Special Relationship: New Anglo-American energy partnership is Western fossil fuel hypocrisy at its best  

Instead of filling the gap left by Russian fossil fuels with renewables, the UK has signed a deal with its traditional transatlantic ally which …

COVID-19 has aggravated challenges to manage forests: UN Report

New UN report calls for greater sustainability and a greener, more inclusive economy to tackle the threats of COVID-19, climate change and …

Elvish Yadav Arrest: Why does snake venom give a ‘kick’ to ‘psychonauts’?

2022 paper published by AIIMS Jodhpur researchers states snake venom intoxication relatively common in India, although less reported in medical …

Fishy business: Millions of people missing out on their fair share of aquatic foods

Nearly 800 million people across the world depend on marine and freshwater foods

E-retrofitment: India’s key to fleet electrification and Net Zero emissions

Safe & profitable functioning of e-retrofitment industry will underpin India’s transition to electric mobility

Davos 2023: Rich nations must help poor counterparts’ small farmers to transform food systems, says RK Singh

India will soon have enough green ammonia to cease importing ammonia-based fertilisers, which account for a significant portion of its import …

Lack of indigenous people’s participation big barrier to mainstreaming of biodiversity: FAO

Some 15 per cent of global forests are managed as community resources by indigenous peoples and local communities

Closing gap in international green financing important for India’s transition to clean energy

Prospects of renewable energy financing driving significant economic growth are massive despite challenges

Noida’s Supertech Twin towers done to dust in 9 seconds

Down To Earth’s photographer, Vikas Choudhary, captures the demolition of the towers with his camera

Missing the woods: The story of India’s vanishing forests in 20 cards

Some 25.87 million hectares of forest is missing from the latest assessment of India’s green cover. Here are some cards that tell the story

Why smart cities need energy-efficient and sustainable buildings

The building sector is one of the most dominant sectors, accounting for 40% of primary energy requirement of a developed country 

Budget 2023-24: Marks of a circular economy

Budget 2023-24 provides clear shifts in programme direction that need to be applauded. The real test will be our ability to operationalise those …

People who grow their own food, eat and remain healthy; But erratic weather may change this adage

Without normal weather, self-sufficient households may have to depend more on markets, thus spending more on food than before

A tool that identifies gaps, makes energy access a reality

An open-source system to identify energy access gaps has been launched in Jharkhand, Assam

A ‘One Water’ approach is key to combat urban challenges, manage resources

Shift needed from single-minded, linear water management to multi-dimensional integrated water management technique

Political and market economics determine global biodiversity crisis: IPBES9 report  

The ‘Diverse Values and Valuation of Nature’ report by IPBES9 suggests blending values of nature and economic benefits through policy …

Forest Survey Report 2021: 11 states have lost forest cover; 21 have lost good forests

India’s forest cover has increased by just 1,540 sq km in two years, mostly due to plantation and agroforestry

MoEFCC’s actual expenditure reduced by nearly 20% of budget estimates: Parliamentary report

The committee noted a drastic reduction under the National Coastal Mission 2023-24

Nearly half of India’s consumers will not benefit from Centre’s revised domestic gas pricing guidelines

It is also important to regulate and reduce the prices of imported natural gas in order to accelerate our 2030 decarbonisation pathway

China’s shrinking population may lead to xenophobia, threaten CCP’s hold on power: Geeta Kochhar

Down To Earth speaks to China expert from JNU on the latest population figures  

COP27: Clean energy investment in Africa lowest since 2011, shows report

Deep in debt, African countries have been pushing richer, more polluting nations to increase climate finance to the continent

Climate change escalates suicide rates among Marathwada farmers

Farmer suicides have increased significantly and doubled in some regions where weather extremities incurred heavy losses

Net-zero emission means doubling energy supply from renewables

World currently depends on 25 per cent of low-emission sources for its energy requirements

Global team of experts identifies unifying global targets to combat AMR, says prevention is key

The simplicity of '1-10-100 targets' to fight AMR makes it easy to communicate the crisis and necessary measures to communities, say panelists at …

Invasive alien species lead to extinctions of plants & animals across Earth, IPBES report points out

Though it is possible to eradicate and control these species, it might not happen by 2030