Highlights from the issue

With the US’ new brown-energy policy, keeping the world below 1.5°C warming looks nearly impossible

Trump’s plan to levy duties on pharma violates WTO rules, but there is no recourse as the trade regulator is dysfunctional

Millions of Indians work in dusty mines, factories and construction sites, facing a deadly yet underreported lung disease called silicosis

Workers in this sector can develop silicosis within just eight months, says Samit Kumar Carr of Occupational Safety and Health Association of Jharkhand

Sex-sorted semen technology can revolutionise India’s dairy sector. But its impact on biodiversity must not be ignored

Evidence of continuous subsidence at Joshimath

The past decade saw the most drastic changes in Uttarakhand along the route of Askot-Arakot Abhiyan, says historian Shekhar Pathak

Soaring public debt is squeezing countries’ budgets for health, education and climate action