Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (September 1, 2023)
Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal
Delay tactics: Outcomes of Paris plastic meet 2023 were far from expectations; here is why
Slow progress on treaty to end global plastic pollution as countries hold up negotiations with procedural objections
Without new policies, plastic consumption across G20 countries to double by 2050: Report
Only a combination of existing policies along with new ones can arrest the trend & slow consumption
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (January 3, 2023)
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (November 16, 2022)
Protests over toxic gold mining at Nile: Will there be truce in Sudan
A vicious network of gold smuggling has over taken the region following the Russia-aided military coup in 2021
How a noxious aquatic weed was used to make eco-friendly products, generate employment in rural Bengal
Demand for woven baskets, cups, plates, boxes and other cottage industry products is high in the state, neighbouring areas
Plastic endgame: Did UNEA 5.2 start a new era
The world’s adoption of the resolution to end plastic pollution by 2024 is only the first step in a long battle
World Photography Day: India’s year through DTE’s lens
From COVID-19 hollowing out lives and livelihoods to farmers agitating on Delhi borders undeterred to climate change leaving footprints all over, …
Court Digest: Major environment hearings of the week (October 5-9, 2020)
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
Court Digest: Major environment hearings of the week (September 28-October 1, 2020)
C40 Cities: 14 cities drive sustainable diet plan
The food we eat was responsible for nearly 13 per cent of the total emissions in 2017 and this is expected to increase 38% by 2050
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (October 4, 2019)
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (July 22, 2019)
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (May 24, 2019)
New global alliance commits over $1 billion to help end plastic waste
Alliance to End Plastic Waste (AEPW), comprising about 30 companies, aims to invest $1.5 billion over the next five years in fight against …
Building toilets won’t make India open defecation free: World Bank study
The research analysed attitudes of people in Uttar Pradesh’s Ghazipur, all of whom had toilets in their houses. Almost half were unwilling …
Court digest: Major environmental hearings of the week
The top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal
This is what Africa can learn from India's sanitation story
Despite the limitations of the Indian model of sanitation, Africa can draw inspiration from its many positive aspects
Will Africa meet its sanitation target?
African countries, although serious about safe and total sanitation, are likely to miss Sustainable Development Goals by 2030
Japan to release treated water from Fukushima nuclear plant from August 24
Over 1.3 million tonnes of radioactive water stored from 12 years; UN nuclear watchdog had approved plan in July 2023
Concerted actions vital to accelerate shift towards ‘plastic-free’ living
Crux of this problem lies in a lack of public awareness regarding the detrimental impact of plastic waste and a corresponding deficiency in …
Africa Climate Summit 2023: Invest in resilient, efficient and sustainable food system, leaders urge
Minimising post-harvest food losses and waste, transiting to nature-based solution, among solutions advocated
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (August 8, 2023)
Plastic-free planet: Negotiations on Global Plastics Treaty underway, the story so far
This meeting is the international community’s chance set the stage for negotiations on a global deal to end plastic pollution