Global climate finance flows for 2015-16 increased by 17%: UN report
The report highlights that a large part of climate finance continues to go towards efforts to curb greenhouse gas emissions
SEBI’s green and blue bonds: Are they the sustainable finance that India needs?
Developing countries like India are more likely to be affected by the climate crises; financial institutions will play a crucial role in such a …
A greenwash?
Will the Centre's first-of-its-kind Green Credit Programme Implementation Rules 2023 be a winner?
From Australia to El Salvador to Vietnam, the environment is finally getting its day in court
Specialised environmental courts are now operating on every continent except Antarctica. What’s behind the boom?
Leg up for green bonds amid record sustainable debt in 2020
Sustainable debt worth $732 billion issued globally; $305 billion of that in green bonds
Why National Green Tribunal is not as powerful as UK Environment Agency
One of NGT's limitations is the ‘lack of environmental finesse’ of its expert members
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (May 31, 2019)
Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal
India ranks third in the world in the LEED Green Building rankings
The rank can be a powerful tool in the country's efforts for the 100 Smart Cities initiative
Will India have its green moment in politics?
The fact that these issues are still remote from our understanding is evidenced by a survey which revealed that more than 74% people between the …
Supreme Court stays Centre’s amendment to NGT appointment rules
A bench led by Chief Justice Dipak Misra issued the order in response to a petition filed by Congress MP Jairam Ramesh
Green bonds, banks can boost India’s clean energy market
India needs Rs 17.5 trillion to finance clean energy projects in order to ramp up its capacity to 160 GW by 2022
Centre proposes draft rules for Green Credit Programme
The programme will incentivise individuals & organisations to take positive actions for the environment
Innovative finance mechanisms can scale up clean cooking
Developing countries should integrate clean cooking into their Nationally Determined Contributions to address climate change
Over $1 trillion needed by 2030 to put world on track to reach net-zero by 2050
Unless much strong action than current investment levels is taken, energy-related CO2 emissions in emerging economies will grow by five billion …
Home made leave-in conditioner using flax seeds with Kirti Negi Bajoria
Making your own personal hygiene products is easier than you think. Kirti Negi Bajoria, a professional who is on a sabbatical, makes a lot of …
Green Revolution lab Jaunti shows agriculture in crisis now
Five decades after the green revolution, Down To Earth visited the village from where it all started, to assess the agrarian crisis …
Will Paul Ehrlich's prediction finally come true?
The Green Revolution may have prevented the fate that was forecasted for a world bursting at the seams and unable to feed itself. But unlimited …
Concrete in Extreme Environments
Contemporary events have shown that buildings designed to modern day codes need to be able to resist accidental extreme actions such as impact, …
Environment-Friendly Products-Adapt Green Now: Green Marketing
Economic growth via production and consumption threatens peaceful life of human beings on the earth
Green Grades: Can Information Save the Earth?
Consumers are confronted with a confusing array of environmental ratings on products that range from refrigerators to shampoos. Is the …
Construction boom will make cities unliveable: Centre for Science and Environment
Non-profit calls for support for green buildings programmes which should not be reduced to a sham to protect realty profits
Worrisome trend: Every third climate case yields unfavourable outcome
The highest number of climate litigations were filed from Latin America and the Caribbean
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (September 20, 2019)
US engineers design heating patches that can be sewn into clothes
They claim the patches can replace heating systems and save 47 % of global energy used for indoor heating
Climate change will cost cities twice as much as rest of the world
Cities act as “heat islands” when natural vegetation is replaced by heat-capturing surfaces such as concrete, asphalt and glass