Agroforestry for landscape restoration and livelihoods

Since the 20th century, land degradation has intensified due to the growing global population's increased demand for food, rapid urbanisation, industrialisation, and...

Andhra Pradesh

(iv) Environmental Sustainability
(x) Rural Development

AI-based disaster risk management for cities

Climate change is causing an increase in the frequency and severity of extreme events like heatwaves, floods, and droughts. These events pose...

Delhi, Maharashtra, Odisha, Uttarakhand

(i) Eradicating Hunger and Poverty
(iv) Environmental Sustainability
(xii) Disaster management

Building Water Secure Gram Panchayats in Odisha

Climate change is a geophysical reality that is affecting all aspects of life. One of the most critical areas affected by...

Jharkhand, Odisha

(i) Promoting health care sanitation and making available safe drinking water
(ii) Promoting gender equality
(iv) Ensuring environmental sustainability

Climate resilience for urban street vendors

Street vendors encounter substantial climate-related risks, including heatwaves, pollution, and waterlogging, directly impacting their livelihoods. These risks lead to shorter working hours,...

Gujarat

(i) Eradicating Hunger and Poverty
(iii) Promoting gender equality
(iv) Environmental Sustainability

Climate-resilient agriculture for rural livelihoods

India, as one of the world's major agricultural land users, faces numerous challenges in the farming sector. The majority of farmers...

Rajasthan

(i) Eradicating Hunger and Poverty
(iv) Environmental Sustainability

Climate-smart integrated livestock management systems

The livestock sector plays a crucial role in the Indian economy; ensuring food security, generating livelihoods, and contributing to the income of...

Bihar, Gujarat

(i) Eradicating Hunger and Poverty
(iii) Promoting gender equality
(iv) Environmental Sustainability

Community-driven installation of Improved Cookstoves across Rural India

Incomplete combustion of biomass in traditional cookstoves without chimneys is a significant challenge in rural India, leading to indoor air pollution...

Karnataka, Maharashtra

(ii) enhancing vocation skills and livelihood enhancement projects
(iii) promoting gender equality and empowering women
(iv) Ensuring environmental sustainability

Disaster-prepared Gram Sabhas

In India, the frequency of extreme weather events and disasters, exacerbated by climate change, is steadily increasing each year, especially in...

Kerala

(iv) Environmental Sustainability
(xii) Disaster management

Empowering Sustainable Livelihoods Through Decentralized Renewable Energy

Economic prosperity is intricately linked to energy security. Access to affordable and clean energy remains a critical issue in rural India, particularly...

Jharkhand

(i) Eradicating poverty
(ii) Promoting livelihood enhancement projects
(iv) Ensuring environmental sustainability
(x) Rural development projects

Indigenous climate historians in the Nilgiris

The Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve in Southern India is experiencing severe consequences of climate change. This region is rich in...

Karnataka, Tamil Nadu

(i) Eradicating Hunger and Poverty
(ii) Education and Livelihoods
(iv) Environmental Sustainability

Low-carbon, climate-resilient housing for communities

The increasing frequency and severity of extreme weather events and disasters in India, exacerbated by climate change, damages and destroys thousands of...

Assam, Odisha

(iv) Environmental Sustainability
(xi) Slum Area Development
(xii) Disaster management

Mangrove restoration in the Sunderbans

India's extensive coastline faces numerous threats from anthropogenic activities, including increased vulnerability to extreme climate events like cyclones and the impact of...

West Bengal

(i) Eradicating Hunger and Poverty
(iv) Environmental Sustainability

Multi-species bio-shield for coastal communities

Human-induced climate change is increasing the occurrence of extreme events in India, impacting the lives and livelihoods of millions. Gujarat, situated along...

Gujarat

(i) Eradicating Hunger and Poverty
(iii) Promoting gender equality
(iv) Environmental Sustainability
(x) Rural Development
(xii) Disaster management

Natural resource management for tribal farmers

The proposed project aims to build the resilience of farming communities in the Central Indian Tribal Region (CITR), one of India's most...

Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Odisha, Rajasthan

(i) Eradicating Hunger and Poverty
(iii) Promoting gender equality
(iv) Environmental Sustainability

Project Karyashala – strengthening the solid waste management system in Dharamshala

Dharamshala, an ecologically sensitive urban area in Himachal Pradesh, faces severe waste management challenges due to its high tourist influx, which has...

Himachal Pradesh

(ii) Promoting livelihood enhancement projects
(iii) Reducing inequalities faced by socially and economically backward groups
(iv) Ensuring environmental sustainability

Regenerative agriculture and afforestation in the rural Northeast

The North Eastern Region (NER) of India is one of the most ecologically diverse regions, encompassing a spectrum of habitats such as...

Assam, Tripura

(i) Eradicating Hunger and Poverty
(iii) Promoting gender equality
(iv) Environmental Sustainability

Rural Futures: Habitat restoration in the Northeast

The proposed intervention by the Balipara Foundation addresses the interconnected challenges of forest degradation, climate change, and poverty by creating economic...

Assam, Nagaland

(iv) Environmental Sustainability

SeasonWatch – a citizen science project documenting climate change through trees

Citizen science, where non-professionals contribute scientific data, has become popular globally, with applications in ecology, conservation, and climate sciences.

Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu

(ii) Promoting education
(iv) Ensuring environmental sustainability
(ix) (a) Research and Development in STEM

Solar-powered NTFP value chain for tribal women

This project aims to benefit tribal communities in 38 villages in Kotra block of Udaipur district in Rajasthan by establishing a renewable...

Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh (U.P.)

(i) Eradicating Hunger and Poverty
(iii) Promoting gender equality
(iv) Environmental Sustainability
(x) Rural Development

Sustainable built environment for the urban poor

Climate change poses significant challenges to low-income slum communities in various states of India, including Delhi, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, and Rajasthan....

Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Odisha, Uttar Pradesh (U.P.)

(i) Eradicating Hunger and Poverty
(ii) Education and Livelihoods
(iii) Promoting gender equality
(xi) Slum Area Development

Project Karyashala – strengthening the solid waste management system in Dharamshala

Dharamshala, an ecologically sensitive urban area in Himachal Pradesh, faces severe waste management challenges due to its high tourist influx, which has...

Himachal Pradesh

(ii) Promoting livelihood enhancement projects
(iii) Reducing inequalities faced by socially and economically backward groups
(iv) Ensuring environmental sustainability

Building Water Secure Gram Panchayats in Odisha

Climate change is a geophysical reality that is affecting all aspects of life. One of the most critical areas affected by...

Jharkhand, Odisha

(i) Promoting health care sanitation and making available safe drinking water
(ii) Promoting gender equality
(iv) Ensuring environmental sustainability

Empowering Sustainable Livelihoods Through Decentralized Renewable Energy

Economic prosperity is intricately linked to energy security. Access to affordable and clean energy remains a critical issue in rural India, particularly...

Jharkhand

(i) Eradicating poverty
(ii) Promoting livelihood enhancement projects
(iv) Ensuring environmental sustainability
(x) Rural development projects

Community-driven installation of Improved Cookstoves across Rural India

Incomplete combustion of biomass in traditional cookstoves without chimneys is a significant challenge in rural India, leading to indoor air pollution...

Karnataka, Maharashtra

(ii) enhancing vocation skills and livelihood enhancement projects
(iii) promoting gender equality and empowering women
(iv) Ensuring environmental sustainability

SeasonWatch – a citizen science project documenting climate change through trees

Citizen science, where non-professionals contribute scientific data, has become popular globally, with applications in ecology, conservation, and climate sciences.

Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu

(ii) Promoting education
(iv) Ensuring environmental sustainability
(ix) (a) Research and Development in STEM

Climate resilience for urban street vendors

Street vendors encounter substantial climate-related risks, including heatwaves, pollution, and waterlogging, directly impacting their livelihoods. These risks lead to shorter working hours,...

