Where votes meet volts

Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's political future would depend much on fixing the country's power crisis

'High GDP states have grown at the cost of the environment'

North-eastern states and Himachal Pradesh score high on environmental sustainability index, says report by Chennai non-profit

In the tax bracket again

The Orissa government has slapped a forest development tax on three minor forest produce items -- tendu leaf, timber and bamboo. Seen as a …

Peace isn't elusive

After the Pulwama terror strike, the Kashmir debate has reopened. We bring to you an older article from brighter times, which underscores the …

Study flouts basics in privatizing healthcare

CII study recommends greater private role in India's healthcare sector, but the document centres around the lucrative tertiary care market only

Africa Climate Summit: Youth and children demand climate justice, call for action now

Africa Youth Climate Assembly emphasises need for collaborative and immediate action in a declaration, reflects urgency echoed in …

Paris finance meet: Momentum builds for polluter taxes to fund green transition

Panellists discuss shipping and airline levies, financial transaction taxes and fossil fuel taxes at Pact Summit

African cities and climate change: The real debate is who should pay to fix the problem

Re-balancing the carbon equation so African cities urbanise sustainably requires immediate and major investments in infrastructure

'Fossil fuel subsidies should be deemed as negative climate finance'

Experts cite examples of many countries which have begun diverting fossil fuel subsidies towards development projects

Over Rs 2,000 crore to clean up and conserve Ganga

Government sets aside Rs 100 crore to expedite detailed project reports for its controversial river-linking plan.

Setback to health insurance

Private hospitals in Chhattisgarh, Andhra refuse to treat under government insurance scheme

Private desires, public fears

Asian Development Bank’s new plan insists on the private sector answer to water woes

Power to the people

Heads of panchayats arrived in the Capital to demand the power to effectively run the traditional self-government

Paris finance meet: Barbados envoy proposes tool to make green finance affordable

A Partial FX Guarantee Mechanism will reduce cost of capital for renewable energy projects in developing countries, says Avinash Persaud in his paper

India’s G20 Presidency: As a major emitter, bloc is obliged to address climate change, sustainable development

Climate finance remains an area of contention within the G20 as there is an uneven distribution of financial resources to countries that are most …

Economic downturn eats into climate mitigation, adaptation funding: UNCTAD

Reduced green investment will put a spanner in the efforts to fasttrack solutions for climate change. 

Climate finance for Small Island Developing States slumped to 2017 levels in 2019: OECD

Small Island Developing States are vulnerable to increased risk of storm surges, sea-level rise and altered rainfall patterns

Two for tangle

Development takes backseat in Northeast as two Central agencies try to outcompete each other

‘Manipulate market, lower drug prices’

In times of rising costs of healthcare compounded by shortage of funds, UNITAID, a UN organisation, was set up in 2006 to improve access to life-…

Difficult to digest

After much debate, the Cabinet cleared the food security bill. Will it really ensure food for every Indian?

People's initiatives

Orissa and UP villages once again prove that people are better managers of natural resources than today's obdurate governments

Wishful thinking

The finance minister's budget speech has come and gone. As analysts sit down to shred it to bits, Down To Earth looks at a wish list of …

Egypt’s support to developing countries gives hope for COP27: Climate scientist Saleemul Huq

Part 1: The climate scientist talks about critical climate issues that can play a major role at the Sharm El-Sheikh summit

Green bonds: Is it green finance or green-washing?

A foremost requirement to develop a robust green bond market is to harmonise international and domestic guidelines and standards for …

Union Budget 2020-21: Finance Minister promises Rs 4,400 cr to fight air pollution

But the budget document does not reflect the bold increase