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Closing the Loop: Water Circularity for Net Zero Emissions
Recalibrating Circularity for achieving Water-Efficient and Carbon-Neutral Economy
Bridging Sectors for Safer Futures for Inclusive Disaster Risk Management
What Ails Air Pollution in Delhi?
The Economics of Green Hydrogen: A Pathway to Sustainable Growth
Traversing Key Strategies for Enhancing Industrial Water Use Efficiency
Navigating the Global Ageing Population: Social and Economic Implications
Summit of Future: A blue Print of Global Action?
Re-weighing India’s Economic Potential: Unlocking the $10 Trillion Economy
Rethinking Bridging Borders: Water for a Peaceful and Sustainable Future
Recalibrating AI Revolution: Shaping Our World for Good
Global Risk of unsustainable Health Systems: A Looming Threat
Enroute to the Viksit Bharat of my Dreams
Bangladesh on the Brink: Rethinking Diplomacy for South Asia?
Rethinking Systemic Approach for Drainage & Sewerage?
Allocations for Environment and Water: Towards Viksit Bharat?
Reappraising the 2030 deadline in Achieving SDGs?
At the threshold of Disaster: Who’s Accountable for Sustainable Habitat?
Splintering the Continuum of Plastic Pollution
Recalibrating MSMEs to achieve Viksit Bharat!
Free Water- Free Food- Free Electricity: What Next?
International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict Message of UN Secretary-General António Guterres
World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought Message of UN Secretary-General António Guterres
Reweighing Complete Water Security from Source to Tap?
Food and Water Insecurity: The Domino effect of Climate Change?
Achieving Complete Water Security: A myth or Reality?
Disintegrating the vicious cycle of Climate Change and Desertification?
Can sustainable consumption production conserve Biodiversity loss?
Water Transversality Systemic Approach: What it Entails?
SUSTAINABILITY OF WATER RESOURCES
Food Adulteration: Isn’t it the biggest crime against Humanity?
Are Intellectual Property Rights are a barrier in achieving SDGs?
Water Harvesting & Recharging- A Policy Planning Perspective
Shouldn’t we Unfold our Quest towards a Healthy Planet?
The essentiality of the Global Plastic Treaty Negotiations
Is People First Approach an enabler for regional harmony and achieving Climate Targets?
Swerving Growing Food Insecurity
Water Transversality for Peace
Preserve and Conserve Rivers to attain their Pristine Glory
How UNEA 6 outcomes are relevant for 55th UN HRC?
IWF’s Report on UNEA 6
Interview With Mr. Kapil Narula, Ph.D.
The quest for Human Rights in a polarized World
INBO’s commitments to strengthen water management by the basins, for the basins!
Interview with Mr Takayuki Hagiwara
Interview with Dr. Pema Gyamtsho
Tackling Agrarian Crisis for Viksit Bharat
IWF’s Report on India Energy Week 2024
Interview with Dr. Sandeep Tripathi
Accelerating Actions to address Planetary Crises
Every Drop Matters: Transforming Mine Water into Lifelines for Coal Communities
Interview with Mr. Jaideep N. Malaviya
Harnessing the Multidimensionality of Wetlands for Human Wellbeing
World Economic Forum: Swanky gathering or Actionable Commitments too?
Ministry of Environment, Forest, and Climate Change submits proposals for Wetland City Accreditation under the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands for cities of Indore, Bhopal and Udaipur
Climate Finance at COP28: Is it old wine in new bottle?
IME Corridor: Will change World order or a missed opportunity?
Envisioning a paradigm shift in Agriculture sector!
India Water Foundation’s Report On UNFCCC COP 28
Biggest COP ever concluded without consensus
Freedom of association is a human and labour right: ILO’s tripartite constituents commemorate International Human Rights Day
Loss and Damage Fund an Edifice for Resilience?
International Day of Commemoration and Dignity of the Victims of the Crime of Genocide and the Prevention of This Crime
Human Rights Day – Message of UN Secretary-General
Redefining Climate Actions and Commitments at COP 28
World Sustainable Transport Day Message of UN Secretary-General
Human Rights: A Privilege or What Else?
International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women
G20 Leaders Delhi Declaration: Setting a Precedent for COP 28?
India US strategic Partnership: Vision for a Vibrant Indo Pacific
Agrifood Systems Transformation and Climate Action
Air Pollution: The Silent Killer
From Breathing Noxious AIR to clear blue Skies ??
