Severe environmental harm equal to genocide, crime against humanity: Experts write to International Criminal Court

Human activities leading to severe environmental harm also violate human rights; must be punished, they urge in joint statement

Pollution, heat affect cognition more among those from disadvantaged sections: Study

The effects of temperature are more pronounced in the rural parts of China and India

World Environmental Health Day: Let’s strengthen environmental health to implement SDGs

Restoring our contaminated ecosystem and biodiversity will help to brush off poverty

Plastic recycling is failing — here’s how the world must respond

Retailers must make it easier for customers to refill containers

Evidences dating back to the 1500s to be used for projections on climate change, biodiversity

The scoping study will be conducted over three years and analyse impact up till 2050

More livestock, more carbon dioxide, less ice: The world’s climate change progress since 2019 is (mostly) bad news

Especially troubling is the unprecedented surge in climate-related disasters since 2019

Mediation can resolve conflicts related to natural resources: UN

New guide for professionals draws on field experience in conflict resolution

'Clean environment has to be a fundamental right'

For more than four years now, Narayan Belbase, an environmental public interest lawyer, has been working towards facilitating and mainstreaming …

Independent initiative: Film festival

'Quotes from the Earth' is an independent festival of films on the environment. A unique event in that it is the first time that such a festival …

Climate change contributes to violence against children – here’s how

Violence against children is not solely a phenomenon that intensifies during environmental shocks. It is deeply rooted in historical injustices, …

‘Development will eventually lead to environmental conflicts’

With sustainable development goals in place, increasing democratisation and connectivity of the world, ecologisation of politics and vice-versa …

'We are marginalising those who depend on natural resources'

Down To Earth Editor Sunita Narain talks about how we are plundering our resources with our consumption patterns in her new book, Why I Should Be …

The war on Tigray wiped out decades of environmental progress: How to start again

Damage needs to be repaired immediately so that universities, research organisations can continue contributing to the restoration of agriculture &…

There will be a serious increase in lawsuits against fossil fuel companies in the coming years

So far, around 1,500 climate-related lawsuits have been brought before courts around the world

Road construction projects are destroying Goa's traditional wetlands

Intensive infrastructure projects in Goa are threatening a unique wetland system that protects the state from flooding

In photos: Hard times for India’s wool industry

India’s wool industry may have set off on a decline: Degrading pastureland and an increase in agricultural activity has affected sheep herding …

Crop risks, environmental damages, hunger and the 2020 farm laws

Improved access to new markets, better yields and higher income need to safeguard environmental sustainability and farmers’ indebtedness

Drilling in details

Hartman de Souza decodes Goa's mining machinery, which has defrocked the state's environment

This is why Kerala floods were the worst in a century

Kerala's worst flood since 1924 reinforces how local environmental degradation and lack of disaster preparedness can make extreme weather events …

Endgame

Calamities, environmental degradation and bad governance invest to make Orissa India's poorest state

As told to Parliament (August 8, 2023): Adverse impact on environment cannot linked be with deforestation, says minister

All that was discussed in the House through the day    

Degraded land the size of China needs to be restored by 2030 to prevent biodiversity loss: UN Report

Every single year, we lose ecosystem services worth more than 10 per cent of our global economic output, the report said

Climate change & trafficking: ‘We have little understanding’

Down To Earth spoke with Christopher Richter from International Organisation for Migration to understand why the data gap exists

Beyond conservation, why our natural ecosystems need restoration

Significant strides have been made in both the science and practice of restoration over the last three decades, with specialisation across …

UNDP kicks off its innovation summit

The two-day conference will see how innovations can address development challenges in Asia and the Pacific