Joyeeta Gupta

Jul 20, 2024 | epw.in | Joyeeta Gupta

The Kosi flood disaster of 2008 in Bihar and also in Nepal highlights two key issues relating to flood control. The first is the failure of the structural approach to flood control on the Kosi and the second is institutional dysfunction with respect to trans-boundary flood management. This article discusses the key reasons for the failure of flood management in the Kosi, through stakeholder interviews and observations in the aftermath of the flood.

Mar 25, 2024 | smartwatermagazine.com | Joyeeta Gupta

Water is needed for development, production and consumption, yet we are overusing and polluting an unsubstitutable resource and system. Eight safe and just boundaries for five domains (climate, biosphere, water, nutrients and aerosols) have been identified beyond which there is significant harm to humans and nature and the risk of crossing tipping points increases. Humans have already crossed the safe and just Earth System Boundaries for water.

Jan 4, 2024 | nature.com | Xuemei Bennink Bai |Syezlin Hasan |Anders Bjørn |Daniel Sampero Ospina |Jianguo Liu |Sarah E. Cornell | +14 more

AbstractOperating within safe and just Earth system boundaries requires mobilizing key actors across scale to set targets and take actions accordingly. Robust, transparent and fair cross-scale translation methods are essential to help navigate through the multiple steps of scientific and normative judgements in translation, with clear awareness of associated assumptions, bias and uncertainties.

Nov 16, 2023 | nature.com | Ben Stewart-Koster |Pamela Green |Christopher E. Ndehedehe |Lauren S. Andersen |Xuemei Bennink Bai |Fabrice DeClerck | +11 more

AbstractSafe and just Earth system boundaries (ESBs) for surface water and groundwater (blue water) have been defined for sustainable water management in the Anthropocene. Here we assessed whether minimum human needs could be met with surface water from within individual river basins alone and, where this is not possible, quantified how much groundwater would be required.

May 31, 2023 | omradio.ar | Johan Rockström |Joyeeta Gupta

La humanidad ya transgredió los límites para un planeta «seguro y justo» en relación al aumento de la temperatura global, el uso del agua dulce, la conservación de la naturaleza y contaminación del aire, según un estudio elaborado por una comisión científica internacional en la que participaron más de 40 investigadores de todo el mundo.