Global plastic profiles: CSE groups nations on the 5 Rs. What are they?

The principles of ‘Reduce, Reuse, Refill, Repair, Refurbish’ foster a shift away from single-use plastics towards a more …

Global plastic profiles: Here is how CSE grouped countries on product design and performance

Addressing product design and performance is critical for transitioning away from plastic pollution

Global plastic profiles: India has a single-use plastic problem. What about other countries?

In the negotiations to end plastic pollution, addressing problematic and avoidable plastic products, particularly single-use items, is a top …

Global plastic profiles: How are nations addressing safety concerns regarding ‘chemicals and polymers of concern’?

By focusing on chemicals and polymers of concern, negotiations for a future instrument to end plastic pollution aim to safeguard ecosystems and …

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (April 17, 2024)

Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal  

Plastic-free planet: 3Rs of managing waste, addressing plastic pollution crisis at source come up at INC-3

Sharing of technology between developed and developing countries among concerns raised

Hiroshima Day 2023: The global footprint of nuclear fallout

Nearly 8 decades since the nuclear age started, people around the world, not to mention the flora and fauna, have all been exposed to radioactive …

Nuclear fusion breakthrough: Decades of research still needed before fusion can be used as clean energy

Regardless of the efficiency of a future fusion power plant, taking energy conversions from basic science to the real world will require …

World Environment Day 2023: Access to reusable menstrual products crucial in addressing pollution, health hazards

Some studies suggest that around 12.3 billion sanitary pads end up in landfills in India annually

CSE-DTE at Ottawa: Where does India stand in the global plastic treaty talks? An explainer

New Delhi’s position is largely unchanged from INC-3 in Nairobi, although it has introduced some new arguments; it is also trying to …

Plastic’s toxic trail: The curious case of India’s petrochemical refineries

India’s legislations do not mandate it to create a baseline health assessment of the population before setting up factories with the …

World Earth Day 2024: Global network presents solutions for cutting down plastic use in food chain

Slow Food Earth Markets around the world suggest steps undertaken by it to reduce plastics in their food systems

Run-up to Ottawa: We, who suffer most due to plastics, must not be overlooked in talks, say indigenous peoples

Activists want negotiators to focus on a human rights-based approach as they deliberate on a plastics treaty; this includes centering knowledge, …

Plastic, the forever pollutant

From production to usage to disposal, it is a threat to those who come in its contact 

Microplastics and nanoplastics are an emerging threat to cardiovascular health

Their small size enables easy absorption & distribution, allowing them to penetrate highly vascularised organs like the heart

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (April 8, 2024)

Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal

Plastic-free planet: No consensus on intersessional work on INC-3 last day; revised zero draft to form basis of next session

INC-4 to be hosted by Ottawa, Canada in a few months; INC-5 by Busan, South Korea in November 2024

UNEA-6: Reuse should be central component of legally binding treaty on plastics, say speakers

Panelists at side event held on first day of meet hope an agreement is reached quickly

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (January 25, 2024)

Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal  

Champions of the Earth 2023: UN’s highest green honour celebrates innovative solutions to beat plastic pollution

The Champions of the Earth have been announced even as nations prepare to meet in Nairobi to discuss a globally binding plastic treaty  

Zero draft of global treaty to end plastic pollution released ahead of Nairobi meet

Member States will be invited to start INC-3 negotiations in Nairobi on the basis of the zero draft text

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (August 23, 2023)

Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal

Africa’s ambitious journey towards renewable energy – the ifs & buts

Sub-Saharan African countries have weak regulatory environments for RE growth as most of these policies are either very technology-specific or in …

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (August 4, 2023)

Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal  

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (July 24, 2023)

Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal