People around the world are now living longer, even in some of the poorest countries, but are they still living long enough? There is a huge disparity in how long people from the most affluent and impoverished countries are living. Life expectancy gap is increasing. The low-income countries, which are already bearing a huge burden of poverty, are dragging down the global average life …
Exporting Pollution
Mining mired in illegalities
Born wild but caged for life
The Trump Card
From calling climate change a ‘hoax’ to trashing scientists’ arguments on impact of global warming, Donald Trump ...
India's Health Burden
We are disappointed by the lack of ambition of the Modi government. It intends to invest only ...
Large businesses; larger emission footprints
Out of 250 largest emitters, India's state-owned company, Coal India, topped the list with largest GHG emission ...
Waiting for the bus
India's bus sector is certainly underperforming. The country does not have enough buses to run on their ...
Polluting plastics die hard
By 2050, our oceans will be holding more litter than fish and an estimated 99 per cent ...
Over 100 years of India's urban revolution
Between 2014 and 2050, India is projected to add 404 million urban dwellers and the number of ...
No place to grow old
Today's over-60 population is the fastest growing group. Currently, there are around 962 million people aged 60 ...
The ECO-warriors
15 start-ups in Africa contributing to a greener economy They are young and restless to make real ...
Infants without safeguards
If all the countries are to reach at least 90 per cent coverage for routine life-saving vaccinations, ...
Hunger can't wait any longer
It is a constant and chronic pain gnawing at people in Africa In the sub-Saharan region, 33 out ...
Displaced by Disasters
In 2016, one person every second was forced to flee their home. Most of the disaster-related displacements ...
Spiralling Temperature: Seasonal Warming Trends in India
In the winter of 2016-17, the mean temperature was 2.95°C higher than the 1901-1930 baseline – the ...
Spiralling Temperature: Annual Warming Trends in India
Annual mean temperature in India has rapidly increased since 1995. At this rate of increase, it will ...
Climate Talkies
In 1992 Rio Earth Summit, the agreement to combat climate change was whittled down and targets were ...
Minimise waste, save wealth
Questions have been raised about methodology adopted in Swachh Survekshan Report 2017. Instead of encouraging sustainable practices ...
Clean your backyard
Urban India is now the world's third largest garbage generator. But the amount of waste generated is ...
Shrinking source
More than half of the world's major aquifers, which store groundwater, are depleting faster than they can ...
Five States: Too many concerns, too few commitments
The 2017 Assembly elections across five states—Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Punjab, Goa and Manipur-have brought to the surface ...
Living Skeletons
While prolonged drought and untimely floods destroyed crops, the emerging food crisis has often become a full-scale ...
Dirty air and mortality: the insidious link
Exposure to PM2.5 accounted for about 4.2 million deaths from heart disease and stroke, lung cancer, chronic ...
How much does each sector get in Budget 2017
Health and energy see maximum increase in budgetary allocation over last year
