How not to grow trees

Planting a tree is now bound up in so much restriction and red tape that it is not worth the effort

Cool ACs are not so cool

Getting the AC maths right is the real energy game-changer

Coffee that will keep the Cauvery flowing

It is time we thought long and deep about the origins of our rivers. Their birth is our life

Bullets are not the answer to development

How to reinvent the sanitation wheel

The city “shit-flow” diagram shows that the situation is grim as all cities either do not treat or safely dispose the bulk of the …

Dengue, another climate alert

It is clear that this variable weather is not a freak event, but points to the changes that are beginning to influence our monsoon lifeline

Real pride of ancient Indian science

Indian scientists are nowhere to be seen in the world you and I inhabit. This is when our modern world requires science to be integrated into …

A lesson not learnt

Iron in the soul

The promise and reality of renewable energy

This is not the time to be complacent with green power growth in India because the challenges have grown too

“वे पहले से हमें कपटी मान बैठे थे”

जब सेंटर फॉर साइंस एंड एनवायरमेंट ने कोला ड्रिंक्स में कीटनाशक मिलने का अध्ययन जारी किया तब कोका कोला और पेप्सी जैसी कंपनियों ने ...

विरोध से ही निकलेगा रास्ता

यह तथ्य है कि ‘नॉट इन माई बैकयार्ड’ अर्थात ‘मेरे घर के पास नहीं’ जैसा विरोध कचरा प्रबंधन में मील का पत्थर साबित हो ...

Wolf at our door

The US has made the world rewrite the climate agreement so that the targets are based on voluntary action, not science

India has a living tradition of healthy food

Our country has the opportunity to be different in its food journey. With our ancient wisdom, we can prevent McDonaldisation of food

The tale of 21st century's dinosaurs

Why we cannot ignore the poor

One thing is clear—the solutions must work for the poor, for them to work for the rich

The 'other' food crisis

Moving nimbly beyond

Talk technology, not subsidies, to benefit the poor

Biden’s transformational challenge

Though the US is no longer addicted to coal, it is completely sold on the idea of cheap energy, writes Sunita Narain

COVID-19 has made the invisible visible

Migrants make economies tick and now with their return there are many questions about the future of work, of …

Change the climate now

Now that the rich are also being hit by climate change & the “attribution” is clear, the targets for the world’s anger will …

Pet coke conundrum

We are buying the world’s dirtiest fuel as if we have no worries of air pollution. This needs to change

Policy Backfires

Policy design allows dirty fuels like pet coke and furnace oil to flourish 

Back to toilet school

On August 15, the government announced it had achieved the target of building toilets in all schools in India. But are these toilets functional?