Growing tendency

Compared to Europeans, South Asians need longer workouts

Antarctica may hold the key to regulating mining in space

If we're going to mine asteroids, then we need an international treaty to prevent it becoming a wild west. …

UNEP launches coalition to promote renewable energy

Move aimed at developing policies that enable and encourage renewables and increased energy efficiency

All about climate

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In Court

UN Environment Assembly: Livestock 'fart' is back in focus

An advance note of UNEP’s executive director lists meat consumption as an unmanageable threat to global warming  

International agencies launch sustainable tourism programme

Programme to focus on resource efficiency, conservation and new technologies

Denmark stakes claim over North Pole and a large chunk of the Arctic

Seeks formal recognition of its extended territory from UN

Warming behind floods

Studies prove greenhouse gases cause frequent intense rainfall

Lying low

According to Report

‘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 …

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

‘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 …

Biden wins – experts on what it means for race relations, US foreign policy and the Supreme Court

Three scholars discuss what a Biden presidency may have in store in three key areas: race, the Supreme Court and foreign policy

New global order (or disorder)

Fixing weaknesses in democracy is not about less, but more democracy

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

Combating fall armyworm attack amid confluence of challenges in Africa

The fall armyworm menace cost African farmers 40 per cent of their harvest in 2018. Amid COVID-19 spread, controlling the pest has become …

COVID-19: UNHRC, WWF raise concerns about increasing inequalities due to pandemic

The world must aim clearly at a green, equitable and resilient recovery, they said