Industry could generate 10 million direct jobs, 50 million indirect ones by 2030; Can take examples from China and Germany
Africa is full of bats, but their fossils are scarce — why these rare records matter
How to end hunger in sub-Saharan Africa: Fight inequality, gender imbalances and climate change
Water to water, not water to waste
Spring is vanishing as Earth is warming. How can we save it?
By controlling temperature rise, we can prevent natural disasters and preserve seasonal cycles
Man who caught virus from a monkey in a critical condition — B virus explained
Most cases of B virus infection have involved laboratory workers handling captive animals or monkey tissues
West Africa’s fashion designers are world leaders when it comes to producing sustainable clothes
Customised prèt-a-porter production is a proactive way of addressing unsustainable fashion practices
Assigning ‘perquisite value’ to e-2-wheelers, cycles can boost sustainable transport adoption in India. Here’s how
There is a need to review the taxation regime and to provide a clarification on the perquisite value of company-provided electric two-wheelers and bicycles
How India’s beaches can unlock a nuclear-powered future
India’s Indigenous Prototype Fast Breeder Nuclear Reactor and abundant thorium reserves hold key to India’s future energy security
Whales and dolphins now have legal personhood in the Pacific — but one treaty won’t be enough to protect them
The treaty was formed by Pacific Indigenous leaders from Cook Islands, French Polynesia, Aotearoa (New Zealand) & Tonga
Microplastics and nanoplastics are an emerging threat to cardiovascular health
Their small size enables easy absorption & distribution, allowing them to penetrate highly vascularised organs like the heart
Cashing in on India’s demographic dividend
India will have the demographic dividend for another decade. It takes massive skill update to translate this advantage into a development bonanza
Is India prepared to manage its burgeoning medical waste challenge?
Multiple shortcomings in the system and a gap between waste generation and treatment exist
El Nino drought leaves Zimbabwe’s Lake Kariba only 13% full: A disaster for people & wildlife
Over the long term, droughts could become more severe and the Kariba Dam could stop producing as much power
Rights ensured under FRA are not just ‘enjoyment rights’
The misreading of the forest title deed, has become a stumbling block to the entitlements of title holders
Africa’s wildebeest: Those that can’t migrate are becoming genetically weaker — new study
The large African antelopes’ migration routes are being interrupted by roads, oil and gas pipelines, railway lines, fences, cities, livestock and farmland
Carbon Controversy: Corporate climate action watchdog’s new decision regarding use of offsetting causes backlash
Without sufficient guardrails and stringent oversight, there is a risk of writing off the responsibility of businesses to actually reduce the overall emissions of their supply chain
India must adopt holistic approaches to handle human-wildlife conflicts
Essential to integrate conservation goals with community welfare
Ghanaians love rice — how smallholder farmers could harvest more of it with the help of machines
Efforts to produce more rice often results in increased labour-intensive work for smallholder farmers
Elephant tourism often involves cruelty — here are steps toward more humane, animal-friendly excursions
Part of the problem lies with governments, as many have marketed tourism as a way to fund conservation projects
World’s largest companies are failing on climate action, new report shows
A heavy reliance on carbon offsetting helps companies shirk accountability for a majority of their emissions
The pill that’s roiling US drug regulation
The hard right is challenging FDA’s authority to regulate drugs with its lawsuit to ban America’s most used abortion pill
The limits of ice: What a 19th century expedition trapped in sea ice for a year tells us about Antarctica’s future
Antarctica’s sea ice has held out for longer. A ship like the Belgica could have been stuck in sea ice as late as 2015
West Africa’s falling fish stocks: Illegal Chinese trawlers, climate change and artisanal fishing fleets to blame
Current west African coastal fishing crisis in the Gulf of Guinea is complex because it has multiple and reinforcing origins
Exposing inequity & injustice of India’s single-use plastic ban
Ban targets downstream users of plastic while producers continue to operate with minimal restrictions