Jal Shakti ministry’s groundwater guideline shuns opportunity to address overall crisis

Complex groundwater systems cannot be controlled or predicted, but need to be better managed and made more efficient 

How an environmental engineer used faecal sludge management to make his Telangana town clean

Faecal sludge and septage management could be an opportunity to re-consider future strategies regarding treatment of faecal waste

How to make citywide sanitation plans: Bangladesh man shows the way

City sanitation planning provides a sound data base for practical decision-making on city sanitation 

Capacity building key to mainstreaming onsite sanitation management 

CSE’s School of Water and Waste aims to establish policy principles, innovative technologies and implementation strategies for citywide water and sanitation management

COVID-19 can be a wake-up call for nature-based solutions

Money alone won’t solve the problem; but governments hold powerful levers to make markets value nature and attach a cost to environmental destruction  

Coping with COVID-19 need not derail progress against rabies

Rabies control efforts must innovate and adapt to protect the life-saving gains of the last century

An environment engineer shows how sanitation safety planning helped Kochi Municipal Corp

Nearly 4.2 bln people do not have access to safe sanitation; sanitation safety planning is a risk-based technique that can help mitigate health risks 

Mars: mounting evidence for subglacial lakes, but could they really host life?

Although the new findings make Mars even more interesting than before, they haven’t advanced its ranking in the list of solar system bodies most likely to host life.

Biodiversity, green cover: Bhopal’s ecological garden offers shot at conservation

The tree cover in Bhopal has declined by 44% in 2 decades; the urban forest can help compensate for the same   

Suspension of US aid to Ethiopia is yet another example of Trump’s disregard for Africa

Almost half of Ethiopia’s budget is linked to foreign aid. The country depends on economic assistance to support its infrastructure projects, healthcare and education expansion, etc 

World Tourism Day: COVID -19 an opportunity to rethink Himalayan tourism

This September 27, it is time to turn the pandemic into an opportunity by looking at tourism in a different light and redesigning the current business model into a long-term sustainable and resilient industry

Why green hydrogen may be the clean fuel for future

Declining costs of renewables and urgency to curb greenhouse gas emissions is accelerating potential growth of hydrogen in political and business perspectives

Unconditional basic income: Signature collection for European Citizens’ Initiative begins

ECI calls on the European Commission to draw up a proposal to introduce universal and unconditional basic income across the European Union

The COVID-19 pandemic has already created a disadvantaged generation

Newborns, those about to be born and children under five will be the worst victims in terms of long-term impacts on growth and development

Climate change and agriculture: Way ahead for low-emission growth

Agriculture and livestock account for 18 per cent of gross national greenhouse gas emissions

What the tourism sector can learn from Cape Town’s drought

The 2015-2018 drought, one of the longest and the worst to have affected Cape Town, affected tourism badly

Bankruptcy of ideas and innovation: What India’s recent science & tech indicators show

Indians have shown little innovation over the decades. They are content to copy successful ideas from elsewhere or settle for makeshift solutions

Cash transfers can help refugees, but they also carry risks. Insights from Kenya

Unrestricted cash transfers did not always achieve what they were meant for, find researchers in Kalobeyi refugee settlement

Coronavirus vaccine: Why it’s important to know what’s in the placebo

Adding an actual vaccine to the placebo control helps the trial remain blinded and prevents bias arising from differing expectations

COVID-19: How viable is online education?

Skill-development needs experiment and experience, which may not be feasible in online learning

US-China fight over fishing is really about world domination

In sending its fishermen far and wide, Beijing has, wittingly or not, followed America’s lead