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CSE’s Fortnightly News Bulletin

March 1, 2020

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BULLETIN HIGHLIGHTS
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  • Editorial by Sunita Narain
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editorial
The Clean Air Concern
Sunita Narain
Editor, Down To Earth
Twiiter @sunitanar Twitter: @sunitanar
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RESOURCE LITERACY OF THE POOR
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Just two months have passed in 2020, but scientists have already given a verdict that this year would be among the 10 warmest years on record. January was the warmest in 141 years, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

Every year, we are told, is the hottest year, till the next year comes around. Then a new record is broken. It is getting worse — from forest fires to increasing frequency and intensity of storms and blistering cold waves and spiralling heat.

Climate change, it would seem, could not happen at a worse time in human history. It is clear that things are now spiralling out of control. The farmers, pastoralists and all the others who work the land, use the water and make a livelihood, are the worst affected. They are the victims of climate change.

The poor in the world have not contributed to the making of the problem. But let’s be clear, their pain will make our world more insecure. And this is only going to get worse. This is why we need to act and act now.

Each of these not so natural calamities takes away the development dividend that governments work so hard to secure. Houses and other personal belongings are washed away; roads and infrastructure destroyed and then all this has to be rebuilt. It is also clear that the flood or the drought is not just about climate change or changing weather patterns.

The fact is drought is about the mismanagement of water resources; where not enough rain is being recharged or water is used inefficiently and inequitably. Flood is about the sheer inability to plan for drainage; for our lack of concern to protect the forests on watersheds or the near criminal act of building and destroying the flood plains.

The weird weather comes on top of the already mismanaged land and impoverished polity. It is like that proverbial last straw on the camel’s back... Continue Reading
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Announcements - Trainings & Events
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Training
Photo Contest
Clean Air india, Last date to apply: April 30, 2020
Training
Training Programme
Tools for Mainstreaming Blue Green Spaces and Infrastructures in Cities, AAETI, March 15- 18, 2020
Training
Workshop
International Knowledge Conclave on Green Infrastructure, AAETI, March 17-18, 2020
Training
Annual Conference
SFD week 2020, AAETI, October 7-9, 2020
Please visit www.cseindia.org for more training programmes and announcements.
From Down to Earth
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India needs to protect its wetland flora
Wetland flora helps maintain ecological balance and need to be conserved. However, only 68 wetlands are protected in India so far
How the North East uses traditional means to harvest rain water
In Mizoram, Meghalaya, Nagaland and Tripura, people store and harvest rain water through traditional means 
Harmattan and the air we breathe: What can we learn?
The massive climate change-induced dust fall event in west Africa has many lessons for all combating deadly air pollution
Delhi's Sangam Vihar needs to use its natural drainage to solve waterlogging
An unauthorised colony with a population of around one million has no room for stormwater management- making them more vulnerable during monsoon to water-borne diseases
Climate Change: Warming oceans and drying fisheries
Economies of northwest African countries would suffer as no policy measures to mitigate losses
Is India heading for a deadly spell of heatwave again?
Amid forecast of a record-breaking warm year, the India Meteorological Department warns of a warmer than normal summer
More from Down To Earth
 
New Publications
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Training
Breathing Space
How to Track and Report Air Pollution under the National Clean Air Programme
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Training
State of India’s Environment 2020
India’s most credible annual statement on the state of affairs in environment and development
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Body Burden: Antibiotic Resistance
State of India’s Health
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For more titles, please visit www.cseindia.org or write to rchandran@cseindia.org
Highlights from last month
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Training
Training Programme
Inspection & Monitoring of Brick Kilns, CSE, Delhi, February 13-14, 2020
Training
Training Workshop
Advancing on-road emissions management to be BSVI ready February 3, 2020
Please visit www.cseindia.org for more training programmes and announcements.
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