Even 1.5 degrees is too much for South Asia
By: Arthur F. Lutz - 05 Dec 2018
Last October, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) finalized its special report “Global Warming of 1.5 °C”, in response to the signing of the “Paris Agreement” in 2015, where the global mutual aim to limit global temperature increase to
Water Scarcity and Women’s Hardship
By: Menaka Hamal - 20 Apr 2018
Women struggling to access water from the well due to low level water in wared no. 8, Vyas Municipality Springs, wells, stream and lakes are alternate source of drinking, cooking, bathing, washing, watering and livestock feeding water. When municipal water gets disrupted people go to the nearby springs and wells to fetch water especially for drinking and cooking in both urban and periurban wards.
Food for thought: What’s on your plate?
By: Ishani Sachdeva - 06 Nov 2017
Mountain based agriculture is under going change due to several factors such as climate change and changing social realities of mountain communities. This has also had implications for the type, quality and method in which food is being produced in mountain states across the Himalayas.
Rainwater Harvesting: an adaptation practice in Manungkot, Damauli, Nepal
By: Menaka Hamal - 03 Nov 2017
During a water management and adaptation study in the Gandaki basin in Nepal Menaka Hamal had an opportunity to explore people’s relationship to water in the Vyas municipality.
Too warm for Choogahs
By: Sultan Ishaq - 02 Nov 2017
Livelihoods based on a agro-pastoral stand the most at risk in the changing climate of the HunzaHuman beings have been adapting to environmental changes for centuries. Now climate change is triggering bigger and faster changes than ever anticipated by societies.
It’s not just about the money-a story from Rasuwa, Nepal
By: Bikram Manandhar and Amina Maharjan - 03 Aug 2017
As more Nepalese youth look abroad for employment opportunities, Nepal’s migrant force continues to earn remittances for its families back home. However, remittances are not just monetary in nature and there are valuable skill sets that migrants pick up as is shown in this story from Rasuwa,in the Gandaki River Basin.
Connecting Pixels to People: A case study of the Gandaki River Basin
By: Ishaan Kochhar - 25 Jul 2017
The nexus between GIS and livelihoods and migration is explored in this blog, detailing the present ‘Land Use and Land Cover’ change study being conducted in three study sites within the Gandaki basin: Lamjung, Nuwakot and Chitwan.
Springs-the hidden sources of mountain water security in Pakistan
By: Salar Saeed - 08 Jun 2017
Springs in Murree Kahuta and Kotli Satian are the main sources of water for a large number of communities. The PARC tema conducted studies to determine the status and hydrogeology of springs in both locations.
Irrigation schemes get a breath of fresh air in Pakistan
By: Zeeshan Tahir Virk - 25 May 2017
In Pakistan, HI-AWARE seeks to revive abandoned irrigation schemes provided by the government, by introducing low cost solar-powered pumps.
Giving dugwells a new lease of life with solar powered pumps in the Soan Basin, Pakistan
By: Muhammad Khalid Jamil - 15 May 2017
This blog recounts the steps that led to the successful implementation of solar powered pumps at the HI-AWARE PARC site in Chakri.