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Environment ministry sets up certification scheme for its forests

Climate ambition requires reform of current financial system: CSE report

Current form of financing is adding burden on developing countries, CSE and other experts discuss at webinar

‘Increased representation of women, ethnic groups not enough to overcome biases in STEM’

Down to Earth speaks to Meena Balagopal, educational researcher and ecologist, CSU, on gender bias and racism in STEM disciplines

COVID-19: How far will green stimulus to combat climate change go?

COVID-19 disruptions caused shocks to power and oil sector that will cause drop in carbon emissions. However, long-term implications are uncertain

WTO ‘for’ US meat exports; Indian poultry eaters at increased risk of antibiotic resistance

India’s measures against avian influenza were termed as ‘inconsistent’ by WTO

Big pharma’s dirty tricks

Drug giants from GSK, Abbott and Pfizer to Bayer have been fined for serious malpractices. They should be under close watch in India

Disclosure-shy industry

Pharma and biotech firms are lobbying hard to block disclosure of origin of genetic material used in inventions, but they also raise thorny issues

Locally transmitted malaria in the US could be a harbinger of rising disease risk in a warming climate — 5 questions answered

These are first locally transmitted malaria cases in the US since 2003

US-China climate deal: Maker or breaker?

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Equity: the next frontier in climate talks

WTO gives India a clean chit

Apex trade regulator finds nothing amiss in India's intellectual property laws after exhaustive review

Rising sea levels prompt South Florida to demand statehood

The rising levels threaten to submerge living spaces, national parks and a nuclear reactor site

World Bank won't fund Luhri hydropower project in Himachal

Move to withdraw US $ 650 million follows inspection and review by USAID of environmental and social impacts of the project

One step forward, two steps back

Countries want to do little to keep global average temperature rise to below 2oC. The Warsaw climate talks have exposed this. A report by Uthra …

Loud and unclear

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The civil spring

Have an aggressive government and an overreaching judiciary curbed dissent?

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AOSIS proposal for focus on renewable energy welcomed

Need for integrated approach to adaptation and mitigation raised; parties call for Warsaw COP to address finance

Ethics on trial

Five per cent of the clinical trials conducted across the world will be in India by 2012. They are vital for confirming the efficacy of a new drug,…

Over 80% people felt climate change-induced heat in July 2023

Temperature records set on all continents in July, including areas in winter