‘It is not just a nuclear risk, but a climate risk’

Jan Haverkamp, a nuclear expert of Greenpeace (Central and Eastern Europe), spoke to Down To Earth on about Akademik Lomonosov — the first …

Arctic rivers continue to melt more and more every summer, says report

The Arctic Report Card for 2018 notes that this provides powerful evidence for the intensification of the Arctic hydrologic cycle

Why Russia pulled out of its grain deal with Ukraine — and what that means for the global food system

Ukrainian grain is important for feeding the world and the the Black Sea is a vital route to getting it to people who need it.

Wisent: Ukraine war could wreck efforts to save and rewild Europe’s great wild bovid, say new study authors

Parts of Poland, Ukraine, western Russia, parts of the Balkans and Germany most appropriate to rewild wisent

Simply Put: Becoming a Russian Bear

Russia has turned the Dnipro into a major weapon of war: Paul Josephson

Down To Earth speaks to specialist in Soviet and Russian history about the impact of two years of the Russian invasion of Ukraine on the Dnipro river

Why is a wisent herd in Ukraine on the brink of extinction? Can matchmaking save them?

The Russian invasion of Ukraine has decimated the population of male wisent in the Zalissia National Nature Park; translocating two …

Oil hypocrisy: Countries that imposed crude oil sanctions on Russia used India, others as ‘laundromats’ for refined products

Two Gujarat ports exported the highest seaborne refined oil to Price Cap Coalition countries  

Everyone exposed to shock waves of war; largest cost-of-living crisis: UN

In South Asia, more than 0.5 billion affected by Russia-Ukraine war’s impacts on food, finance 

Russia-Ukraine conflict pushing world towards clean energy, finds World Energy Outlook 2022

Switch to renewables means natural gas no longer a viable transition fuel

Will climate action be a casualty?

Have we learnt the lessons on the impact of burning fossil fuels yet?

A year of war: Step back from the brink, Guterres urges at UN General Assembly special session on Ukraine

Some 20,000 civilians and many soldiers are dead and countless more injured, while eight million refugees have spread across Europe and beyond  

Ukraine War: CERN has shortened runs; policy on publications involving Russian scientists ‘very soon’, says expert

We would like to remain neutral to keep science above politics, senior scientist at the CERN lab said

FAO acknowledges Indian wheat exports helped in reducing April inflation

There has been some relief in inflation in April according to the Food Price Index of the FAO, released May 6; this relief has been seen in …

Roasted North: Why record-shattering heatwaves are burning the northern hemisphere

The heatwaves in the northern hemisphere are now frequent, early, intense and last longer as seen in Siberia last year and North America this year

How India fared environmentally: State of India’s Environment 2023 In Figures

High fertiliser prices shock farmers even as ministry denies shortage reports

Farmers in different states have protested against unavailability of fertilisers

Why is there a wheat crisis in Pakistan?

Experts say that the crisis has been caused by several reasons, the first being the Russia-Ukraine war

Run-up to COP27: LDCs want clear process to bridge $100 billion fund gap, loss & damage finance structure

Manjeet Dhakal, advisor to the LDC chair, talks about challenges faced by disadvantaged countries & their agenda for CoP27

Food for all to free for all: The collateral of Russia vs Ukraine

Russia-Ukraine war has razed global agriculture system, once sold as the magic formula. It led to concentration of food production in a few …

South Asia to see slower growth as war in Ukraine impedes recovery: World Bank

The region is projected to grow by 6.6 per cent in 2022 and by 6.3 per cent in 2023, according to the World Bank’s latest report

2023: Cheer for dissent and dialogue  

We have to recognise that an alternative exists  

Number of people forcibly displaced crossed 100 million in 2022: UNDP

Climate change could displace over 200 million people by 2050

8 million women and girls require urgent humanitarian aid in Ukraine amid 2 years of conflict

Gender-based violence, including conflict-related sexual violence and human trafficking, has surged: UN Women

World food commodity prices at highest level ever

Russian invasion of Ukraine, unfavourable weather continue to fuel food prices northwards