Agrifood Systems Transformation and Climate Action
The 54th Session of the UN Human Rights Council (HRC): An Overview
Eco-fragile Himalayan Region: A clarion call for disaster Mitigation
Linguistic Minorities and Human Rights in India_SIDE EVENT UNHRC
Article 6.4: A tool for just transitioning?
The SDG Summit 2023: Is it a Path to transformative action?
New Alliance and Global South the New Mantra of G20 India Presidency
Deciphering interlinkages of Nature and Human Rights at the 54th session of UNHRC
Did India’s G20 Presidency hit the bull’s eye?
Recalibrating a New World Order via BRICS?
Water Water Everywhere: Who is Accountable?
Human Right to Climate Finance: A chimera or Reality?
High Level Political Forum 2023: A Report
Climate Justice: A privilege or Human Right?
Artificial Intelligence: Privilege or Plague?
Ecosystem Restoration: Trajectory to Achieving SDGs by 2030
Water Governance: Need for Commitment in Convergence
Will India achieve the SDG 2030 Agenda before Time?
Ushering CSOs to be the Catalyst for Transformation
Can Modi Yoga Recalibrate Soft Diplomacy for India’s Permanent seat at UNSC?
Will SB 58 decipher Just transition and transformational adaptation enroute COP 28?
Commitment to Good Governance, Pro-Activism or anything else can change the world?
Prospective expectations from the Global Plastic Treaty Negotiations
Recalibrating India’s Climate Solidarity with Global South
Can we shatter the shackles of Plastic Debris?
Building Back Biodiversity: A Prerequisite for One Health Approach
Mann ki Baat: Rhetoric or Tool for Transformation?
Decoding the conundrum around Water Security in India!
India’s SCO presidency: Thrust to regional diplomacy and resilient relations?
Marine litter and Microplastics: A pestiferous malady?
Achieving the 2030 Agenda: Takeaways from 10th APFSD
#NewYork #Bangkok Diaries: Around the World in 11 Days
A game changer Paris moment for Water : UN 2023 Water Conference?
Probability of Equity and Inclusion for Civil Society Actors: Via Civil 20 India 2023?
APFSD a Road to HLPF: Reality or a Fallacy
UN 2023 Water Conference: Laying bedrock of transformation and action commitments?
India-Germany Relations: Is it heralding of a new Era?
Millet: An environmentally sustainable super food?
The tremors that jolted Syria and Turkey: Is South Asia Safe?
India’s G20 Presidency: Relevant or Rhetoric for the Global South?
‘Showcasing India’s Growing Prowess as an Energy Transition Powerhouse’
Is Deep Tech a giant leap towards #Sustainability?
Will Mission Green Energy alchemize India into a Global low Carbon Economy?
Demystifying Wetlands: Economic Indicator
Is G20 India the Window to Strengthen Resilience for Disaster Risk Reduction?
Is G20 India the opportunity to upturn healthcare?
Is Green hydrogen the silver bullet for future Energy Security?
G20 India: Salience of CSOs globally
Climate Emergency: Aren’t we playing with Danger??
Can INC-1 promulgate us from the slough of plastics?
Historic biodiversity accord clinched at COP15 summit
Will the Montreal GBF Agreement achieve biodiversity targets by 2030?
Warming Oceans and biodiversity loss: An interlinkage?
Moving towards indigenous wise for climate sustainability
Shaping the inclusive green growth narrative through G20 India
Was COP 27 a COP perfect?
Multisectoral Actions for Net Zero Transitioning
Forests : From Commitments to Action
Circular Economy: Enthusiasm to Realism?
Disaster Risk Reduction in a Tottering World
Sustainable Energy: Tool to combat climate change
No Coherent Climate Action without Mainstreaming Biodiversity
Progression to Prosperity from Poverty??
Mainstreaming Wetlands
UNGA: PIECEMEAL OF AN EMERGING WORLD
Sustainable Cities: Prism of possibilities
Prospects for COP 27-Addressing ‘Black Cloud’ of air pollution: Detrimental for health and climate
Testing Times for Indian Diplomacy
Prospects for COP27- Water and Climate Change
India at SCO: Towards MULTI-ALIGNMENT
World Water Week 2022 in Review
Friday prospects for COP 27 – Agriculture Sector
Pakistan’s gushing conundrum
The Demise of the Monarch: An end of an Era
India’s G20 Presidency: Challenges and Opportunities
Menace of Monkeypox
I2 U2 for Sustainable Secure World
G7 Summit: Realigning the global South
Shattering the cudgels of Single use plastic
Can wetland wide approach address climate emergencies?
