Unravelling the food mess

Reaching food to people who need it the most has remained one of the most stubborn problems in India. The public distribution system (PDS) is in …

How is South Asia faring on energy?

A new publication on energy in the region raises critical questions

Waste-to-energy plant in Vijaywada shuts down

News 360° - Briefs

"Subsidy culture has killed local agriculture"

Thupstan Chhewang, Chief Executive Councillor and chairperson of the Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council (LAHDC) speaks to Down To Earth.

High altitude, high pressure

Ladakh's leadership is alive to many problems. But, challenges are not easy

Panchayati Raj: A good beginning

But will there be a place for traditional institutions in modern local self-governance?

More energy, Less wastage

Solar is Ladakh's way out of the diesel trap

Re-schooling ladakh

Eight years of reforms have turned government schools around in Leh district

An attractive Place to go

Tourism's footprint is too big for Leh's infrastructure

A farewell to farms

Ladakh survives on its farms. But can agriculture survive government policies?

Aviation boom is no boon for climate

Crowd at the gate

Everyone wants a piece of the pie in the sky  

Wasted wealth

Organic composting is filthy business. Facilities flout norms, produce poor quality manure

Diesel: when bad policy makes for toxic hell

Ladakh on the move

Ladakh is the one region in India where sustainable development is the only way ahead. Dry toilets, water efficient crops, cooperative farming, a …

Empty Promises

The high-level conference at Rome was called to find a way out of the global food crisis. A series of consultations with experts preceded this …

Double financing for natural ecosystems by 2025 to deal with climate, biodiversity crises: UN report

Current global investments in nature-based solutions $154 billion per year, needs to be $384 billion

Rooftop hurdles

Financial and policy issues hinder the adoption of grid-connected rooftop solar power in the country

Loud and unclear

Smoke in the kitchen

The new ‘green’ biomass cookstove has immense potential but why is it missing in homes?

Rich bias

THE SKEPTICAL ENVIRONMENTALIST Bjørn Lomborg · Cambridge University Press · Cambridge · 2001 · Pages: pp 515 &…

South Asia - Fuel subsidy to continue in Sri Lanka

NAFTA kicks in, Mexican farmers protest

Beyond failure

What of the Doha round? What of the WTO itself?