South Asia Network on Dams, Rivers and People (SANDRP) note on the implications for India in the Climate Risk Index Briefing Paper “Global Climate Risk Index 2020: Who Suffers Most from Extreme Weather Events? Weather-Related Loss Events in 2018 and 1999 to 2018”: The Climate Risk Index Briefing Paper “GLOBAL CLIMATE RISK INDEX 2020: Who … More GermanWatch Report: Can India not assess its climate risk and vulnerability?

In a judgment on November 29, Australia’s New South Wales Supreme Court has held the State of Queensland, Wivenhoe Dam operators and engineers are responsible for “inappropriate operation of the dam”, leading to the devastating Brisbane 2011 floods. A South Asia Network on Dams, Rivers and People (SANDRP) note on the relevance of the judgment … More Dam operators held responsible for Australia’s Brisbane 2011 floods: Relevance for India

By Bhanu Sridharan The Thoothoor group of villages in Kanyakumari district, Tamil Nadu has a long history of targeted shark fisheries. Shark fishermen from the region undertake month-long risky journeys to international waters in search of sharks. With shark populations declining in India and across the world, scientists are concerned about overexploitation and call for … More Can a village specialised in shark fishing have lessons for India’s fisheries?

By Akhtar Hafeez* The province of Sindh is grappling with an acute water shortage, a crisis which the government hopes to address through the construction of more dams along the Indus river. While fundraising for these megastructures continues in Pakistan, fisherman and delta communities along the river fear the worst, as they are transported back … More Dam construction, other upstream activities dry up Indus: Pak fish people’s livelihood at stake

By Nikhil S Dixit* Mumbai has about 5,300 acres of salt pan land and of that, about 1,800 acres may soon be opened up for a central government scheme providing low-cost housing projects. While the dominant partner of the current ruling alliance, the Bharatiya Janata Party, has already cleared its intentions to open up the … More Important for Mumbai’s ecology, salt pans are protected under the coastal regulatory zone rules

In an in-depth report, authored by Rutger Willem Hofste, Paul Reig and Leah Schleifer, the World Resource Institute says that as many as 17 countries, India included, which are home to one-quarter of the world’s population, face extremely high water stress. Text: Once-unthinkable water crises are becoming commonplace. Reservoirs in Chennai, India’s sixth-largest city, are … More India’s groundwater resources severely overdrawn, largely to provide water for irrigation

A series of civil society consultations were held in Udaipur (Rajasthan), Bhavnagar (Gujarat), Dahanu (Maharshtra) and Constitution Club of India (New Delhi) on adverse impact of mining on people’s livelihood and health, especially vulnerable sections such as tribals, women and children, and how illegal mining has made things worse. Detailed notes of each of the … More Consultations in Rajasthan, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Delhi on impact of mining on livelihood, health