Small is Necessary: Shared Living on a Shared Planet
Does small mean less? Not necessarily. In an era of housing crises, environmental unsustainability and social fragmentation, the need for more …
Did WTO MC 11 achieve anything?
Members failed to remove WTO constraints on countries’ ability to feed their hungry population and improve farmers’ livelihoods
The Rights Of Nature: A Legal Revolution That Could Save the World
An important and timely recipe for hope for humans and all forms of life.
The Butchering Art: Joseph Lister's Quest to Transform the Grisly World of Victorian Medicine
The gripping story of how Joseph Lister’s antiseptic method changed medicine forever.
Inheritors of the Earth
It is accepted wisdom today that human beings have irrevocably damaged the natural world.
Regulating the Polluters: Markets and Strategies for Protecting the Global Environment
National governments and private stakeholders have long recognized that protecting the global environment requires international cooperation.
How hard is it to imagine a world free of nuclear weapons?
The idea of global disarmament looks like a far cry with countries continuing to equip their arsenal with nuclear warheads
Big energy companies enter electric vehicle sector
Big energy companies like NTPC, Indian Oil and others have the financial bandwidth to build the EV infrastructure and take electric mobility forward
Polluting plastics die hard
By 2050, our oceans will be holding more litter than fish and an estimated 99 per cent of all seabirds will have ingested plastic. Are countries …
Can permaculture reverse climate change?
We can begin to reverse climate change by reducing CO2 emissions in our children’s lifetime
Is climate change taking a backseat in the agenda of global alliances?
It seems at the end alliances are made for trade and business expansion while climate change takes a backseat
Electric shock to diesel
It is wiser to get off the diesel route quickly and adopt electric mobility. Is India listening?
Sentient beings
Did you know trees can taste, touch, hear, smell, memorise and communicate, just like animals?
BJP's curious China syndrome
BJP leaders' call to boycott Chinese goods is as phoney as it is to believe that Indian-made products can replace them
Money for nothing
A global tax regulatory body to finance the SDGs could have rescued the international conference in Addis Ababa. But the culture of privilege …
Every third person in world is obese, says study
Obesity is a risk factor for many health problems, including diabetes, heart diseases, stroke and some types
Hasan Abed wins World Food Prize for pulling 150 million people out of poverty
From development of scalable models to integration of scientific innovation and local participation, the pioneer has formulated many strategies
Germany shuts down oldest remaining nuclear reactor
It is the first reactor to close since Germany switched off the oldest eight of its 17 nuclear reactors in 2011
World Health Assembly defines pandemic emergency, pledges improved access to medical products & financing
Critical amendments to International Health Regulations adopted by WHO member countries
Nearly 25% of land in Africa has been damaged — what’s to blame, and what can be done
Fynbos biome, which covers large parts of South Africa’s Western Cape province, has been the most affected
World Health Assembly adopts resolution to prevent drowning
First-of-its-kind alliance, global status report to asses worldwide impact
Global economy’s weakest half-decade performance in 30 years likely by end of 2024, warns World Bank
Calls for $2.4 trillion increase in investment by developing countries for course correction
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Annual investments of $260 billion required to halve agrifood emissions by 2030, achieve Net Zero by 2050: World Bank
New report claims twice the amount spend on agricultural subsidies; suggests India replace diesel irrigation pumps with solar
