Fat Chance

Reducing obesity -- the leading cause of non-communicable diseases in the world -- has become a political game. At stake are the interests of the …

Bring farmers to farms

The Future is Now

In 1992, the world moved several steps towards globalisation. But little attention was paid to the sharp economic, social and cultural divides. …

Modified treaty

The Biosafety Protocol has finally been adopted in the hope that it will bring some transparency into the trade in genetically-modified products. …

New Delhi to Milan

Will this year's climate change conference be different?

Developing countries are dumpyards for e-waste

A recent study in the US shows that by 2004, over 315 million computers will become obsolete. By 2005, for every single computer an American buys,…

Vaccine Eloquent

Universal vaccination became part of government policy in 1978. A quarter of a century since, progress has been fitful. In some parts of the …

Price of food inflation

In near future the impact of high food price will show in terms of more malnourished

Costly vaccine to pre-empt cervical cancer may not find takers

Inheritance of loss

Economic losses due to extreme weather events reach record high while nations spar over liability

THE FUTURE OF CLEAN ENERGY

A simple chemical reaction is the basis of fuel cell technology. Fuel cells run on hydrogen to provide electricity. The only byproduct is water …

Talking in riddles

A recent protocol on compensation to victims of hazardous waste permits the generators to go scot-free

Twist in the TRIPS tale

UK panel endorses South's stand on intellectual property rights

Looking for the right bait

Developing countries like India need to be prepared for multilateral negotiations. This is certainly true of the fishing economy

Responses to DTE editorial 'No more kindergarten approach to climate change'

Pressure point

At the climate change conference in Poznan, Poland, the world could get cooked, for good A curtain raiser on the climate negotiations in …

FARM IP, ENTER WIPO

Developing countries will now have to battle IP issues related to new agricultural technologies at WIPO instead of WTO

Fuel cell buses for Delhi Going nowhere?

Grants have been approved to facilitate the use of fuel cell buses in the developing countries

Green politics

Is your government signing away your future rights to the world's natural resources?

The anatomy of congestion

Travel today is relatively faster, and people across the world are travelling more than ever before. But at a giant cost: urban roads are choked …

Bitter WTO pill

India, Brazil help the North force its way at Hong Kong

Oceans may run out of fish population in 50 years

Fish might die in the next fifty years, or will they?

Of electronic revolution and sustainability

NCD battle starts now

The UN agreement on non-communicable diseases will get snagged on the issue of intellectual property rights for drugs

Children under threat !

Rising cases of respiratory ailments in children, due to air pollution, fail to stir the Indian government