Green Schools Programme Awards 2024

CSE’s Green Schools Programme Awards recognise schools that are the best managers of their natural resources within their own premises

A mirror called Down To Earth

In this time of half-truths and no truths, we are determined to offer journalism that is fact-based and rigorous

Simply Put: DTE Cartoonist Sorit Gupto’s take as CSE releases ‘Future of Taste’

2022 too short, too far: 10 best interviews of the year by DTE

DTE spoke to experts on several topics ranging from climate change to biodiversity

Let’s build for a green future

CSE recommends that the country should define green and low-carbon cement

India’s vehicle industry needs EV mandate, finds CSE study

The government must bring in regulations that mandate the vehicle industry to have a certain percentage of their production and sales as zero-…

Data key for driving action so critical in our world: Sunita Narain on launch of State of Environment in Figures 2024

Report points to these priorities for planning: water scarcity, water pollution, air pollution in cities and declining public transport

Investigation: Indian voluntary carbon market may not benefit people, climate

A probe into the carbon market and offsetting projects in 40 locations across India

IPCC AR6: Science has spoken now climate actions must follow, Sunita Narain

The future is here and it should worry us enormously

Strategic ally: How an organic food company expanded farm-to-fork philosophy to promote chemical-free practices

Organic food company goes beyond marketing, sales strategies to support farmers moving away from chemical-free practices 

State of India’s Environment In Figures: Rural India worst hit by COVID-19 second wave

In May, over half of daily global cases happened in India on six days — triggered due to the surge in cases in rural districts  

Anil Agarwal Dialogue 2024: Welcome Note

Centre for Science and Environment presents the flagship Anil Agarwal Dialogue 2024

Cementing possibilities

After water, concrete (mainly cement) is the most widely used material on the planet. It is also the second largest industrial emitter of carbon …

DTE Call For Action: Can India achieve ‘sustainable cooling’?

The answer lies in fully utilising the knowledge of ‘the Cooling Web’ as well as traditional cooling methods

An idea that lasted

CSE and DTE have continued the tradition of bringing out an annual report card on the environment for four decades; the latest edition has …

Facing a Silent Spring...

Pesticides. Ecological devastation. And cancer. The story of an environmental victim

Union agriculture ministry prohibits use of TB antibiotics on crops

The draft order prohibits import, manufacture or formulation of Streptomycin and Tetracycline for use in agriculture from February 1, 2022; …

Highlights of Anil Agarwal Dialogue 2024

What was on the agenda this time?

Anil Agarwal Dialogue 2024 begins: CSE, DTE release 2024 State of India’s Environment report

2023-24 was a year of ‘polycrisis’, says Sunita Narain at opening ceremony  

Delhi PM2.5 levels rose by 68 per cent within a day in early November: CSE

Rapid build-up in short timespan able to tip air quality into severe category as local pollution already very high, says thinktank  

Human empathy is our politics

This year, Down To Earth turns 31 years old. We have promises to keep. And keep them we will

Organic reinforcement: Here’s how chemical-free perishables can be promoted

BigBasket is the first online supermarket to have established a proper value chain for organic fruits and vegetables with direct procurement, …

SC observations on air emergency underscore the travesty happening in Delhi: CSE

A bench led by Justice Chandrachud, the Chief Justice of India, told the Centre to consider a two-day lockdown in Delhi given the seriousness of …

CSE urges rich countries to pay their dues ahead of crucial UN climate talks in Bonn

Means of implementation from developed to developing countries must be prioritised, think tank underlines

The Great Carbon Capture: All about markets and credits

Carbon markets have the potential to unlock billions of dollars for Global South nations that need financing to transition to a low-carbon energy …