Justice eludes for more than three decades
32 years after the Bhopal gas tragedy, the survivors still fight the aftermath of the industrial disaster and government apathy
Rare privilege of reflection
In India, there are so many things that need to be done and all to be done yesterday. How do you choose your priority?
Conflicts of Interest: My Journey through India’s Green Movement
One of India’s foremost environmentalists, Sunita Narain gives a personal account of her battles as part of the country’s Green …
An idea that lasted
CSE and DTE have continued the tradition of bringing out an annual report card on the environment for four decades; the latest edition has …
Games people play
Institutions that would help resolve conflicts and take credible decisions have been weakened
Human empathy is our politics
This year, Down To Earth turns 31 years old. We have promises to keep. And keep them we will
Justice eludes
So many years later, the victims have to still struggle for medical support, rehabilitation, compensation and environmental remediation
पर्यावरण की चुनौती से संकट तो बढ़ा, लेकिन समावेश का अवसर भी मिला
सेंटर फॉर साइंस एनवायरमेंट (सीएसई) को 2018 को इंदिरा शांति पुरस्कार दिया गया। इस मौके पर सीएसई की महानिदेशक सुनीता नारायण द्वारा दिया गया ...
The past about to return
The US-China rivalry will lead to more competition, paving a comeback for a ’brown agenda’ we can ill afford
The plastic cycle
Will the world’s anti-plastic movement succeed? Or will it once again succumb to a new set of technology “fixits”
The Earth for you
If we do not have independent and credible sources of information, we cannot even begin to move towards resolution
Why I should be tolerant
In this exclusive extract from the book, Narain says the most powerful nations would like to believe there is no other side. So, there is no …
स्थानीयकरण की दस्तक
2017 में हमें निरंकुश उपभोक्तावाद पर टिके विकास के मॉडल पर विचार करना चाहिए। गरीबों की छोड़िए, ये अमीरों के भी काम का भी ...
Resource literacy of the poor
We must invest in economies of poor, build capacities so they can withstand & overcome calamity
विज्ञान का कपट
इस बात के प्रमाण हैं कि यह रसायन जहरीला है फिर भी सरकारें इस पर प्रतिबंध लगाने से क्यों हिचक रही हैं? आखिर हम ...
India’s population question
Population per se is not the determinant of environmental problems; it is their consumption pattern that leads to environmental degradation
Pollution’s underbelly
We have to change this cycle of destruction, where we shift our consumption to poorer regions where pollution does not matter
बड़ी समस्याओं के लिए बड़े उपाय
पड़ोसी राज्यों पंजाब, हरियाणा और उत्तर प्रदेश में फसलों को जलाने की समस्या आ गई है। इस समस्या का समाधान मुमकिन है। यह समस्या ...
Future is in our hands
We can make or break it, depending on whether we stand up and are counted or let markets drive democracies
Bhopal must never be forgotten, indeed must be fixed
Bhopal gas tragedy exposed how systems of corporate liability remain grossly inadequate in a world that uses high-risk technology
Missing: One-third of India’s recorded forests
25.87 million hectares: That is the size of forest missing from the latest assessment of India’s green cover. Does this land exist? Is it …
विश्व पर्यावरण दिवस 2021: महामारी में पर्यावरण की फिक्र
कोविड-19 वैश्विक महामारी के इस भयावह दौर में विश्व पर्यावरण दिवस की तार्किकता बयान करता सुनीता नारायण का आलेख
Time for new environmentalism
Wishing all our readers a happy World Environment Day, with the hope that the world will continue to work towards paying more than mere lip …
Men in black
Carbon market has the potential to unlock billions of dollars for countries in the Global South. But is this voluntary carbon market working for …
स्टॉकहोम सिंड्रोम: 50 साल का जश्न मनाते वक्त विचार करना जरूरी
स्टॉकहोम सम्मेलन की 50वीं वर्षगांठ का उत्सव हमारे साझे भविष्य के बारे में होना चाहिए, अतीत के विभाजनों पर नहीं