Social cost of CO2 emission
India’s country-level social cost of carbon emission was estimated to be the highest at $86 per tonne of CO2. It means the Indian economy …
Is ‘chocapocalypse’ looming? Why we need to understand what’s at stake
Even though developed markets are at the forefront of chocolate indulgence, future growth opportunities could be elsewhere
How lifestyle changes can address sleep disorders
Changes in lifestyle like avoiding caffeine before going to bed can address sleep disorders that impair physical, psychological and social …
Rural poor yet to see benefits of improving sanitation in Tanzania
Open defecation has reduced from 20% in 2012 to 5% in 2017 but benefits have largely gone to the rich
Deforestation, change in crop pattern, direct fallout of China’s pork push
The globe’s largest pork market and industry is changing itself and others in its mission to produce huge amounts of the meat
‘Columbus Day is the celebration of genocide’
October 12 is when the United States celebrates Christopher Columbus making landfall in the Caribbean in his 3 caravels. A ‘cacique’ (…
The Progress of This Storm: Nature and Society in a Warming World
In a world careening towards climate chaos, nature is dead. It can no longer be separated from society.
Paying the Carbon Price: The Subsidisation of Heavy Polluters Under Emissions Trading Schemes
Paying the Carbon Price analyses the practice of freely allocating permits in Emissions Trading Schemes (ETSs)
Exploiting the Wilderness: An Analysis of Wildlife Crime
Illegally harvested ivory and endangered plants, mammals, reptiles, birds, and even insects are easily found for sale throughout East and …
Large businesses; larger emission footprints
Out of 250 largest emitters, India's state-owned company, Coal India, topped the list with largest GHG emission - 2076.2 million tonnes. Besides …
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
The new '100% effective' Ebola vaccine owes a debt to the scientists who beat smallpox
The final trials of the first effective Ebola vaccine show it's safe to use against an outbreak
Fidel Castro: A champion of public health
Few would dispute the outstanding successes the Cuban healthcare system has achieved since Fidel and his comrades led the country’s …
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 …
Four new elements added to periodic table
These elements with atomic numbers 113, 115, 117 and 118 were all synthesised in laboratories
Uncanny truth about germs
Building immunity may be a matter of keeping company with microbes, argue some immunologists
Interrogating sustainable cities
The concept of sustainable cities can be a confused one when it attempts to cater to all interests
Can science explain blue skin of Lord Krishna?
Religion interprets blue skin as the aura of a spiritual body; science considers it a rare genetic disorder