Climate crisis: Temperatures in Europe increase more than twice global average
Europe presents a live picture of a warming world and reminds us that even well prepared societies are not safe from impacts of extreme weather events
Run-up to COP27: Nigerians count losses as recurring floods ravage country
Annual floods adversely impact Nigerian farmers and will likely hamper the country’s food security in the next 3 months
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (October 13, 2022)
Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal
Achieving green steel: How India can bridge the gaps to decarbonise the sector
A clean steel sector in eastern India can become essential for the country's transition to green steel
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (September 23, 2022)
The Greenwashers: Big Oil’s words and actions on climate emergency do not match, says study
Such companies spend huge sums of money to portray themselves as proactive on climate action; but their measures to reduce climate change are …
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (September 1, 2022)
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (August 1, 2022)
Down To Earth brings you top environmental cases heard in Supreme Court, high courts & National Green Tribunal
NGT upholds rights of pastoralists in Banni grasslands, wants encroachments removed
The court highlighted the lack of coordination between revenue and forest departments for the problem
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (March 20, 2020)
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (March 19, 2020)
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (March 18, 2020)
Adaptation and Vulnerability: On the receiving end
Those least responsible for climate change are on the receiving end of most of its effects. The North has a responsibility to assist in adaptation.
Factsheet: Will the developed world meet their Kyoto Protocol target?
A report by the Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency says the developed world will meet their Kyoto Protocol target and blames India and …
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (October 11, 2019)
Court Digest: Major environment hearings of the week (September 30-October 4)
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&…
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (September 24, 2019)
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (September 18, 2019)
Punjab, Haryana among the states with least forest cover; the problem runs deep
Are we ignoring the mounting ecological deficit that the country accumulates year after year?
US proposes to subsidise coal and nuclear power plants, calls them ‘reliable’
The proposed rulemaking is meant to subsidise and salvage coal power plants at the cost of renewable energy sector
Countries are progressing too slowly on green growth, says OECD
No country is performing well on all green growth dimensions and most of the countries studied are yet to fully disconnect economic growth from …
What is a pre-industrial climate and why does it matter?
Different definitions of pre-industrial and natural climate make it harder to synthesise the results from individual studies
`Bioregionalism could become a global movement'
French architect Didier Prost is an advocate of bioregionalism, which calls for a renewed focus on local people and knowledge to innovate for …
Why I would not advocate vegetarianism
Meat eating is not the key issue, it is the amount that is consumed and the manner in which it is produced. This is where India differs.
Defining High Ambient Temperature crucial to HFC phase-down
A population weighted effective temperature model is being recommended by experts at the 37th Open-Ended Working Group meeting in Geneva