Russia-Ukraine war has nearly doubled household energy costs worldwide: New study

The energy price increase due to the Russian-Ukraine war would not have had such an extreme impact if not for over-dependence on fossil fuels

Green issues need equitable entitlements

Now that the Cold War is over, concern for the environment will play a vital role in international relations in the foreseeable future.

Peace, and war in Angola

Even as the government of Angola, mulls over a second draft of a legislation on land rights, aid and humanitarian organisations point out it …

Dallaire & Rusesabagina: 2 men who witnessed the Rwandan Genocide first-hand, reflect on incidents 3 decades ago

Paul Rusesabagina, who inspired ‘Hotel Rwanda’, is today a critic of Paul Kagame; Romeo Dallaire is now a global activist, speaker, …

Listening in on whales

Official volte-face

UNITED NATIONS

Fighting shy

Pentagon evades green laws

NEWS SNIPPETS

The invasion of Ukraine has raised some difficult questions about human rights

In both, Russia and Ukraine, the people’s right to civilian existence has been taken away

Food crisis: Food-insecure population doubled in 2 years, says UN Secretary-General

Agencies call upon countries to increase food production and not to stop export as the Russia-Ukraine war rages on  

Wheat prices going strong in Madhya Pradesh, courtesy Ukraine, loss of yield in north India

Private traders are offering much higher prices than government MSP of Rs 2,015 per quintal

Ukraine invasion fallout: Food, energy price rise to continue till 2024-end, says World Bank

Shift to more costly trade patterns has begun; transition to cleaner energy could be delayed

Russia-Ukraine war to have ‘ripple effects’ on India’s fuel prices: Experts

India should take this as a market signal and channel investments into electric vehicles and green hydrogen, which are substitutes for oil and gas,…

After last year’s drought, food production in Syria sees a boost this year

Good rains have improved production, but it still is not close to pre-crisis levels, say UN agencies

US, IAEA flayed for double standards

The United States and International Atomic Energy Agency have been accused of turning a blind eye to South Africa's nuclear programme.

The Bulldozer in the Countryside

Imagine an assembly line construction of 17,000 homes on 3,500 acres of land costing US $135 million. Just on the borders of expanding cities. …

As war looms over West Asia, many of its major water bodies are already on the brink

The Tigris-Euphrates and Jordan river basins, Dead Sea, Zayandeh Rud, Red Sea and Persian Gulf are symbols of the intertwined geopolitical & …

2022 too short, too far: How the Russian invasion of Ukraine impacted the world

Down To Earth recaps the primary environment, health and developmental news from 2022

WAR CRIMES

Chemical backlash

War veterans in the US call for a post-mortem on the effects of Agent Orange

DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO

Twilight Zone

STORY, SCREENPLAY AND DIRECTION— R Sarath

Build-up blues

Iraq syndrome

Multiple vaccinations torment US soldiers after the Iraq war