Urban Flooding: A Growing Challenge for Modern Cities

Rapid urbanization, shrinking water bodies, and inadequate drainage systems are making cities more vulnerable to floods than ever before. As climate change brings more intense rainfall events, sustainable urban planning is no longer an option, it's a necessity.

🏙️ Protecting lives, safeguarding infrastructure, and building resilient cities starts with smarter planning today for a safer tomorrow.

💧 Sustainable urban development is the key to effective flood management and a flood-resilient future.

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When glaciers melt, the risks can flow downstream. 🏔️💧

Glacial Lake Outburst Floods (GLOFs) occur when water stored in glacial lakes is suddenly released, potentially causing devastating floods across vulnerable Himalayan communities and infrastructure.

With climate change increasing the risk, early warning systems, risk monitoring, and disaster preparedness are crucial to protecting lives, ecosystems, and livelihoods.

Understanding GLOFs today means building a more climate-resilient Himalayas tomorrow. 🌍

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Not every ecosystem looks like a forest.

India’s first comprehensive guide on Open Natural Ecosystems (ONEs) puts the spotlight on grasslands, scrublands, ravines, and deserts - landscapes that support rich biodiversity, livelihoods, and ecological balance.

Protecting these often-overlooked ecosystems is essential for conservation, restoration, and a more resilient future. 🌍

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Grasslands may look vast and open, but their role in our ecosystem is anything but small.

From supporting biodiversity and pastoral communities to protecting soil and storing carbon, healthy grasslands play an important role in achieving land degradation neutrality.

Protecting these ecosystems means protecting livelihoods, biodiversity, and the health of our land for the future.

Conserve grasslands. Restore degraded land. Build a more resilient future.

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India is exploring the power beneath the Earth.

The geothermal potential of Puga Valley, Ladakh, could open new possibilities for clean and reliable energy, especially in remote regions.

From diversifying the energy mix to supporting India’s clean-energy transition, geothermal energy could play an important role in the future of sustainable power. 🇮🇳

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The Himalayas are changing, and the warning signs are becoming harder to ignore.

Hanging glaciers are among the most climate-sensitive features of mountain ecosystems. As temperatures rise, their stability can be affected, increasing the potential for avalanches and cascading hazards that may impact communities downstream.

Monitoring these fragile glaciers is not just about understanding climate change, it is about strengthening early warning systems, improving disaster preparedness, and protecting lives and ecosystems.

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Maps don’t just show the world, they shape how we see it.

The Equal Earth projection offers a more proportionate representation of geographical areas, helping us look at the world from a different spatial perspective.

A reminder that how we map the world can influence how we understand it.

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Offshore Mineral Blocks & Deep-Sea Resources

The ocean floor holds vast mineral resources that could play an important role in India’s critical-mineral security and resource needs. From polymetallic nodules to advanced deep-sea exploration technologies, offshore resources are opening a new frontier for India.

But resource potential comes with responsibility.
The real challenge is to advance deep-sea exploration while protecting fragile marine ecosystems.

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Western Ghats ESA: Conservation vs Development
Can we protect one of India’s richest biodiversity hotspots without compromising the livelihoods of the people who depend on it?

Karnataka’s renewed objections to the proposed Ecologically Sensitive Area (ESA) framework for the Western Ghats bring this important environmental debate back into focus.

The challenge lies in regulating ecologically harmful activities while addressing local development needs, livelihood concerns, and the Centre - State coordination required for effective conservation.

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