Centre writes to States to phase out Single Use Plastic (SUP)
Land, Life, Legacy: From scarcity and prosperity
Mapping Economic Feasibility of Managed Aquifer Recharge System
Modi’s Golden triangle visit will rebalance the New World Order
Prime Minister addresses inaugural session of fourth edition of the International Conference on Disaster Resilient Infrastructure
Water a transversal tool: for catalyzing Sustainable Development
Water: A catalyst for Rural Development
India: Pressing Issues in Climate and Energy Policy and the Possible Solutions
Perils of the Sri Lankan Crisis
Reinvigorate Indo-Nepal Relations in new World order
IPCC Report 2022: Implications for India
Is Technology the Answer to Climate Change?
BIMSTEC – Towards New Horizons
Perils of Wildfires
India, Japan and Uncertain World Order
Tackling Plastic Pollution
The Road to Dakar: Water Security for Peace and Development
‘Heralding India Africa relations in New World Order’
PM to address the plenary session of the Webinar on “Energy for Sustainable Growth”
Climate Emergency: Clarion call for India?
Can Indus Water Treaty be Renegotiated?
Ukraine Crisis and Russian Game Plan
Budget 2022: Is it a Sledding towards Climate Action?
Indo-Japan Cooperation in Indo-Pacific Region
Hope or Despair?
Can Vishwa Guru Shows the Way in this Conundrum?
Can holding elections every 7 years sustain the development milieu?
Afghanistan’s Humanitarian Catastrophe
Gender Equality and Inclusion key to Achieve Agenda 2030
Rural Development: A National Priority
Making Cities as Main Bulwark of Development
Is our FASHION Sustainable??
Prioritizing Natural Farming
Scotland Diaries
COP26: India Leads the Climate Charge
COP26 – A Balance Sheet
India-Holy See Relations
G20 Summit-A Preliminary Assessment
Updated climate commitments ahead of COP26 summit fall far short, but net-zero pledges provide hope
Revisiting Neighbourhood First Policy
India and COP-26
COP-26: Challenges and Opportunities
PM Modi’s Multipurpose Visit
In the Vortex of Geopolitics
Review assessment of Transboundary Water Cooperation
Marseille Diaries
Launch of a historic call for signatures: “No water security without ecological security / No ecological security without water security”
Rethinking Development in Jammu & Kashmir
CHALLENGES AND STRATEGIES FOR WASTE MANAGEMENT DURING COVID -19 PANDEMIC
Special Report on the G20 Ministerial Meetings
Revisioning a Holistic approach to combat Population Boom?
Envisaging an Adulterated Food and Counterfeit Drugs free Country
EMRIP14: Item 8 – Draft Report on “efforts to implement the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples: Indigenous Peoples and the Right to Self-Determination”
Maharashtra government presents draft policy for electrical vehicles
BRICS nations agree on innovation co-operation
River runoff, glacier melt and seasonality of flow in rivers projected to increase in future
Four sites including Great Barrier Reef could become “World Heritage in danger”, while Selous may lose its status – IUCN advice
Rethinking the Water Diplomacy for Peace and Prosperity
Public participation is key to success of Vaccination Drive
Yoga remains ray of hope in Covid-hit world, says PM Modi
PM delivers keynote address at the UN ‘High-Level Dialogue on Desertification, Land degradation and Drought’
UN chief: Desertification and drought destabilizing well-being of 3.2 billion people
Cabinet approves Deep Ocean Mission
Restoration is not a substitute for conservation
Civil Society Climate Action Story posted by UN
Selected E-Poster of India Water Foundation for #IPBES8 Stakeholder Days
Biodiversity conservation: A gamechanger for Changing Climate
Climate Change and Ecosystem Restoration
Policy Response for the Ecosystem Restoration for Saving Planet Earth
The United Nations World Water Development Report 2021: Valuing Water
Making Peace with Nature
Land Degradation Neutrality for Water Security and Combatting Drought
Land Degradation Neutrality for Sustainable Agriculture and Food Security
Climate Change-Related Disasters a Major Threat to Food Security
2nd edition: Sanitation, Wastewater Management and Sustainability
Global Methane Assessment: Benefits and Costs of Mitigating Methane Emissions
Ecosystem Restoration
