Second in a three-part series, IWMI’s Chaturangi Wickramaratne argues that “rights of nature” offers the strongest foundation for wetland governance. The post Rights of nature or human rights? first appeared on International Water Management Institute (IWMI). [...]
Over the past five years, India’s agricultural solar program, PM-KUSUM, has installed over 2.5 million solar pumps, making them affordable for smallholder farmers through subsidies. As the government prepares PM-KUSUM 2.0, the challenge is to advance the clean energy transition without continuing to over-exploit groundwater. The post If solar irrigation is over-drawing groundwater, you’re doing it wrong first appeared on International Water Management Institute (IWMI). [...]
Ahead of Stockholm World Water Week, leading water scientist Roberto Lenton argues that a global institutional architecture for water is long overdue. The post What eight decades of water governance can teach us about the future first appeared on International Water Management Institute (IWMI). [...]