Climate Emergency CoP 25: Developed countries have already exhausted the Earth’s carbon budget
Carbon space for Africa and India will be pittance; China too is consuming more carbon from the budget
Climate Emergency CoP 25: Why 2020 is a critical year for the planet
This is the year countries will declare the second round of their national targets to reduce GHGs
Climate Emergency CoP 25: India is the only major economy to be ‘2 degree compatible’
The US, China and the EU are ‘highly insufficient’ in their efforts to reduce GHG emissions
Climate Emergency CoP 25: 70% of top polluting countries failed to meet GHGs reduction target
Countries should have been on track to meet the first round of their emission reduction targets under the 2015 Paris Agreement.
CoP-8, through the eyes of youngsters
CSE gives children an opportunity to voice their concerns on global environmental governance, in their own way
Court Digest: Major environment hearings of the week (November 16-23)
Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal through the week&…
237 million people in 6 Asian countries at risk due to coastal flooding by 2050: Study
In India, six times more people are at risk from coastal flooding than the earlier estimates based on satellite data from NASA
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (October 23, 2019)
Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal
UNFCCC Pre-COP: Restoring faith needs proactive agenda on loss and damage
Loss and damage offers the process of the UN body an opportunity to signal desperately needed empathy with the most vulnerable
At UNCCD CoP, Babul Supriyo talks JFM but remains mum on FRA
This, despite the fact that the Joint Forest Management model has become obsolete with the coming of the Forest Rights Act
UNCCD CoP: India still unclear about its degradation target
Prakash Javadekar quotes target figure substantially less than that decided by his ministry
CITES CoP 2019: No more trade in African elephants
Parties vote to restrict trade from Zimbabwe and Botswana. They can no longer be shipped to zoos and circuses worldwide
CITES CoP 2019: Otters given highest protection from trade
Asian small-clawed as well as smooth-coated otters have been included in Appendix I of CITES
CITES CoP 2019: Eswatini’s request to trade in white rhino horn rejected
The landlocked southern African country wanted to change the rules that currently forbid the international commercial trade in rhino horns
CITES CoP 2019: 18 endangered sharks and rays afforded protection
Mako sharks, giant guitarfish and wedgefish are among those which have now been included in Appendix II of CITES, enabling sustainable trade in them
CITES CoP 2019: Proposals to resume sales of ivory stockpiles rejected
The last time sales of ivory stockpiles had been allowed in 2008, ivory smuggling had skyrocketed across Africa
CITES CoP 2019: Critically endangered saiga antelope not to get highest protection
Instead of being placed in Appendix I of CITES, a voluntary moratorium by saiga range states not to export the antelope’s horn has now been …
CITES CoP 2019: Giraffes accorded protection from trade for the first time
The giraffe has been placed in Appendix II of CITES, which places prohibitions on uncontrolled trade in a species
Yamuna swells: More than 23,000 people evacuated in Delhi
These pictures taken on August 21, 2019 show how people living in low-lying areas of the Capital struggled as water entered their homes
CITES CoP 2019: Conservationist Vivek Menon wins Clark Bavin Award
Menon, who heads conservation non-profit Wildlife Trust of India, was awarded the award for his efforts towards wildlife enforcement at the …
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (July 23, 2019)
Storage level: 23 of India’s 91 reservoirs below 50%
With the monsoon playing hide-and-seek, western and southern India are especially suffering, says CWC
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (May 23, 2019)
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (April 23, 2019)
Palm oil consumption increased 230% in almost 2 decades, yet India imports most of it
India has not been able to achieve self-sufficiency in palm oil production despite 40 years of efforts. Down To Earth travelled to some of the …