Newest Biggest Deal
In Kyoto, in 1997, nations of the world agreed the Clean Development Mechanism (cdm) was a competent way to combat climate change. The process …
Climate inaction
Frozen at gateway
The Doha outcome is all talk no action. In 2007, the Bali Action Plan had called for an urgent reduction in carbon emissions by developed …
India's nutritional puzzle
From the maw of the Indian state there has emerged an undigested piece of development cake: nutritionally speaking, people's diets are out of …
Why the US is such a bully
US attempts to kill of global democracy are getting more commonplace than ever. In such a political climate, it is impossible to talk about …
E-waste posing health risks for workers in scrapyards
Fruitful deliberations
Two global meetings chart a course for weeding out biopiracy
CoP-8: Nothing's brewing
For a fortnight, 1,456 delegates from 167 countries sat in conference halls, attended plenary sessions and roundtables, and sized each other up …
Cancun redux
Reflecting upon the fifth ministerial conference of the World Trade Organization at Cancun, a Down To Earth editorial (see: "How not to lose …
What Durban did not discuss
IPRs are blocking access to mitigation and adaptation technologies. India offers a way out
Disclosure-shy industry
Pharma and biotech firms are lobbying hard to block disclosure of origin of genetic material used in inventions, but they also raise thorny issues
Pact politics
High political drama marks climate negotiations as the European Union strives to ratify the Kyoto protocol without the US, world's biggest polluter
Playing safe
Nations finally draft a treaty to combat the use of toxic chemicals like DDT and PCBs, which are known for their damning health effects
Tangible shift
Bioprocessing - the Indian leather industry braces itself for an environmental facelift
In Obninsk there was a mausoleum
Nuclear power wants to pose as peace, sustainability. But to the world, it has always meant the bomb and danger. What are governments doing to …
Testing the CL route
Roche’s Herceptin will be a test case for government and generics industry as India readies to issue compulsory licences for life-saving drugs
The civil spring
Have an aggressive government and an overreaching judiciary curbed dissent?
Hold Up!
The stage seemed set for another climate meeting to serve the economic interests of the US better than the threat of global warming
Climate change conference- World leaders fail to act again
The 12th Conference of Parties to the UN climate convention saw the setting up of an adaptation fund to help poor countries. Ritu Gupta …
Clash of the cyberworlds
In an increasingly digital world, the issue of Internet freedom and governance has become hugely contested. Censorship and denial of access occur …
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 …
In the dark
Climate change will make energy a vulnerable sector and hit power generation
GM crops: Here to stay
The Indian government is dead keen on GM crops. But what about a policy first?
Home truths
Most popular paints in India contain high quantities of lead, a toxin especially dangerous to children. The Centre for Science and Environment&…
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