Where a community maps its resources

It's a unique experiment. Three Kerala organisations are involving local communities to evolve a blueprint for development based on …

Why this magazine?

As we celebrate our 28th anniversary, here's looking back at the first-ever editorial by Anil Agarwal as DTE started its journey

The future we do not want

World leaders attending Rio+20 did nothing to tackle the interlinked crises of economy and ecology, says Sunita Narain after attending the …

Ghanaians love rice — how smallholder farmers could harvest more of it with the help of machines

Efforts to produce more rice often results in increased labour-intensive work for smallholder farmers

Bihar set to increase size of its green budget for next financial year

After education and health, major provisions will be made for the green budget, said officials

2023 in a blink: DTE’s reportage on global scientific research this year

Down To Earth recaps the primary environment, health and developmental news from 2023

India earned $12 billion by taxing coal production

Investors, insurers urge G20 countries to end subsidies to fossil fuels by 2020

Idea of green growth losing traction among climate policy researchers, survey of nearly 800 academics reveals

Researchers from the EU and other OECD nations demonstrated high levels of scepticism

UN introduces 51 robots at AI summit to advance SDG goals

Several robots appeared as panelists at the UN-driven AI for Good summit in Switzerland

Good health, reduction of poverty, hunger rated as today’s top priorities in Ipsos poll

Half of respondents said their government was not doing enough to achieve SDGs

Glimpses of Peoples' Summit at Rio

Angioplasty of streams

Politician-scientist duo turns an arid region in Maharashtra lush green

Biogas rediscovered

Innovative Vidarbha farmers make biogas plants viable.

Promoting integrated village planning

Self-sustaining rural communities could be India's answer to her disrupted ecosystem.

Combating drought

Eco-friendly growth

Despite a growing economy, global carbon emissions declined by 0.5 per cent in 1998

Designed future

The age of ecodesign: Indian steps into the era of sustainable business development

ETHIOPIA

UNITED NATIONS

SOUTH AFRICA

Indicators of energy use

Widespread disagreement may mar WSSD

Three brackets to Johannesburg

An inconclusive Bali PrepCom meet only takes confusion and procrastination to Rio +10

Community Participation and Sustainable Forest Development Global Perspective

An opportunity lost?