Simply Put: Destination Jamnagar
COM2024: Africa’s massive debt hurdle for development, ministers call for global financial architecture overhaul
Debt interest payments taking away large portion of revenue that could help achieve Sustainable Development Goals
Simply Put: The mystery of Earthlings
‘The Congo more climate-resilient than Amazonia? Jury is still out’
Down To Earth speaks to Elsa Ordway from UCLA about a 10-year study on the ecology of tropical forests in the Congo Basin and other parts of …
Extraction of raw materials could rise 60% by 2060 – and making mining ‘greener’ won’t stop the damage
The United Nations’ flagship Global Resources Outlook report, out on February 26, is the portrait of a juggernaut
We once killed 600,000 koalas in a year. Now they’re Australia’s ‘teddy bears’. What changed?
As many as 800,000 koalas were killed in Queensland in 1927 before the government reversed course
The 21st century lore of Atacama
A never before weather experience in Atacama Desert in Chile in 2017 was not a freak development, but part of a planetary level change sweeping …
Oil price shocks have a long history, but today’s situation may be the most complex ever
Three developments prior to Russia's attack on Ukraine had traders worried about looming scarcity
Refugees are living longer in exile than ever before, with complex consequences for them and their host communities
Without any systematic solutions to deal with migration and refugees, refugees continue to forge ahead without a clear direction.
America’s urban timber movement
Instead of turning trees in urban areas into mulch or sending them to the sawmill, US cities are harvesting them locally, lessening their carbon …
Hunger and Poverty in South Africa: The Hidden Faces of Food Insecurity
This book explores food insecurity as an issue of socioeconomic, political, cultural and environmental inequity and inequality.
The dark side of big data
Latest Facebook data breach episode is a reminder that rise of Big Data represents a massive engineering of society with ominous implications for …
Global Carbon Pricing: The Path to Climate Cooperation
After twenty-five years of failure, climate negotiations continue to use a “pledge and review” approach: countries pledge (almost …
Darwin's Walk and The Last Wave: Disappearing Landscapes, Declining Species
This book describes the reasons humankind may be facing its last moments on Planet Earth.
Defending Biodiversity: Environmental Science and Ethics
Environmentalists are called upon to defend their conservation efforts, yet most lack training in the ethical dimensions of conservation biology …
Talking heads
Agriculture ministers from key African countries speak to Down To Earth on strategies to make Africa food-sufficient once again
International community lauds China's efforts towards greening of Kubuqi Desert
Could the Sahara and Sahel initiative draw lessons from the Kubuqi International Desert Forum?
For environmental rights defenders, 2016 was the deadliest year on record
India emerged the fourth deadliest country in the world for land and environmental rights activists
How the COVID-19 curse has continued into Year 3
The world saw almost 121 million more confirmed cases in 2021, over 2020. The surge has continued into 2022, with the world recording its highest …
Last year saw the biggest drop in CO2 emissions; here’s why that’s not enough
Energy-related carbon dioxide emissions to grow 4.8% as the economy rebounds after COVID-19 pandemic: Global Energy Review 2021
Coronavirus update: Modi talks to India, has nothing much to say
PM makes it clear that free vaccination by Centre won’t be extended to those below 45
Road to measles elimination is predictable, but can be rocky
In 2019, Ukraine, Philippines, Madagascar, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and Venezuela and Brazil, recorded tens of thousands of measles …
Four years since killer quake, Nepal building homes and skills
A multi-pronged partnership is helping families recover in Gorkha district, central Nepal
World Earth Day: A new landscape on the horizon
Changes in the East African rift system suggest that the African continent could split into two
Is the pandemic over? We asked an economist, an education expert and a public health scholar their views
Pandemic or not, it is important to continue investing in the development of improved vaccines and bolstering the preparedness of the medical and …