The Forest is a village

Forests are complex ecosystems. But understanding them is not daunting

Growth might dry up

GDP growth is not a fool-proof measure against climate change

That 'E' word again

Most Northern groups that dominate the civil society opinion-making process within the climate convention have consistently ignored Southern …

Chain effect

Environmental degradation causes a plethora of problems. Mismanagement and destruction of natural resources leave people even more vulnerable

The fall of the golden spice

Planting trees is not doing your bit

Small initiatives to save energy can go a long way in curbing emissions

A journalistic path to government

UK environment minister Chris Huhne’s green views may make Tories see red  

Entitlements

Two weeks of discussions on the Kyoto Protocol on climate change have just ended. But core problems remain. The world's worst polluters are …

Endgame

Calamities, environmental degradation and bad governance invest to make Orissa India's poorest state

Trade might is not right

What's wrong with global negotiations today?

Creative accounting

The US administration reneged on its earlier undertaking on the Kyoto Protocol, choosing instead to come up with its own climate change strategy: …

Why US-China climate deal is neither ‘historic’ nor ‘ambitious’

It will take the world towards a catastrophic beyond 4°C temperature increase pathway

Obama’s grand climate plan doesn’t add up

Obama used all the right words. He tried to please all. But ultimately it will not curb emissions in the US to the required levels. Further, it …

Waiting for El Niño

Going against the predictions of other meteorological agencies in the world, Japan Meteorological Agency took a bold step by announcing the onset …

Target India

There is no preparedness in India against El Nio, the Indian government does not even have an action plan

Global havoc

Changes in the weather patterns due to El Nio have resulted in a flood of natural disasters across the globe. Agriculture is the worst hit

No cap on mechanisms

Green charade

US 'inside player' environmental groups slip into oblivion

In ocean’s way

People watch helplessly as the sea nibbles the Konkan coast, swallowing groves and beaches, and shallowing creeks

Aviation boom is no boon for climate

High anxiety

Heated exchanges marked a conference which ended abruptly to hastily patch up a lukewarm agreement

Heated exchanges

Global politics took an upper hand over planetary ecology in Kyoto

Dangerous liaisons

Sri Lanka is flirting with nuclear power

Food first

Wealthy and impoverished nations cannot share common environment regulation mechanisms

Double trouble in Bundelkhand