Dealing with the deluge
Floods are becoming more unusual in scale and severity. It is time we shifted our focus from flood relief to flood governance
Underprivileged, but not underachievers
From austerity to affliction, these children have seen them all. Yet, they haven’t allowed these adversities to dwarf their determination
Infants without safeguards
If all the countries are to reach at least 90 per cent coverage for routine life-saving vaccinations, 9.9 million additional children would need …
DROUGHT BUT WHY? How India can fight the scourge by abandoning drought relief
During 2014-2017 India was shaken by severe spells of drought that hit over 500 million people across geographical regions. Unlike in the past, …
Hunger can't wait any longer
It is a constant and chronic pain gnawing at people in Africa In the sub-Saharan region, 33 out of 38 countries have 'serious' or 'alarming' …
Spiralling Temperature: Seasonal Warming Trends in India
In the winter of 2016-17, the mean temperature was 2.95°C higher than the 1901-1930 baseline – the warmest in recorded history. In …
Spiralling Temperature: Annual Warming Trends in India
Annual mean temperature in India has rapidly increased since 1995. At this rate of increase, it will breach the 1.5°C mark within the next …
Climate Talkies
In 1992 Rio Earth Summit, the agreement to combat climate change was whittled down and targets were removed. All this was done to bring the US on …
Importance of staying in the Paris Agreement
The Paris Agreement mandates that developed countries would continue to take lead in reduction of greenhouse gases
Five States: Too many concerns, too few commitments
The 2017 Assembly elections across five states—Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Punjab, Goa and Manipur-have brought to the surface the …
Environment Reader for Universities
The book is totally based on the UGC syllabus for environmental studies for undergraduates; and it comes to you from CSE, an NGO whose primary …
Living Skeletons
While prolonged drought and untimely floods destroyed crops, the emerging food crisis has often become a full-scale humanitarian disaster due to …
Dirty air and mortality: the insidious link
Exposure to PM2.5 accounted for about 4.2 million deaths from heart disease and stroke, lung cancer, chronic lung disease and respiratory …
Engulfed in Toxins: Delhi Citizens fight against Okhla Waste to Energy Plant
Since 2009, the residents of Sukhdev Vihar, a residential colony in Delhi, have been fighting against a waste-to-energy plant that uses dirty …
Finding a way through prolonged haze and policy maze
As cities around the world saw smog-ridden days and unabated carbon emission in 2016, Down To Earth looks into the scale of problem and solutions …
Living Dead
More than three decades after the Bhopal gas leak killed a few thousand people and affected about 500,000 others, the struggle continues for …
Why the US should quit the Paris Agreement
Trump's presidency would be extremely detrimental to the Agreement and destroy the climate convention negotiated over the past 25 years
Climate Catastrophe and Resilience
About 11,000 extreme weather events killed more than 528,000 people and caused economic losses of around US$ 3.08 trillion between 1996 and 2015. …
Seeds of green culture
from shoes made of old tyres in Ghana to roads built from recycled plastic in Kenya, 20 environment friendly start-ups from developing countries …
The return of Avian Flu
Bird flu returned to haunt India, only a month after the country was declared free from avian influenza (H5N1) on September 5, 2016
Auto-makers asked to give details of pollution levels in India
Road Transport ministry in a bid to curb vehicular pollution has asked auto manufacturers to furnish all the details of air pollutants as well as …
23 countries just got energy efficiency report cards - and they're almost all flunking
The most valuable tool we have to meet the world’s growing energy demand while reducing greenhouse gas production could be figuring out how …
The world at risk
When roads are no longer passable and bridges are destroyed, last-mile delivery of aid to disaster-hit people becomes a challenge
Asiatic lions left in the lurch
The Centre has refused to grant any money for long-term lion conservation, citing lack of funds