US unwilling to yield an inch
President Obama delivers a profoundly (but perhaps predictably) disappointing speech in Copenhagen
Deal or No Deal
Governments are scheduled to meet in Marrakech later this month to further the Kyoto process, designed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in …
Factsheet: Who is emitting what
As per the latest data, China, comprised of 19.2 percent of the world’s population, was the world’s leading emitter of …
Factsheet: Who is emitting?
As per analysis of the Washington DC-based global research organisation World Resources Institute (WRI) for 2011, China, comprising almost 20 per …
How scientists found rare fireball meteorite pieces on a driveway — and what they could teach us
It was probably a complex meteorite, possibly one that has come from the surface of an asteroid where several different bits of asteroid have got …
WHO launches renewed efforts to reduce breast cancer mortality
The initiative aims to focus on low-income countries; reduce 2.5 million global breast cancer deaths by 2040
Environment Impact Assessment: India needs to revamp its public consultation framework
The draft Environment Impact Assessment notification 2020 minimises public engagement. How do other countries go about it?
Results from Novavax vaccine trials in the UK and South Africa differ: why, and does it matter?
The efficacy of the vaccine was 89 per cent in United Kingdom and 60 per cent in South Africa
Educational gaps limit success of women-owned businesses in Africa: UN Report
Secondary-and tertiary-educated women are more likely to pursue opportunities and access financial services, according to the document
Bird flu: UK is seeing its largest ever outbreak – which may prove particularly deadly for wild birds
While measures to control avian flu help mitigate risks to poultry and people, they do little to help wild birds
COVID-19: India set to overtake China's total tally
Country to be among the most affected; upward trend in number of deaths, infections continue
STEMming brain drain in COVID-19 era
Brain drain is likely to re-emerge as an important conflict of interest between source and recipient countries
US activists, politicians demand FDA reclassify ‘Toxic 3 Os’ used in sunscreen
Oxybenzone, octinoxate and octocrylene pose a threat to public health, marine life and coral reefs, according to latest research
UN Environment Assembly focuses on moving faster towards Sustainable Development Goals
Ministers and delegates from 170 countries put their minds together to set global Green agenda
The wise debate
As the world debates the effectiveness of industrialised agriculture, the good-old small farmer emerges victorious
Intellectual Property: Why is India silent, as a compromise deal on COVID-19 therapies is worked out
The fact is, Indian and South African interests have diverged; India is not in desperate need of vaccines anymore and hence does not want to …
86 European, US children down with severe hepatitis; experts perplexed
Some have cited COVID-19 as a reason; some two years of it, while the rest have blamed the adenovirus
New WHO report highlights collaborative action to reduce antimicrobial resistance
Strategic framework designed by the four organisations to advance a One Health response to AMR
‘The expectation that burden of US inaction will be borne by developing countries is unfair’
Given its economic capacity and carbon debt it owes the world, US should not emit any carbon in the future at all.
Decarbonisation in a fraught geopolitical landscape
The production of the technologies necessary to decarbonise and digitalise the global economy has unfortunately been drawn into the battlefield …
India’s very own Dust Bowl
Rising temperatures, changing weather patterns, depleting groundwater, unsustainable agriculture and deforestation are turning large parts of …
‘Futures trading can bring efficiency to California’s water sector’
Michael Kiparsky from the University of California tells Down To Earth that fears about futures trading in water commoditising it are …
Some good news for beleaguered Vaquita and Sumatran Rhino
While the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has upheld a preliminary ban on Mexican seafood imports to save the Vaquita, the first wild …
Pollution in cities damaging insects and ecosystems: study
Research reveals plants and insects exposed to high levels of nitrogen dioxide–a major component of smog–produce more defensive …
Trophy hunters take aim at Yellowstone’s Grizzly Bears
Last summer, the Trump administration removed the bears off the Endangered Species Act list of threatened species, paving the way for states to …