A Renewable Crisis

The last time there was a major push for renewable energy alternatives to polluting fossil fuels was in the aftermath of 1970s oil shock. And then,…

Rescued or doomed

Nations adopt a diluted agreement at Bonn on implementing the Kyoto Protocol. 180 countries finally reached an agreement on the rules to …

Bird populations in India dwindling at alarming rate

WSSD: dialogue of the deaf

The needs of many were once again compromised to accommodate the demands of a powerful few. Given the alarming tilt towards self-interest and …

Resource war India after 2020

If the developing world today is the locus of climate change  mitigation, including reduction in emissions, then there surely must exist a …

Climate of irrationality

Developed and developing countries are divided over regulating super greenhouse gases under Montreal Protocol

Organic Universe

Organic is all the rage. Organic food, cosmetics, clothes and even organic medicines. But mostly it is food. There are speciality stores that …

Kudankulam meltdown

The spectre of Fukushima continues to haunt the world, forcing governments in most parts of the globe to rethink their plans to tap this …

Doha: inaction in the face of urgency

The polluters say they will not pay

Deal won, stakes lost

Cancun deal shifts burden on developing countries not developed

Who's afraid of 2C?

All is not well: climate negotiations in a new avatar

Weather dice is loaded

People's cure to climate woes

Ecologically vulnerable Nepal has framed its climate change adaptation plan with the help of communities

How climate ready are we?

Power games at UN climate talks

Climate talks unfolded amid high drama. Developing countries protested inaction by developed countries, civil society organisations walked out, …

2nd coalition of the willing: bad for climate and for us

The US and us

Mass death decoded

Environmental contamination and extreme weather events are responsible for most die-offs among animals, a new study suggests

The inconvenient truth

Equity: the next frontier in climate talks

The `hot' debate

Operationalisation of equity and financial assistance will determine the future of climate negotiations

Cop-out

Hopes were pinned on the latest UN climate summit at Lima. It was supposed to prepare the ground for a new climate deal that will replace the …

Bali: the mother of all no-deals