From rainfall extremes to groundwater collapse, India’s water crisis has moved from a seasonal worry to a structural threat. The prospect of a 2026 super El Niño adds another layer of uncertainty, with concerns around rainfall deficits, urban water rationing and agricultural drought, placing sustained pressure on both city supply
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In this episode of Decoding Impact, Rathish Balakrishnan is joined by Dr K. Srinath Reddy to discuss how tech and data can enable an “efficient, equitable, empathetic, and economically viable” health system in India.
This paper by Ritika Ramasuri, Dr Nachiket Mor, and Divya Saraf analyses digital interventions and digital public goods, identifying the conditions under which they become self-sustaining for lasting impact.
In this episode of Decoding Impact, Rathish Balakrishnan and Shraman Jha explore India’s existing water gaps, the nuances of water security, effectively using data, and how rural women are emerging as champions of water management.
This episode of Decoding Impact with Rathish Balakrishnan features an in-depth conversation with Shilpa Kumar to unpack why we need climate finance and how Development Finance Institutions are uniquely positioned to address it.
This vision paper by Sattva Consulting and Beckn presents a Water Data Exchange (WDE) as a potential solution to the current fragmented state of water data to enable scalable, impactful solutions for better water management.
India faces a critical risk from rising heat, marked by a 0.3°C rise in average temperature in a 30-year period and this is projected to increase further by 5.1°C in the next 75 years. By 2050, heatwave days in cities could increase four- to sevenfold, with peak temperatures rising from
Measuring water risk requires multidimensional, geospatial data which is a combination of hydrogeological, socio-cultural, administrative and economic indicators and collected at an adequate temporal frequency. At present, in India, this data is not collected at a resolution high enough to be meaningful for micro-level planning of water conservation initiatives, or
Here are nine challenges and solutions on the intersection of sustainability, technology, and the Global South.
