatwave condition and water scarcity situation that Indian cities faced this year has…
Wind from the sea is changing, cities need to change
Cities need to be well prepared to face any impending natural disaster as per their…
A message to urban voters from forests, rivers and indigenous communities
In this election season, while water supply and sanitation do figure in the list of…
Time for a policy to declare ‘urban drought’ to end hardships of poor women
As the temperature rises many cities in India face a drought situation. Surprisingly, there is…
Climate’s ‘time bomb’ for world’s groundwater has some serious lessons for Indian cities
Extreme weather events such as droughts and heavy precipitation days are two of the major…
We only have 12 years to save ourselves, let’s act fast!
Time is running out and we have to act fast to save ourselves from catastrophic…
Cities need multi-pronged efforts to conserve groundwater
The government of India recently informed the Parliament about high levels of toxic contamination of…