The ecology of language

Battle for Niyamgiri

Out of site

Villagers block garbage route

Pay tax to get water

Count Your Carbon Footprints

If you are a resident of Hong Kong, or for that matter, Abu Dhabi or Doha, you have to admit that you have a much larger carbon footprint than …

Displaced by Disasters

In 2016, one person every second was forced to flee their home. Most of the disaster-related displacements recorded in 2016 were linked to …

Episode 1 New Vastu with Ashok B Lall: How to shade your windows for a cool home

The window is your immediate connection to Su-Urja or good energy. It is the source of daylight, it is the source of fresh air and the breeze …

Extreme Is The New Normal

The world has seen 16 record-breaking hottest years since 2000. In fact, global surface temperatures are already rising about 20 times faster …

Killer roads

India is committed to reduce the number of road accidents and fatalities by 50 per cent by 2020. However, road safety levels have taken a serious …

Debate: Should Indian government put a comprehensive ban on commercial surrogacy?

The surrogacy market in India is worth over US $2 billion. India is now planning to regulate this trade. The Surrogacy (Regulation) Bill, 2016, …

'Extreme' is new normal

It is time to accept that we are beginning to see the impact of climate change in the form of increased frequency and intensity of extreme …

Ayushman Bharat: Govt appeasing private interests

At an industry organised event, government representatives were seen appeasing concerns of private healthcare providers regarding the …

In Odisha, state’s monopoly on minor forest produce needs to end

State has to amend existing policies that violate Forest Rights Act 2006 and deprive locals of the ownership of minor forest produce

Why conservation is tricky

A collection of nine essays highlight the messy nature of conservation in post-reform India and unravels lesser-known species, habitats and …

Financing Fossil Fools

Africa has to build resilience to both energy and climate crisis, but analysis of public finance flowing to energy infrastructure in Africa from …

India's emission capitals

The national capital region of Delhi has the highest annual carbon footprint in the country. In fact, Delhi’s annual CO2 emission of 69.4 …

Can business save the Earth?

The private sector can help develop new products, services, and business models that minimise environmental impact while driving economic growth

Ganga's ebbs and flows - checking error

Mallet navigates the various issues, including culture, politics and practises that define the Ganga

Monsoon reaches Mumbai, brings waterlogging along with it

National Disaster Response Force teams have been deployed at various places, including Hindmata

State of India’s Environment (SoE) in Figures, 2018 is out

SoE in Figures is an annual compendium of environmental statistics put together by Down To Earth magazine

Changing face OF AFRICA

All five regions in Africa have been experiencing an increase in temperature. This trend is likely to worsen in the coming decades. There has …

Sanitation and well being

Women in rural areas face humiliation due to absence of safe bathing spaces. Can Swachh Bharat Mission address this issue?

First Food: Explore the food-nutrition-nature-livelihood connections

India is home to more than 7 per cent of world's biodiversity and people, whose lives intertwine with this biodiversity, have found ways to …

India’s biodiversity can help mitigate environmental threats

It is one of the 17 mega biodiversity rich countries and accounts for 7 to 8 per cent of the recorded species of the world