A week of arrogance and distrust

An interdependent world can’t be an inequitable world. We are seriously off track on many counts, writes Sunita Narain

Countries must up climate ambitions to achieve Paris commitments: Experts

The world is paced for a 3°C rise, according to the current nationally determined contributions 

Exploiting Asia's biodiversity can ensure food security, end hunger

Biodiversity for food and agriculture is among the Earth’s most important resources

New mega-treaty in the pipeline: what does RCEP mean for farmers’ seeds in Asia?

RCEP will restrict seed saving and seed exchange at a time when, under the extreme pressures of climate change, farmers need more diversity in …

Slow drowning of Tibetan grasslands fenced in by Beijing

Drastic changes are being set-off in the sensitive Tibetan region, but climate change is not the only culprit 

Cleaning Nepal, brick by brick

The 2015 earthquake has given Nepal an opportunity to adopt cleaner brick kiln technologies

Meeting of Parties on Montreal Protocol begins in Dubai

Administrative and discussion on agenda items dominate the first day of MOP

Villages in Pakistan's Sindh losing their fight with climate change

A survey has found communities to be highly vulnerable with very limited adaptive capacity

Beijing imposes traffic measures to curb air pollution

Measures include prohibiting certain categories of vehicles from plying on roads depending on pollution levels and restricting traffic based on …

Asia pacific sets out to create next-generation tourism industry

Members will work together to boost innovation and promote digital technologies in the tourism sector

Comanagement of natural resources Local learning for poverty education

Book COMANAGEMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES LOCAL LEARNING FOR POVERTY REDUCTION *by Stephen R Tyler* International Development Research Centre

Fewer days for the slumdog

Book>> Welcome to the Urban Revolution, How Cities are Changing the World by Jeb Brugmann Harper Collins Price Rs 450

Whooping cough cases outbreak reported around the world

China, Australia, Spain among countries with high number of patients with the respiratory infection

Time for climate lesson

A Nepal school that imparts practical knowledge to farmers

5.9 magnitude earthquake strikes seismically active North Central China, over 100 deaths reported

Severe economic losses less than 1% of China’s gross domestic product expected

Have earthquakes really increased in India due to activation of Almora Fault? Experts weigh in

Increased number of earthquakes in 2023 due to activation of Almora Fault, Union earth sciences minister Kiren Rijiju had told Parliament

Saltwater crocodiles are slowly returning to Bali and Java. Can we learn to live alongside them?

Historically, crocodiles lived throughout the Indonesian archipelago but were killed off in Bali, Lombok and Java 

Want to eat fish tomorrow? Halt climate change, overfishing today

Stocks could drop by a third if no action taken 

COVID-19: Are we prepared for a pandemic?

No. The world has not even made a start

Science & Technology - Briefs

Another dead sea

Trade tactics

Imposing environmental trade sanctions on the South will not help, note experts

Planning for water

Flourishing unaided

The AIDS epidemic shows no sign of abating with five million new cases reported in 2001

Biodiversity Asia