Dying for water

It is unfortunate that the conflicts arising over water issues are dealth with by force

Smogging 'em out

The price of power

As political parties, environmentalist banner-holders and indigenous industries cry themselves hoarse over the entry of the Cogentrix facility, …

Hot air?

Agenda 21, formulated during the Rio Summit in June 1992, was touted as an earth-saving measure by the leaders of more than 100 participatory …

One step back

Under pressure from the industry, the Australian government relaxes petrol and diesel emission standards

That 'E' word again

Most Northern groups that dominate the civil society opinion-making process within the climate convention have consistently ignored Southern …

Wishful thinking

The finance minister's budget speech has come and gone. As analysts sit down to shred it to bits, Down To Earth looks at a wish list of …

Bonn and beyond

The climate change meeting at Bonn tentatively agreed to postpone resolution of issues

Caught guessing

The world loves a rogue

Children of war: the real casualties are the poor and the marginalised

Terms of un-endearment

What should be the new terms of engagement?

'Green Party’s rise is a response to the rise of nasty populist movements'

Newly-elected Member of European Parliament from the British Green Party, Catherine Rowett speaks to Down To Earth about the significance of the …

Wooing the opposition

US diplomacy carries home another offering to please their Senate -- an agreement on energy and climate change with China

Simply Put: At our doorstep

Politics is a party

A friendship cemented by climate change

India and USA have signed a statement to strengthen cooperation on clean energy 

Fun with wool

Blog>> Politics • France

Yes sir, no sir

Read my lips. No, no, no

A flip and a flop

James Bong

Mass protests protect Hong Kong’s legal autonomy from China – for now

If the "One country, two systems" falls, what remains of Hong Kong’s democracy will go down with it

The US environmental movement needs a new message

Most Americans care about the environment, but they didn't vote that way this year. Two political scientists urge the movement to build better …

Beyond home

Bill Clinton's absence from the Copenhagen summit on social development underscores the post-Cold War parochialism that has gripped the American …

Jobs and the environment