State of India’s Environment 2023 In Figures: How CSE-DTE ranked Indian states
Identifying and compiling data, standardisation, weightage assignment, computation and finally ranking were the steps followed
Catch the rain, fix water crisis: How Odisha leads by example
Odisha has deveoped 12,000 rainwater harvesting structures to facilitate water conservation and ground water recharge in 2,035 wards
West Nile Virus and its lone victim
The death of a boy in Kerala from the virus shows how little India knows about a zoonotic disease that causes frequent human infections elsewhere
As odds keep evens out, air pollution dips
A comprehensive study the Centre for Science and Environment shows that air pollution in Delhi dipped after the odd-even formula was rolled out …
Current draft text “inequitable, weak and unambitious”, says CSE
The Delhi-based non-profit said that rich nations had been misappropriating the carbon space, leaving no chance for developing countries to …
Supreme Court calls for comprehensive action to tackle air pollution
The highest court has made strong remarks on Delhi’s pollution levels while hearing an application against environment cess
MOP concludes with hope to bring amendment to phase down HFCs in 2016
Parties succeed in laying a path for the functioning of contact group on the feasibility and ways of managing HFCs in Montreal Protocol.
'Fight to save Aizawl's river in legends'
Rochamliana, general secretary of the Zoram Research Foundation which works on river restoration, talks on the urgent need to protect the Chite …
Here come the "number-crunchers"
India's attempts at developing supercomputers have not only paid off, they have sparked intense competition.
Uttarakhand rain data to be used for improved cloudburst forecast
Model developed by scientists at ISRO's Space Applications Centre got some predictions about cloudbursts on June 16 right
Simply Put: Free trade
Half of all snakebite cases in the world from India, finds study
ICMR finds only 30% of snakebite victims in rural India reach hospital
Cool ACs are not so cool
Getting the AC maths right is the real energy game-changer
Most nations in the world have no plan to fight antimicrobial resistance: WHO
First- of-its-kind report shows even surveillance of antibiotic resistance is very poor
Rs 25,00,000 conservation fund for amphibians and reptiles
Safe dumping site
Hindu Kush Himalaya is a ‘biosphere on the brink’: ICIMOD
‘It is almost too late’ to stem losses in nature and habitat in the HKH region, says organisation at meeting in Kathmandu
It is a cosy club: The voluntary carbon market is a closed-door affair
Voluntary carbon market is a sophisticated ecosystem. It involves a multitude of players to ensure that a carbon offset project delivers on its …
Life of Plastic: Uruguay meet concludes; implicitly endorses CSE’s position on polymer pollution
Current trends need to be replaced by a circular economy which forms basis of solutions to global plastic pollution problem, the meet concluded &…
Are we ready for Diwali?
The levels of pollution in Delhi had started to rise in the first week of October, made worse by a dip in temperatures and fall in wind speed
CSE releases first-of-a-kind study on waste management in India
Municipalities across the country have been urged to place segregation at the heart of waste management system
India must tackle high rate of obesity, diabetes: Global Nutrition Report of 2016
Report highlights the grim progress made by India in fighting obesity and non-communicable diseases
Experts and journalists urge climate action at the launch of ‘Why I should be tolerant’
Down To Earth Editor Sunita Narain’s new book chronicles the global development discourse from the 20th and 21st centuries
Current policy developments to contain AMR not enough: South Centre expert
Viviana Munoz Tellez, coordinator, South Centre, spoke on the gaps and challenges in the ongoing policy interventions to contain …
That sinking feeling
Just like at Kyoto, the US and EU are ready to make back-room deals that leave out the concerns of the South. Its time for the G77 to speak up