High BP, tobacco are top killers

Study on global disease burden shows infectious diseases are declining

Smog in the office

A soup of chemicals found in modern offices may be harmful to the occupants' health

Mapping the dirt

NASA comes up with the most comprehensive view yet of global air pollution

Dirty and thirsty

Revisiting economics of congestion

Antimicrobial resistance: India needs to enhance framework for monitoring antibiotics

Global procurement focus shifting to monitoring drug manufacturing practices  

Investment fund firms call for long-term plan to reduce carbon emissions

More than 100 fund managers write open letter to finance ministers of Group of Seven nations

Climate sceptics have swelled from 12 to 25 per cent in US

Survey on Americans' attitude to global warming shows number of climate believers are still more

Over 90% Indians want policies to address green issues and climate action, finds Yale survey

71% respondents said climate change affecting local weather; 76% said it affected monsoons in India

World Migration Report 2024: Climate impacts will force 216 million people to move by 2050

Climate change cannot be considered the sole driver of food insecurity or migration; However, it increases pressure on existing systems and …

Annual investments of $260 billion required to halve agrifood emissions by 2030, achieve Net Zero by 2050: World Bank

New report claims twice the amount spend on agricultural subsidies; suggests India replace diesel irrigation pumps with solar

DTE Coverage: Ottawa talks as they happened

Read our reportage of the fourth round of negotiations for a global plastic treaty in Ottawa, Canada

CSE-DTE at Ottawa: Member states agree to intersessional work

Ahead of G7 summit in Italy, France flags unsustainable levels reached by plastic pollution   

CSE-DTE at Ottawa: As talks progress, ‘North Stars’ bring hope for a Global Plastic Treaty

Rwanda & Peru’s conference room paper on primary plastics and Norway’s  proposal on chemicals of concern offer guidance on …

‘Restoring tree cover may lead to global warming but only in some places’

Forest restoration scientist Susan Cook-Patton on albedo change due to restoring tree cover and ideal places for climate-positive reforestation 

Simply Put: Plastic is forever

Watch: Why farmers in parched Marathwada are uprooting citrus orchards

In this battle against nature’s fury on the warming planet, the sweet lime orchards have become unfortunate casualties

Simply Put: Climate Roulette

Fulfilling CoP26 promises can limit global warming to 2°C: Study

 But will a 2°C world be livable? 

China’s climate pledge and the 2020 irony

Last year China produced a record 3.84 billion tonnes of coal since 2015

Mauritius ranks first in Africa in Global Innovation Index 2021

But most African countries ranked low in the global index of 132 countries

Africa’s post-COVID-19 economic recovery plan: Integrate climate change action in planning, says report

Africa is projected to suffer a fall of 2-8% in GDP in post-COVID-19 scenario 

Simply put: Food contamination kills 2 million people

In 2023, global ocean heat content doubled or tripled since the late 1980s, shows study 

The 2023 estimate represents around 4.6 billion Hiroshima nuclear bombs

The disagreement between two climate scientists that will decide our future

The differences between Mann and Hansen are significant for the global response to climate change