Elite in an ivory tower

Battling climate change

Technologies exist to arrest global warming. But the political will to implement them is missing

In Parliament on July 19, 2016

Here’s a round-up of environmental and developmental issues that were discussed and debated in both houses of parliament

Map shows India at top of climate violence

Conflicts related to water management appear highest in India with 59 cases, followed by conflicts in fossil fuels and climate justice

Will he beat around the bush?

He may not have a clean environmental track record. But as president, George W Bush will have to tread carefully

US presidential candidates' take on climate change

Whose CARBON hypocrisy?

Should Northern groups campaign to stop fossil fuel funding in the South?

Noise and a sane voice

Jobs and the environment

Climate logjam

After wrecking the climate talks in the Hague, the US-led coalition refuses to participate in further negotiations in Oslo

Forgetting science

Talking in riddles

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

Food safety

In the wake of genetically-modified food flooding the Indian markets, 25 farmers' groups call for a 10-year moratorium on such food

Courting controversy

Ram Naik passes a death sentence for Dahanu's fragile ecology

Look who's talking!

The president of the world's most polluting country blames India for global warming

Book review: Profound primer

Providing a good text is the primary step, now that environmental studies have become a scheduled subject at the graduate level in all …

Beware the modified wolf

Will bureaucrats choose to throw farmers and ecology to the mercy of multinational corporations by preparing the way for cultivation of …

A political drought

Green politics

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

Court Digest: Major environment hearings of the week (June 22-27, 2020)

Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal through the …

How important are climate issues in South African elections

When climate adaptation is not the mainstream political agenda, driving the South Africa’s National Climate Change Adaptation Strategy will …

This UN report shows green laws remain in books

Poor implementation of environmental laws is now a global problem, says the report that demystifies the reasons behind the failure

Forget castes and politics, let’s focus on our rights and space: citizens of Karnataka

Several citizen groups in the state, which is going to polls this year, have drafted manifestos and asked political parties to include them in theirs

Status quo

Political cooperation at multilateral organisations for the preservation of international peace and security will continue to be biased heavily …

Mighty clash