Development woes
Garbage addiction
Australia’s offer of climate migration to Tuvalu residents is groundbreaking – and could be a lifeline across the Pacific
Under the treaty, Australia will implement a special visa arrangement to allow Tuvaluans to work, study and live in Australia
COVID-19: Headline management will not work
If the poor are hit today, the rich — who started this transmission in the first place in most cases — will be …
An empire withers away
Recent findings suggest the Akkadian empire, which once flourished on the banks of the Euphrates, collapsed because of a sudden dearth of water.
European bird pioneers new route
The European blackcap has dramatically changed its migration pattern, flying to a new site, more than 1,000 km north of the region where it …
Improving village life will keep villager home
Voluntary agencies will have to come up with ways to make the village peaceful and productive. Only a satisfying life in the village will prevent …
When "ignorants" show the way
Tribal herdsmen, who are naturally closer to nature, can lead on the path towards sustainability
Transboundary climate change, adaptation risks in Africa over next 10 years of great concern among policymakers: Survey
Insecurity from climate crises perceived as risk with most severe consequences
Climate change can force 216 million people to migrate within their own countries by 2050
Decisive collective action can reduce climate migration by as much as 80%
Balangir's distressed migrants
From a resource-rich area to a metaphor for poverty, the Balangir district of Orissa has covered a long distance. Plausibly, it is this journey …
Climate change effect: Northern climes no longer safe haven for migratory animals
The population of migratory species declines as moving to the north proves to be less beneficial and potentially dangerous
4 charts show Venezuela's worsening migrant crisis
The exodus impacts even those who haven’t left. Many schools and medical centers have closed throughout the country due to lack …
Bridging the rural-urban divide
Instead of setting overambitious targets, the government should ensure speedy implementation of the Rurban Mission
Small ancestry
Europeans descended from just 50 African migrants
MGNREGA budget cut sends wrong signal, goes against Odisha’s successful policy experiment
Collaborative MGNREGA implementation in Odisha improved livelihoods; such efforts will be discouraged by budget cut
Forced displacement is the new norm in India
Extreme weather events have been triggering widespread internal displacement for years now. Now COVID-19 adds to the pressure
The other side of migration
INDIA'S INDUSTRIAL CITIES: ESSAYS IN ECONOMY AND DEMOGRAPHY Nigel Crook Publisher: Oxford University Press, Delhi Price: Rs 240
The land rush
STRUGGLE FOR LAND AND THE FATE OF THE FORESTS Edited by Marcus Colchester and Larry Lohmann Publisher: The World Rainforest Movement, Malaysia, …
Sea strikes
Continuous pounding of the coasts of Victoria island in Nigeria by the Atlantic ocean threatens its safety
Homeless blues
THE STATE OF THE WORLD’S REFUGEES. A HUMANITARIAN AGENDA·UNHCR, Oxford University Press, UK·Rs 625
COVID-19 impacted global migration trend in 2020: UN report
The number of emigrants increased to 281 million in 2020 from 272 million in 2019
Climate disasters displace more people than conflicts now: World Migration Report 2022
In India, disasters displaced 4 million people in 2020
Climate Migration primarily in middle income, agri-dependent countries: Study
Study can go long way in pinpointing future hot spots for climate-induced migration
Whose land?