My clean air concerns

The bottomline is even with the region practically closed down, air quality is still nowhere close to where we need it to be. This should worry …

That time of the year

Although health impacts are shouted about, there is still only “little” more appetite for action

The wake up call

It’s time we understood that the IPCC's report could be an underestimate of the kind of dangers that await a warmed world and stopped …

How to resurrect Gandhi

We don’t have leaders who can take his ideas and adapt and rework them for today’s world.

Mindless metro debate

What is at stake is a discussion on what it would take to make the public transport system of our cities truly the one that moves people, not …

Call for business unusual

What has happened in Kerala is also happening across the world. It is an uncomfortable fact that we do not have a semblance of the plan to deal …

Change the climate now

Now that the rich are also being hit by climate change & the “attribution” is clear, the targets for the world’s anger will …

Genetically modified food: Whose health, whose business

People are concerned about the possibility of eating GM food.  Can we not expect the government to ensure that they have the right to choose?

Balancing trade wars

Livelihood opportunities should take precedence in global trade talks as it is more about employment than anything else right now

Every drop matters

If water efficiency is the agenda for agriculture, then water recycling has to be the agenda for cities and industries

Shadow of storms

The fact is that storms of 2018 hold a mirror to our future

The plastic cycle

Will the world’s anti-plastic movement succeed? Or will it once again succumb to a new set of technology “fixits”

Dilemmas of self-rule

In Jharkhand, movement for self-rule is about seeking better governance and community rights over natural resources

The young, old and an unequal world

Younger, meaner, more self-indulgent, angry and insecure in a climate risked world. We don’t deserve this

Too cold for comfort!

Managing our cooling and heating needs would go a long way to reduce electricity demand and carbon dioxide emissions that contribute to climate …

The craft of corrupt science

If there is evidence of toxicity in Monsanto’s glyphosate, then why are governments not banning it?

Cities need wisdom for water

Be it Cape Town or Bengaluru, the cities, especially in Global South, need to create a new future that is water-secure

Some forest questions

The State of Forest Report 2017 does provide important nuggets of insights into what is happening today

The e-vehicle paradox

In spite of the change technology promises, the change on ground is so miniscule that the reality of dirty energy and dirty vehicles swamps the …

A story between ‘legal’ and ‘illegal’

Nobody knows (or rather, nobody wants to say) who will regulate the “permissible” and ensure that what is not permissible does not …

Weather is 2017 person of the year

The biggest headline of 2017 is not deadly air pollution, but the catastrophe of weather changes that are bringing distress across India’s …

Rare privilege of reflection

In India, there are so many things that need to be done and all to be done yesterday. How do you choose your priority?

Diseases of a lifestyle: the transition to avoid

Can we not go from being poor but unhealthy to being rich and healthy? Why should we inherit diseases that can be junked? 

Tough problems need tough solutions

In spite of all the noise about air pollution, we are doing everything to make it worse

Air pollution: the ostrich effect

We know the causes of air pollution, but in the political theatrics around it, each solution suggested is contested