Soak Up the Rain: How a ‘Sponge City’ Makes Urban Areas Climate Resilient

by Smita Kumar, Cheshta Rajora, Rashmi Kulranjan | May 25, 2023 | Urban Water Blogs

Soak Up the Rain: How a ‘Sponge City’ Makes Urban Areas Climate Resilient Indian cities are rapidly urbanising and becoming more vulnerable to floods. Credit: Dibakar Roy on Unsplash Bengaluru, India’s high-tech IT capital, was in deep water even before the arrival of...

Explained | What did India’s first national water-body census find?

by Veena Srinivasan | May 7, 2023 | Urban Water Press & Media

Explained | What did India’s first national water-body census find? A view of the Bhavani river. Photo by Rashmi Kulranjan Water bodies are increasingly under threat from pollution, encroachment, urbanisation, and drying India is facing a water crisis with groundwater...

Five Lessons We Learned As An Ecosystem Builder

by Veena Srinivasan | Dec 5, 2022 | Community and Outreach Blogs

Five Lessons We Learned As An Ecosystem Builder WELL Labs members interact with a rural community in Jharkhand in 2022. The scale and complexity of our socio-environmental problems have meant that despite decades of effort we are no closer to ensuring a decent life...

‘Water Credits’ Can Fund Climate Needs

by Ishita Jalan, Mukta Deodhar | Nov 16, 2022 | Products and Platforms Press & Media

‘Water Credits’ Can Fund Climate Needs Water credits represent a fixed quantum of water that is conserved or generated and can be transacted between water deficit and water surplus entities within a sub-basin | Photo Credit: YAVUZSARIYILDIZ The agenda for COP27 in...

At COP27, We Must Find a Better Way to Reduce our Carbon Footprint

by Veena Srinivasan, Anuja Malhotra | Nov 4, 2022 | Urban Water Press & Media

At COP27, We Must Find a Better Way to Reduce our Carbon Footprint Representational image by Pixabay To address climate change effectively, we can’t focus exclusively on carbon — we need to integrate water management into our actions Momentum is building for the...