A fish called subsidy

Promotes inequality between fishers and hampers sustainable development

Subsidies don’t help fight climate change, World Bank report finds

In 2021, countries shelled out $577 billion to actively lower the price of polluting fuels such as oil, gas, and coal  

US provides more than $20-billion subsidy to fossil fuel industry each year

Apart from disrupting the process of meeting global climate targets, it undermines the steps taken at states and cities level to address climate …

Apple subsidies a political game

Apples are at the care of Himachal politics and withdrawal of subsidies can be politically disastrous

Odisha’s corn push

State rolls out scheme to reimburse fertiliser cost of maize farmers

Shocking betrayal

Fossil Fuel Suicide Why fossil fools will cost us the Earth

fun and informative look at what harm fossil fuels cause and how renewable technologies can help stem the decline in our environment.

Will cash transfer check migration?

India needs to be cautious as experience shows it can backfire

More clean energy

Crop Burning: Punjab and Haryana’s killer fields

Punjab produces about 19-20 million tonnes of paddy straw and about 85-90 per cent of this paddy straw is burnt in the field

Doha endgame at Nairobi

WTO has buried the development mandate of the Doha round, with India failing to pull its weight at the ministerial meeting

Paying nature's bill

Tax reforms, which would penalise the unlimited use of nature, are fast becoming an imperative part of preparing national budgets, prodded by the …

Three reasons to be cheerful about limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees

Amid the gloom, here are some hopeful signs that we can meet our climate obligations

Biased bill

We can’t afford to lose farmers

It is time we talked about the real cost of our food, about how to benefit the farmers who grow our food

Report paints thought-provoking picture of developing world due to climate change

The report says that climate change threatens the economic growth trajectories of India, Bangladesh and Indonesia

Neem-coated growth

The Union government's decision to produce neem-coated urea will not only improve soil health and agriculture, but also halt its illegal …

A rupee's worth

Jyotika Sood reveals how cooperative societies believe in taking an extra rupee from farmers but not sparing 78 paise

Will imposition of green taxes be viable?

Down To Earth's round table on fiscal instruments to manage the environment brought together economists, environmentalists and representatives …

Book review: Inventing Global Ecology by Michael Lewis

In the 1950s and 1960s India used to import not only subsidised sewing needles and milk, but also wildlife conservation science from the US. …

Analysing climate-induced productivity growth in Indian agriculture

State-specific policy initiatives that allow each state’s agricultural production to reach its full potential are more likely to succeed …

Will Rio+20 change the way the world is growing?

Of props and power

India's gold follies and food security

Why are lawmakers so ready to forego huge tax revenues on gold but baulk at spending on food for the poor?

Small policy

The Union government's decision to strengthen small-scale industries will have serious repercussions on the efforts to save environment