How vulnerable are we: Mapping climate change in India

This set of factsheets maps the potential climate change impacts on various agro-ecological zones in India

Technology trail to the gene grail

First detected in the late 1980s, the potential of CRISPR-Cas9 became evident in mid-2012. The technology’s promise in curing chronic and hereditary diseases has grown phenomenally in this decade

Normal rainfall hard to find

Twelve states in India received over 60 per cent surplus rains in the second week of July this year. The resultant floods in Bihar and Assam affected over 10 million and claimed 168 lives

Rivers' dry run

Ten of the 15 monitored river basins registered a dip in their reservoir levels between May 2014 and 2019

Floating cities can solve many climate, housing dilemmas

Learn all about how such a city works and what are its benefits here

A closer look at how brain fever gripped Bihar

The dreaded acute encephalopathy syndrome has Bihar struggling every year. The state has lost 1,673 children to the disease since 2010, shows data exclusively available with Down To Earth

One person is killed every month in India defending the environment

There were 164 such killing across the world in 2018, according to a report by non-profit Global Witness

How good are green bonds

There has been a steady pick-up in green bonds in the last half a decade. Half the volume, however, came from only 5 countries

Monsoon watch: How it rained in June

Here's how different Indian states recieved rainfall in the whole of June.

Why women’s access to income falls short of men

Marriage & motherhood are increasingly reducing women’s participation in labour market & their access to independent paid work, says Progress of The World’s Women 2019-20 report

The cloth cycle

The cotton produced in East Africa is woven into apparel in Asia and then shipped to the US & EU markets. But, it returns to Africa as used clothing, disrupting the local textile industry

Delayed projects, displaced people

India now considers all hydel plants as renewables and plans to undertake 78 new hydropower projects. But most such plants have had a chequered history and dislocated thousands of people

India has one of the world’s highest ambient air pollution levels

All cities in the country with a population of million plus breathe unhealthy air

World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought: How India is at risk

Twenty-one drought-prone districts in India, have over half of their areas under desertification between 2003-05 and 2011-13, according to State of India's Environment 2019 in Figures

161 wild animals died in road, rail accidents in 2018

According to Wildlife Protection Society of India data's, both rail and road accidents killed leopards the most

How environment became one of the top three global risks after 2010

Environment poses the greatest challenge in today's world. Reason: Governments world over have failed to mitigate and adapt to climate change even as extreme weather events and natural disasters become the new normal

World Environment Day in numbers: Natural resources

World Environment Day in numbers: Waste

World Environment Day in numbers: Air pollution

World Environment Day in numbers: Climate change and clean energy

The sweet dealers

Some of India’s top politicians have a deep interest in the sugar industry. Here’s why