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Climate resilient millets boost livelihood opportunities for Odisha’s tribal women

Aishwarya Mohanty 16 Aug 2022
Image shows a lake under overcast skies in India

A hope for climate-focused urban planning in Assam’s cities reeling from severe floods

Sanskrita Bharadwaj 10 Aug 2022
Namche Bazaar. Photo by Superkent/ Pixabay.

How an underground phenomenon triggered by global warming is damaging the Himalayas

Arathi Menon 16 Jun 2022
Such science-backed tools can help agricultural experts and soil conservation experts identify areas that need immediate attention in soil conservation and restoration but understanding specific features of the degraded site is crucial to execute the best strategy for the site and communities. Photo by Mousum Buragohain/Wikimedia Commons.

Mapping soil erosion from rainfall across India

Sahana Ghosh 24 May 2022
The Mangrave: A community art project by The Earthivist Collective highlights the plight of this important ecosystem on the outskirts of Panaji. Photo by The Earthivist Collective

[Commentary] A city on marsh: Why Indian coastal cities need to design and build with nature

Aaron Savio Lobo, Ashali Bhandari, Karthikeyan Kuppu 22 Mar 2022

Grasses spur mangroves to grow in an erosion-riddled Sundarbans patch

Sahana Ghosh 3 Mar 2022
Traffic passing through a flooded road. Photo by Ronie/ Pixahive.

Urban climate resilience comes into focus as COP26 highlights vulnerabilities of cities

Priyanka Shankar 21 Dec 2021

Integrated farming systems emerge as possible climate adaptation solution

T. V. Padma 12 Nov 2021
Jhum field of millet cultivation. NESFAS.

An indigenous community in Meghalaya offers lessons in climate resilience

Sahana Ghosh 4 Nov 2021

[Commentary] Balancing trade-offs between biodiversity conservation and livelihoods

Joli Rumi Borah and James Reed 21 Oct 2021

Kerala’s homegardens are a natural solution for climate change mitigation

Arathi Menon 27 Aug 2021

Coral transplantation helps, but not the only solution

Supriya Vohra 18 Aug 2021
Girls at Science Park in Kolkata. Photo by Biswarup Ganguly/Wikimedia Commons.

Soils from city parks are important hotspots of microbial diversity: study

Sahana Ghosh 17 Aug 2021

IPCC report warns India likely to see more extreme weather events

Mayank Aggarwal and Sahana Ghosh 11 Aug 2021
Two storied dru toilet in Himachal Pradesh. Photo by Rakshak Kumar Acharya.

Microbial boost to Himalayan dry toilets can help mainstream organic farming

Sahana Ghosh 11 Aug 2021

NITI Aayog ranks states on progress toward SDG goals but yardsticks have been changing

Kundan Pandey 25 Jun 2021
Women working at a MNREGA site in Uttar Pradesh. Photo by UN Women/Gaganjit Singh Chandok

Rural job scheme guarantees carbon sequestration

Manu Moudgil 18 Jun 2021
Local MLA visits damaged site at Madh Island. Photo by Kiran Kohli.

Cyclone Tauktae exposes vulnerabilities along India’s west coast

Supriya Vohra 26 May 2021
Indian grassroots conservationist Nuklu Phom is one of the six Whitley Award winners, 2021. Photo from Nuklu Phom.

Indian “Green Oscar” winner Nuklu Phom envisions a Biodiversity Peace Corridor

Sahana Ghosh 24 May 2021

Eyes in the sky can track effectiveness of nature-based solutions

Sahana Ghosh 29 Apr 2021