India needs to balance food production with climate goals
If India wants to increase its food production without missing its climate targets, then it will need new science and technology solutions as …
Integrating forests with agriculture crucial to sustainable development
An estimated 80 per cent of forest loss is being driven by conversion of forests into agricultural lands
UN Ocean Conference: a roadmap for sustainable use of oceans
Stakeholders have been invited at the Ocean Conference to give voluntary commitments to ensure that the oceans remain clean and provide a robust …
UN prepares to launch Global Environment Outlook report
Sixth edition of the report will analyse policies that will help in attaining unfinished environmental goals
The same stale nostrums
Energy Options for Africa -- Environmentally Sustainable Alternatives Edited & Introduced by: Stephen Karekezi & Gordon A Mackenzie …
Small policy
The Union government's decision to strengthen small-scale industries will have serious repercussions on the efforts to save environment
A billion strong or weak?
Recently, India crossed the one-billion population mark. The question on everyone's lips is what does the future hold for babies born this …
Creating a wonderland
In the barren wildness of the savannahs in Colombia, a visionary establishes an extraordinary community
How to make the Commission for Sustainable Development work
It was only half a year ago, but events since the Johannesburg earth summit already make it seem like a distant event. The world has just seen an …
Towards sustainability: Arunachal’s Apatanis use a unique, integrated cultivation method; it needs encouragement
Integrated rice-fish cultivation is a low-input and eco-friendly practice
NDC compliance not enough, world may still be 2.5°C warmer by 2100: Study
IPCC reports also have limited coverage of temperature rise of 3°C or higher
Asking for help
Out of earshot
Who follows the public hearing procedures? Neither the government nor the project promoters
The written code
Based on public hearings, environmental clearances are given to companies concerned
Looking ahead
A brief outline of the challenges of sustainable development in India
BRAZIL
Science against poverty
A headmaster and his students save a forest
Planetary Boundary pioneer Johan Rockstrom wins 2024 Tyler Prize for environmental achievement
Planetary Boundary framework determines limits within which humanity can safely operate within natural world
Asia-Pacific region 32 years behind 2030 target on achieving SDGs: UNESCAP
None of SDGs can be achieved by 2030; all targets under climate action goal (SDG 13) off-track, some even regressing
We live in a richer, but environmentally poorer world: UN
While 44 of 140 countries are seeing their GDP rise, their inclusive wealth index is registering a decline
Human excreta can make good fertiliser, but prejudice and laws stand in way
There is a need for tests and experiments to validate the efficacy of human excreta derived fertilisers, suggests a research by UK scientists
Health must be fast-tracked for 2030
The world needs more and better skilled health workers to attain the SDG targets and continue to foster global health beyond 2030
Road to 2030: World, especially Africa, won’t achieve access to clean water, sanitation goal, says UN
Sub-Saharan Africa region lags most & will need 20-21 fold increase in current rates of progress
Safety from numbers: Tourism in the Himalayas is not uniform; its impacts though are detrimental
Over-exploitation of some Himalayan towns due to huge influx of people and vehicles can be dealt with by developing more tourist spots and …