The International Water Management Institute (IWMI) has published a hands-on guide to orient journalists, producers and broadcasters around critical water and climate issues in India.
The Last Drop? A guide for media practitioners to the critical water issues facing India today has been designed to help them give readers, viewers and listeners the big picture about the critical importance of water in debates on food production, climate change, energy, poverty reduction, development and more.
It gives journalists the information they need to ask the difficult questions that matter to millions of people:
- How can India balance rapid population growth with limited water supplies?
- How can farmers in India use water more efficiently while increasing food production?
- What are the environmental, social and political issues surrounding contentious hydropower projects in the country?
- How will climate change in India affect water availability in the countryside and cities?
- Why are the majority of rivers in India seriously polluted and what can be done to restore them?
Compiled by award-winning journalist Kaya Acharya on behalf of IWMI, The Last Drop? demystifies the issues, revealing very rich ground for telling compelling stories that affect us all.