Ground Water Recharge: Towards the Next Step of Developing Standards
Ecosystem Restoration: Trajectory to accelerate ecosystem recovery
Turtles: Warriors of Biodiversity
Agroforestry for Green India
Eco sensitive zones
भारत: कोविड-19 की दूसरी लहर का रूप बहुत अलग, बहुत घातक
Everyone will lose unless humanity makes ‘peace with the planet’, declares Guterres
Foreword from Dr. Harsh Vardhan in United Nations : 75 and Beyond
SDGs: Greater urgency needed to meet environmental goals, improved data likely key
Envisaging Biodiversity and Health Nexus
Long working hours increasing deaths from heart disease and stroke: WHO, ILO
Interview with Dr. Julie Ladel
Interview with Dr. Sandeep Tripathi, IFS
Interview with Sh. Ashwin B. Pandya
From Climate Rhetoric to Reality
Interview with Ms. Shabnam Siddiqui
Interview with Dr. Rose Mwebaza
Regional Director IUCN Asia Message
Nature based Solutions for reducing disaster risks and resilience building: moving ahead from theory to practices
Need High-speed, Large Scale Concrete Action to Combat Climate Change: PM Modi
Interview with Dr. Pema Gyamtsho
Rethinking Climate and Health Emergency
Interview with Mr. Satya S. Tripathi
Interview with Prof. Ashutosh Sharma
Interview with Mr. Atul Bagai
Paris goals still ‘long way off’, says President of UN climate conference
Interview with Mr. M P Singh
Interview with Dr. Nagesh Kumar
Climate change top challenge over the next decade, UNESCO global survey finds
Interview with Mr. R. M. Mishra, IAS
Interview with Mr. Loïc Fauchon
Interview with Ms. Elizabeth Maruma Mrema
BIMSTEC SECRETARY GENERAL MESSAGE
Interview with Mr. Rajiv Ranjan Mishra, IAS
United Nations Resident Coordinator Message
Wetlands and Rivers: Undeniable Linkage
Interview with Dr. Conrad K. Sangma, Chief Minister, Government of Meghalaya
UN Environment Assembly concludes with an urgent call for action to solve planetary emergencies
Water crisis looms as Nangal channel gears up for repairs
FROM THE FIELD: The goats helping Zambians to reach economic independence
A Catastrophic Barrage
Uttarakhand disaster teaches lesson to Bihar
National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG), Ministry of Jal Shakti and India Water Foundation (IWF), celebrated World Wetland Day 2021, to raise awareness about conservation and rejuvenation of Wetlands.
Correlation between Environmental Pollution and COVID-19: Impacts
World Economic Forum releases the Global Risks Report 2021
Step up action and adapt to ‘new climate reality’, UN environment report urges
Yamuna pollution on top court radar again
Restrengthening the BLUE GREEN Economy
World Bank Approves $400 Million Project to Protect India’s Poor and Vulnerable from the Impact of COVID-19
Bird Flu in Himachal Pradesh, Kerala, Rajasthan, Haryana, MP: What We Know So Far
Food for thought: The underutilized potential of tropical tree‐sourced foods for 21st century sustainable food systems
Dr Harsh Vardhan launches ‘Digital Ocean’ -the first of its kind digital platform for Ocean Data Management developed by INCOIS of MoES
Smart new technologies can play a vital role in addressing plastic pollution crisis in our waters – new study
“JSA II: Catch the Rain” Awareness Generation Campaign launched
Amplifying SDG 6 towards people-centric sustainability in the spirit of NEXUS approach
The Integrated Basin Development and Livelihood Promotion (IBDLP) in the state of Meghalaya envisaged rejuvenating the local water capacity and empowering entrepreneurial capacity.
India deteriorates to 131 in UN Human Development Index
Gwalior, Orchha in UNESCO world heritage cities list
Coca-Cola, Pepsi and Nestlé named top plastic polluters for third year in a row
China is using Tibet’s waters against India | Analysis
A ‘digital canyon’: 1.3 billion school-aged children can’t log on to internet at home
Delhi’s air quality inches closer to ‘severe’ zone
INDIA WATER FOUNDATION OF POTENTIAL RESPONSE OPTIONS PURSUANT TO SUBPARAGRAPH 10 (D) OF UNEA RESOLUTION 3/7
KCI3-inputs-India Water Foundation
Asia and the Pacific SDG Progress Report 2020
Writing a greener story in Asia and the Pacific
India’s Strategic Role in the Quad and Its Vision at the Future Summit
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