AAD2024: Is there enough action to combat climate change? Conversation with Nitin Desai

Economist who popularised “sustainable development”, discusses the political consensus during the Rio Summit and the future …

‘Environment ministries in most countries are still led by junior politicians’

Despite global consensus on the climate emergency, action remains inadequate, says economist Nitin Desai

Walkmans and burgers: the primal market

The late founder editor of Down To Earth on environmental truths that endure to this day, over three decades later

A new world order taking shape

Proponents have turned their backs to the idea of unfettered global trade; how will new globalisation rules take shape in a climate-risked and war-…

Biodiversity governance: A mix of knowledge and forest management for benefit sharing

People’s biodiversity register a roadmap for forest management plans; it documents knowledge of status, history, ongoing changes and …

Biodiversity governance: Access and benefit sharing and its implications on agricultural resources

A special instrument for access to crop genetic resources, access and benefit sharing (ABS) system, is fraught with challenges  

Biodiversity governance: The agreements and laws that help enforce it

Major legally binding conventions to protect nature were adopted at the Rio Summit where several countries came together amid rapidly …