Gujarat

(i) Eradicating Hunger and Poverty
(iii) Promoting gender equality
(iv) Environmental Sustainability

Disaster-prepared Gram Sabhas

In India, the frequency of extreme weather events and disasters, exacerbated by climate change, is steadily increasing each year, especially in...

Kerala

(iv) Environmental Sustainability
(xii) Disaster management

Climate-resilient agriculture for rural livelihoods

India, as one of the world's major agricultural land users, faces numerous challenges in the farming sector. The majority of farmers...

Rajasthan

(i) Eradicating Hunger and Poverty
(iv) Environmental Sustainability

Climate-smart integrated livestock management systems

The livestock sector plays a crucial role in the Indian economy; ensuring food security, generating livelihoods, and contributing to the income of...

Bihar, Gujarat

(i) Eradicating Hunger and Poverty
(iii) Promoting gender equality
(iv) Environmental Sustainability

Mangrove restoration in the Sunderbans

India's extensive coastline faces numerous threats from anthropogenic activities, including increased vulnerability to extreme climate events like cyclones and the impact of...

West Bengal

(i) Eradicating Hunger and Poverty
(iv) Environmental Sustainability

Low-carbon, climate-resilient housing for communities

The increasing frequency and severity of extreme weather events and disasters in India, exacerbated by climate change, damages and destroys thousands of...

Assam, Odisha

(iv) Environmental Sustainability
(xi) Slum Area Development
(xii) Disaster management

Rural Futures: Habitat restoration in the Northeast

The proposed intervention by the Balipara Foundation addresses the interconnected challenges of forest degradation, climate change, and poverty by creating economic...

Assam, Nagaland

(iv) Environmental Sustainability

Indigenous climate historians in the Nilgiris

The Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve in Southern India is experiencing severe consequences of climate change. This region is rich in...

Karnataka, Tamil Nadu

(i) Eradicating Hunger and Poverty
(ii) Education and Livelihoods
(iv) Environmental Sustainability

Regenerative agriculture and afforestation in the rural Northeast

The North Eastern Region (NER) of India is one of the most ecologically diverse regions, encompassing a spectrum of habitats such as...

Assam, Tripura

(i) Eradicating Hunger and Poverty
(iii) Promoting gender equality
(iv) Environmental Sustainability

Sustainable built environment for the urban poor

Climate change poses significant challenges to low-income slum communities in various states of India, including Delhi, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, and Rajasthan....

Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Odisha, Uttar Pradesh (U.P.)

(i) Eradicating Hunger and Poverty
(ii) Education and Livelihoods
(iii) Promoting gender equality
(xi) Slum Area Development

Natural resource management for tribal farmers

The proposed project aims to build the resilience of farming communities in the Central Indian Tribal Region (CITR), one of India's most...

Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Odisha, Rajasthan

(i) Eradicating Hunger and Poverty
(iii) Promoting gender equality
(iv) Environmental Sustainability

Agroforestry for landscape restoration and livelihoods

Since the 20th century, land degradation has intensified due to the growing global population's increased demand for food, rapid urbanisation, industrialisation, and...

Andhra Pradesh

(iv) Environmental Sustainability
(x) Rural Development

AI-based disaster risk management for cities

Climate change is causing an increase in the frequency and severity of extreme events like heatwaves, floods, and droughts. These events pose...

Delhi, Maharashtra, Odisha, Uttarakhand

(i) Eradicating Hunger and Poverty
(iv) Environmental Sustainability
(xii) Disaster management

Solar-powered NTFP value chain for tribal women

This project aims to benefit tribal communities in 38 villages in Kotra block of Udaipur district in Rajasthan by establishing a renewable...

Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh (U.P.)

(i) Eradicating Hunger and Poverty
(iii) Promoting gender equality
(iv) Environmental Sustainability
(x) Rural Development

Multi-species bio-shield for coastal communities

Human-induced climate change is increasing the occurrence of extreme events in India, impacting the lives and livelihoods of millions. Gujarat, situated along...

Gujarat

(i) Eradicating Hunger and Poverty
(iii) Promoting gender equality
(iv) Environmental Sustainability
(x) Rural Development
(xii) Disaster management