India's data blockade: Certainly uncertain terrain

No recent NSSO survey release passed without controversy

Road to cool cities: Codes based on unique ‘urban form’ can be helpful

Urban India is a heat trap, but road orientation, building materials and zone-specific master plans can drastically enhance thermal comfort

Bihar plans policy change to push urbanisation

The state government has prepared a draft seeking changes to ‘old criteria’ for notifying semi-urban or rural area as urban 

Commons: Local bodies must take lead

There is a pronounced lacuna in the governance and regulations of urban commons

Creating foraging-friendly cities can strengthen people-biodiversity connections

Urban foraging can help solve food crisis by changing how we eat

How one Gram Panchayat in Himachal built a waste-free, water-surplus village

Pappla village constructed water-harvesting structures, soak pits and a plastic waste processing plant to transform itself

Over 3 lakh pregnancy losses every year linked to polluted air in South Asia

Northern plains region in India and Pakistan most impacted, meeting India’s air quality standard would have reduced loss by 7 per cent&…

No buyers for e-cars in govt departments, Centre extends deadline

So far, only 652 vehicles have been deployed when the target was 10,000, said Union Minister of State for Power and Renewable Energy RK …

Urban form and travel to completely change after COVID-19

Central business districts will decline while larger apartments will be in demand as more firms consider making employees work-from-home, a …

COVID-19: Self-sufficient neighbourhoods are needed to make cities resilient

The need is to recognise what a neighbourhood requires and ensure that the planning makes everyday needs available — and accessible&…

Why we need to factor ecosystem services into economic development planning

The multiplier effects of healthy forest cover are enormous in terms of economic, social development objectives

Ghana wants fewer polluting old cars on the road. But it’s going about it the wrong way

Africa has long been considered a destination for used vehicles

Transit-oriented development is a step towards a more liveable tomorrow

Transition to greener, more sustainable cities will require a lot of change managers other than architects

Maharashtra expands EV subsidies — but with a deadline

The revised EV policy aims to realise the state’s ambition to have 10% EVs among new vehicle registrations by 2025

Urban commons: Almost ignored in city planning

Commons act as a nutritional buffer, safety net for migrants; middle-class, wealthy residents no less dependent

Solan building collapse: Wake-up call to end illegal, unscientific construction

The fragile hilly terrain endures haphazard construction without proper clearance, land evaluation mechanism 

Aarey's Chipko moment

The plan to clear Mumbai's last green cover is facing stiff resistance from citizens and non-profits

8 years and Rs 228 crore later, Maharashtra fails to make even one village sustainable

The state’s scheme, aimed at creating environmentally sustainable villages, saw only up to 6% funds being used for green projects

Yes, humans are depleting Earth's resources, but 'footprint' estimates don't tell the full story

Although Earth Overshoot Day is a compelling concept, the methodology used to calculate it and the ecological footprint on which it is based is …

Murky science of comfort part 3: Industry defined standards make us feel uncomfortable without ACs

The Heat, Ventilation and Air Conditioning industry has made sure that we get used to heating and cooling appliances by setting arbitrary …

3 reasons Jakarta is the fastest sinking city in the world

Scientists say that by 2050, the capital of Indonesia will be entirely submerged

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (July 14, 2022)

Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal

Customary and religious laws are impeding progress towards women’s health in Nigeria

The country has the second-largest HIV epidemic in the world; its women make up more than half of people living with the disease  

COVID-19 fatality: India average 1 death in 51 cases, but 127 districts fare worse

Data gaps, under reporting suggest pandemic is more acute than Centre, states make it to be

CSR: Is India Inc spending responsibly?

Companies can bring meaningful changes in society through the huge Rs 13,624 crore corporate social responsibility funds