Access to clean water is a critical component of our day-to-day lives. Many of us have had at least one occasion where you wake up in the morning to find out that there is no running water in the house. Now imagine, if this were the case not just for your house, but the entire...
Arial view of roads and mangroves in Mumbai. Photo by Parikh Mahendra N/Shutterstock.
This blog highlights the challenges and opportunities for greening for climate action in low-income communities by looking at three neighborhoods in Mumbai: Lallubhai compound, Cheeta camp and Ambujwadi. “I live in an area that has barely any trees. There is little shade and during very hot days, I feel tired and dizzy,” sighs Priya Shinde,...
The second blog in our two-part blog series illustrates four pilot community based ‘Nature-based Solutions’ (NbS) interventions in Jaipur that address climate induced heat stress and water scarcity. The first blog in the series introduced the context for the project and, highlighted five key strategies for implementing NbS in the city. India experienced almost one extreme weather event...
Whether one seeks an escape from Delhi’s scorching summer heat or a winter afternoon basking in the sun, Sanjay Van National Park, one of the city’s few surviving urban forest, comes to mind. Mangalavanam in Kochi or Shalimar Bagh in Srinagar evokes a similar sentiment in residents of these cities. Trees, parks, and urban forests...
India ranks 7th out of 181 countries in vulnerability to climate associated risks. This two-part blog series explores the opportunities that Nature-Based Solutions (NbS) can offer to tackle the challenges posed by climate change and how they can be translated to climate-specific geographies, with a focus on the city of Jaipur in Rajasthan. The first blog...
This blog is the second in a four-part series that highlights critical aspects of implementing the Mumbai Climate Action Plan (MCAP). The authors spotlight opportunities that lie in equitable and inclusive climate action with a focus on residents of informal settlements who make up more than 42% of the city’s population. Read the first blog in the series...
This is a first in a series of blogs on community-led tree-based intervention to build climate resilience. Please read the second blog here. The ever-increasing concrete surfaces in our cities absorb heat from solar irradiance, making the overall atmosphere unbearably hot and escalating energy demands by the residents. This phenomenon is better known as the ‘heat...
This is a second in a series of blogs on community-led tree-based intervention to build climate resilience. Please read the first blog here. The name Kawaki, is formed from two Malayalam words, kawu (grove) and aki (make) which translates to “make a grove”. It is also a community-led urban greening movement implemented in Kochi by the city municipal corporation with...
The prosperity of rural communities and the health of ecosystems around the world depend on public policies and incentives that enable people to improve their livelihoods and sustainably invest in the land. But, in practice, aligning those two goals is easier said than done. Nowhere is that challenge more apparent than in India. The 2022 IPCC...
