Scorching salt

As the world celebrates yet another Environment Day, groups of marginalized people in some part of the globe or the other get evicted from their …

The hunt for benefits

India is hailed as a pioneer in implementing the third objective of the Convention on Biological Diversity—fair and equitable sharing of …

Goa must grow...but how?

On January 26, 2007, the government of Goa withdrew its newest blueprint for the development of the state, called the Regional Plan 2011. …

30,000 farmers demand Hirakud dam water

Western Orissa is witnessing an upheaval. In the eye of the storm is the Hirakud dam. Over 300,000 farmers dependent on its water for irrigation …

Stained steel

The iron and steel sector is regarded as the core of Indian economy. Its players are big and powerful. It is extremely resource-intensive and …

'Building and retaining capacity is the toughest challenge'

Balakrishna Pisupati is in the hot seat as chairperson of the National Biodiversity Authority (NBA), where he has to deal with regulatory and …

United Colours of Industry

Of all dyes produced across the world, 11 per cent goes out as effluents. 2 per cent from manufacturing and as much as 9 per cent from colouring. …

Towards food security: perspectives from three continents

The Food Insecurity Report 2014, released by the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) last week, has revealed that one …

Future compromised

The Earth Summit was a historical opportunity to set the world on the correct development trajectory. Negotiators from 191 countries came …

Sand slips

Where there is a river, there is sand. Called a minor mineral, it fulfils a major requirement of the booming construction industry. No wonder, …

Secretive tribunals, hidden damages

Canadian academic Gus Van Harten is well known for his efforts to reform the global investment treaty regime through his research papers, …

India’s many investment treaties make it vulnerable

Senior international lawyer Nathalie Bernasconi-Osterwalder, who heads the investment programme of the International Institute on Sustainable …

Unearthing reality: A DTE-CSE probe into the workings of the Indian voluntary carbon market

1,451. That is the number of projects implemented across India to churn out the new-age essential commodity—carbon credits. Industries and …

State of India’s Environment 2021: In Figures (E-book)

This annual e-book in Figures analyses complex issues pertaining to the country’s environment and development. In today's world where …

State of India’s Environment 2022

The State of India's Environment 2022 is the country's most authoritative statement on the developments in the environment and related …

Remembering Anil Agarwal: Cold truths of global warming

Today is the death anniversary of Anil Agarwal, the founder of Centre for Science and Environment and Down To Earth. On June 30, 1998, he wrote …

25 years of liberalisation and its impact on environment

Anil Madhav Dave, Minister of State for Environment, Forest and Climate Change, on 25 years of liberalisation and it's impact on environment

The global push to criminalise 'ecocide'

While causing damage to the environment is already a crime in most countries, recognition of ecocide elevates the most abominable cases to a crime

Environmental crimes increase 78% but case disposal slower

Courts disposing of cases at rate much lower than that of new cases recorded, leading to large backlog

The Unnatural World: The Race to Remake Civilization in Earth's Newest Age

A travelogue with that good human epoch in mind, a trip around the world to meet people working out new ways for humanity to live as well as …

CSE top environment policy think tank in India; 16th in the world: Global Index

CSE is ranked above organisations such as United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) in the list of top environment policy think tanks

Frontiers of Environment: Issues in Medieval and Early Modern India

The complex nature of environmental history and debates on environmental issues have related primarily to contemporary times.

The Matter of History: How Things Create the Past

The Matter of History argues that three powerful things - cattle, silkworms, and copper - helped to drive these previously diverse nations …

Draft EIA notification 2020: Is it contra legem to international conventions, judicial verdicts

The draft Environment Impact Assessment notification aims to set aside several essential provisions such as public consultation, and plans to …

Greens scream blue murder

Environmentalists and Democrats in America gear up to tackle the Republican "onslaught" on landmark protection laws