Sunita Narain

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Director General of CSE and editor of Down To Earth, an environmentalist who pushes for changes in policies, practices and mindsets

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Governance

Post COVID-19 pandemic: Hybrid-work model in the new-normal

We discuss the digital divide, but the new-normal induced by COVID-19 should make us discuss the living divide as well

Water

MGNREGA: Today and tomorrow

The programme can provide a safety net for the poor, not just in COVID-19 times, but for times to come

Health|Communicable Disease

कोविड-19: इस बार लीपापोती से काम नहीं चलेगा

भारत अपनी जीडीपी का 1.28 प्रतिशत सार्वजनिक स्वास्थ्य सेवा…

Pollution|Plastic

प्लास्टिक पुनर्चक्रण की राजनीति

उद्योग जगत ने एक बार फिर नीति निर्माताओं को समझा दिया है…

Governance

COVID-19: Let’s not paper over this time

As India restarts the economy, its top agenda should be public infrastructure and health services

Governance

COVID-19: Headline management will not work

If the poor are hit today, the rich — who started this transmission in the first place in most cases — will be …

Health

COVID-19 : A New World Disorder (eBook)

A frontline review of how the pandemic changes the world and us; Editor: Sunita Narain

Waste

Plastic recycling: What it means

What do we really mean by recycling? What happens to the waste we can’t recycle?

Governance

New global order (or disorder)

Fixing weaknesses in democracy is not about less, but more democracy

Climate Change

On Greta Thunberg and the protesting students

Sunita Narain on the lessons from the ongoing #FridaysForFuture demonstrations

Development|Sustainable Development

कोविड-19 संकट के बाद मिलकर बनाना होगा एक बेहतर कल

कोविड -19 केवल एक भूल या दुर्घटना नहीं है, बल्कि यह उन कार्�…

Pollution

Remembering Kirk R Smith (1947-2020)

Kirk leaves us with the power of imagining change and hope

Health

Antibacterial resistance: Don't compromise

The only way to combat antibiotic resistance is to keep the environment clean

Climate Change

Multiple crises: the cost of wasted time

Much like COVID-19, when WHO procrastinated, FAO too is “considering”when to declare the locust upsurge as a plague

Economy|Rural Economy

प्रवासी मजदूर: रोजगार एवं उत्पादन का भविष्य

यह एक अवसर है, जब हम अपनी ग्रामीण अर्थव्यवस्था को पुनर्ज�…

Economy

COVID-19 migrants: Future of work and production

Work needs to be reimagined. This is an opportunity to renew rural economies and make them resilient; but it won’t to be easy

Governance

COVID-19 has made the invisible visible

Migrants make economies tick and now with their return there are many questions about the future of work, of …

Climate Change|Climate Crisis

पृथ्वी दिवस: आखिर कैसे हो प्रकृति से हमारे टूटे रिश्ते की मरम्मत

कोविड-19 प्रकृति के बदले का सबसे भयावह रूप है

Climate Change

Earth Day@50: Fixing our broken relationship with nature

COVID-19 is the grimmest reminder of nature’s revenge

Lifestyle

COVID-19: What will be the new normal

Each country has shown that it is for itself in this crisis — A dog-eat-dog world

Health|Communicable Disease

कोविड-19 : और क्या होगा न्यू नॉर्मल

हर देश ने यह साबित कर दिया है कि संकट की इस घड़ी में कोई किस…

Health|Communicable Disease

कोरोना की चुनौती : आज और कल

हमने लॉकडाउन करने में देरी कर दी है और हम क्वॉरंटाइन के न…

Health

COVID-19: Challenges today and tomorrow

The choice is stark for Indians

Water

A God we must not fail

2020 is our make-or-break decade to ensure water security. We need to make water our single-biggest obsession as we know the solutions too

Water

Water in the age of coronavirus

As we confront the new global enemy SARS-COV-2, the availability of water will be a crucial determinant for a successful outcome in this war

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