Planning Water Conservation for Climate-resilient Cities : CSE
Date: 23rd Feb 24 / Date: 9:30 – 5:30 pm / Location: Delhi
The Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) is a public interest research and advocacy organisation based in New Delhi. CSE researches into, lobbies for and communicates the urgency of development that is both sustainable and equitable. The scenario today demands using knowledge to bring about change. In other words, working India’s democracy. This is what we aim to do.The challenge, we see, is two-pronged. On the one hand, millions live within a biomass based subsistence economy, at the margins of survival. The environment is their only natural asset. But a degraded environment means stress on land, water and forest resources for survival. It means increasing destitution and poverty. Here, opportunity to bring about change is enormous.But it will need a commitment to reform – structural reform- in the way we do business with local communities. On the other hand, rapid industrialization is throwing up new problems: growing toxification and a costly disease burden. The answers will be in reinventing the growth model of the Western world for ourselves, so that we can leapfrog technology choices and find new ways of building wealth that will not cost us the earth. Our aim is to raise these concerns, participate in seeking answers and in pushing for answers, transforming these into policy and so practice. We do this through our research and by communicating our understanding through our publications.
Rapid urbanization is increasing the water scarcity in urban areas. Learn with our trainers the tools, techniques and applicability of Water Efficiency and Conservation at our upcoming online training.
PARTICIPATION ONLY BY INVITATION
Every Indian city was once known for and by its waterbody. Structures such as tanks, lakes, stepwells and channels to convey rainwater determined a city’s water wisdom. These ‘sponges’ not only acted as groundwater recharge zones, but also provided drinking water, supported biodiversity, offered livelihoods and performed the role of carbon sinks.
Today, almost every such waterbody is under threat. Rivers that are a city’s lifelines, are polluted to the brim: cities are now reaching farther away to fetch freshwater for their daily needs. Increasing, uncontrolled and unplanned urbanisation is driving urban waterbodies towards extinction. Today, cities have forgotten their water wealth and wisdom and face devastating floods.
Centre for Science and Environment is organising a Learning Conclave to understand these challenges faced by cities, share experiences, and agree on a roadmap that would enable cities to value their rainwater endowment and manage their waste water.
SUPPORTED BY THE NATIONAL MISSION FOR CLEAN GANGA (NMCG)
This Conclave is a part of a three-yearCSE sub-programme aimed at buildingcapacity of cities inthe Ganga basin and making them water-sensitive. Under this, a series of interactions– from webinars, workshops and trainings to field exposure visitsand knowledge conclaves – hasbeen planned to engage with over1,300 state and municipalfunctionaries and other sectorplayers. The sub-programme issupported by NMCG, and is apart of the Mission’s ongoing efforts for ensuring convergence of NamamiGange with other national missions.
FOR REGISTRATIONS AND OTHER DETAILS, PLEASE CONTACT:
Mehak Puri
Senior Research Associate, Water Programme, CSE
Email: mehak.puri@cseindia.org
Mobile: +91-9773834911
