From #Gaza to #Tigray & #Ukraine, water has been weaponised. Given #WorldWaterDay's focus on 'Water for Peace', Alan Nicol & I argue that the multilateral system needs to show moral compass & stop the wars & the weaponisation of water & food. The New Humanitarian Z.Frank Institute of Development Studies

Just stumbled on Outlook India print copy on climate injustice, incl. a great piece by @PKashwan.bsky.social. Clearly international climate justice frameworks aren't fit for purposes & instead need to be grounded in local needs, interests & tackle class, caste & gender inequalities

With flooding again devastating #Mumbai & other cities replugging this pub led by Hans Adam on why urban governance needs to embrace intersecting uncertainties, incl those from climate change, esp for vulnerable residents TAPESTRY Project NIVA taylorfrancis.com/chapters/oa-ed…

The book is out! Available #OpenAccess: The IPCC and the Politics of Writing Climate Change Analysis situates the #IPCC in global #climate #politics and studies the organisation as central in the struggle to determine the meaning of the problem ⬇️ cambridge.org/core/books/ipc…

🚨Exclusive: Modi govt shut down almost 200 district weather advisory units providing crucial services to farmers after NITI Aayog misrepresented their role & sought privatisation of services. Based on internal finance ministry documents #RTI article-14.com/post/farm-weat…

We are #hiring a Fellow to lead our research on Adaptation and Resilience. The role includes identifying areas of national strategic importance in climate adaptation, developing a research and policy engagement strategy, building networks with peer research orgs, govts and the

So many of these 'rare events' are getting more frequent. Yet it continues to be business as usual on the #Gujarat coast which is dotted with industries & ports & the natural cover from mangroves destroyed. Hope everybody we know from ANTICIPATE TAPESTRY Project stays safe.

#NavigatingUncertainty by Ian Scoones is an amazing book. Looking forward to being Chair/ Discussant at the launch. Pls join us today online or in person!

‘We need to make economics more human-centred and holistic, more attuned to the inequalities that the current growth paradigm has generated and to the harm it has inflicted on people and planet.” Great interview w Naila Kabeer

Proud to share that our work in Versova Koliwada is now part of the “People of Mumbai” exhibition at the newly opened Mumbai Gallery CSMVS We are one of 25 selected for this exhibit which highlights diverse histories, struggles & contributions of people who shape Mumbai.

We need to accept uncertainty, climate extremes & embrace preparedness. The era of control is over. Unless this is accepted, some will resort to conspiracy theory, haunt meteorologists & claim hurricanes are engineered as in #Florida theconversation.com/why-might-peop… via The Conversation

Stunning & evocative piece w videos/ illustrations on why women islanders need customary rights. Survival in the Time of Conservation: Women Demand Forest Rights in Protected Gulf of Mannar and Sundarban - The Wire ⁦TAPESTRY Project⁩ thewire.in/women/survival…

Giving Land Back to the Sea to address flooding, biodiversity & climate adaptation & mitigation. An interesting experiment in England that moved away from command & control to embracing the rhythms of the marshlands & the sea TAPESTRY Project nytimes.com/2024/10/22/wor…

Researchers from the IDS based ANTICIPATE project explore whether the untimely and ‘strange’ pattern of monsoon rains is causing ‘green drought’ in Gujarat, India. 👇 ac.pulse.ly/ebmmrp2lzj meghasheth Vinitha Bachina Shilpi Srivastava

In r latest blog👇🏼, we explore the emerging phenomenon of ‘green drought’ / ‘leelo dukaal’ in Gujarat. Farmers in our field site see this as a likely outcome of heavy and unpredictable rainfall patterns 🌧️ in this historically drought prone/ semi-arid region The British Academy

‘The outcomes of COP29 Azerbaijan are an insult to poor and marginalised people in developing countries who are at the frontline of climate change but have done little to contribute to it.’ Prof Lyla Mehta 👇 Ian Scoones ac.pulse.ly/43qwd930pr

📣IDS Webinar! Indian Development at a crossroads? With Anand Teltumbde Medha Patkar Gladson Dungdung Prof Lyla Mehta ثمرین 11 Dec | 10:00am UK time | 15:30, India time. Register now: 👉ac.pulse.ly/vhonmjvjwv NAPM India #India #GlobalDev #DevStudies #Development

Excited to chair this Institute of Development Studies event with inspiring speakers Medha Patkar Anand Teltumbde Gladson Dungdung who will talk about resistance to to top-down development models & grassroots responses to authoritarian developmentalism. Pls join us on Dec 11 (10 am UK/3.30 pm IST)

We're proud to say the IDS researchers have been among those who've contributed to the ipbes #TransformativeChange Assessment. Including Prof Lyla Mehta Shilpi Srivastava The Summary for Policymakers has been published today! 👇 #Biodiversity

📣New podcast🎙️episode! In this podcast Shilpi Srivastava is in conversation with Ian Scoones who talks about the themes in his new book Navigating uncertainty: Radical rethinking for a turbulent World published by Polity Listen at: ac.pulse.ly/3mobhihxrf