A second term for Bush

It shows that the environment is no more an issue for electorates in the North

Green Business

A southern fault

The South is to blame for the shattering of a dream called Rio

State of India’s Environment 2021: In Figures (E-book)

This annual e-book in Figures analyses complex issues pertaining to the country’s environment and development. In today's world where …

State of India’s Environment 2022

The State of India's Environment 2022 is the country's most authoritative statement on the developments in the environment and related …

State of India’s Environment 2021

Remembering Anil Agarwal: Cold truths of global warming

Today is the death anniversary of Anil Agarwal, the founder of Centre for Science and Environment and Down To Earth. On June 30, 1998, he wrote …

25 years of liberalisation and its impact on environment

Anil Madhav Dave, Minister of State for Environment, Forest and Climate Change, on 25 years of liberalisation and it's impact on environment

Environmental crimes increase 78% but case disposal slower

Courts disposing of cases at rate much lower than that of new cases recorded, leading to large backlog

The Unnatural World: The Race to Remake Civilization in Earth's Newest Age

A travelogue with that good human epoch in mind, a trip around the world to meet people working out new ways for humanity to live as well as …

Caste and Nature: Dalits and Indian Environmental Politics

Rarely do Indian environmental discourses examine nature through the lens of caste.

CSE top environment policy think tank in India; 16th in the world: Global Index

CSE is ranked above organisations such as United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) in the list of top environment policy think tanks

Frontiers of Environment: Issues in Medieval and Early Modern India

The complex nature of environmental history and debates on environmental issues have related primarily to contemporary times.

The Matter of History: How Things Create the Past

The Matter of History argues that three powerful things - cattle, silkworms, and copper - helped to drive these previously diverse nations …

Draft EIA notification 2020: Is it contra legem to international conventions, judicial verdicts

The draft Environment Impact Assessment notification aims to set aside several essential provisions such as public consultation, and plans to …

Gore goes green

Many environmentalists doubt Al Gore's green concerns

Environment Minister Anil Dave passes away at 60

He was known for his work towards conservation of the Narmada river

Terms of un-endearment

What should be the new terms of engagement?

Debate: Has economic liberalisation threatened India’s environment and natural resources?

The inaugural issue of Down To Earth (May 31, 1992) coincided with India opening up its economy. We carried a debate on how economic …

A part of the whole

ECO-IMPACTS AND THE GREENING OF POSTMODERNITY: NEW MAPS FOR COMMUNICATION STUDIES, CULTURAL STUDIES AND SOCIOLOGY·Tom Jagtenberg, David …

Please include us in your revolution

Killing fields

The Congress wields the butcher's knife, and environment is the casualty

Greens scream blue murder

Environmentalists and Democrats in America gear up to tackle the Republican "onslaught" on landmark protection laws

The paradox of nature and balanced accounts

Western institutions and the United Nations are keen protagonists of natural resource accounting but it may still not be a useful policy tool for …

Stockholm 1972 United Nations Conference on the Human Environment: World Environment Day 2022

It became the first UN conference which had the word environment in its title.