74% Indians Support Wealth Tax On Super Rich, Climate Reforms: Survey
A survey has revealed that 68 percent of people in G20 countries, including 74 percent…
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Expanding Refugee Protection For A Changing Climate
The impacts of climate change and disasters on the displacement of people amount to one…
Experiments With Parametric Insurance To Cut Costs Of Disasters
State governments and organisations are increasingly experimenting with parametric insurance to cope with losses from…
Refugees In Transit Flee One Crisis For Another
Rohingya who sought refuge in Bangladesh are boarding boats to Indonesia. But with a new…
Climate Change May Worsen Floods In Mumbai And Chennai
For all flood-prone cities of India, there is an urgent need to develop flood inundation…
Once-Cool Kashmir Valley Offers Little Respite From Heatwaves
Nitin Jain, a resident of New Delhi, had travelled with his family to Kashmir to…
The Next Pandemic – Are We Better Prepared?
The international community’s recent failure to conclude a global pandemic agreement leaves large gaps in…
Is The Earth Really Getting Too Hot For People To Survive?
Many countries have seen extremely hot weather lately, but in most of the inhabited world,…
Busting 5 Myths About Eco-Friendly Eating
“Organic beef”, “GMO-free” and “100% natural” are just some of the countless claims designed to…
NREGA Plays Important Role In Forest Cover
A study based in Kangra, Himachal Pradesh, found that after a certain threshold, employment generation…
Water Shortage Feared As Snow In HKH Hits A Record Low
According to a new report, the Hindu Kush Himalaya is experiencing significantly lower snow persistence…
Climate Change Adds To Water Woes In The Andaman Islands
As clouds gathered on the horizon one morning in late May, the residents of Kadamtala…
Why The ICC Warrant Against Netanyahu Has Baffled The West
A US politician allegedly said the ICC was ‘built for Africa and thugs like Putin’…
India And Pak May Bicker, But Climate Disasters Won’t Wait
Pakistan-India relations are so often described as hostile that it is easy to lose track…
Finding A Faster, Cheaper Way To Curb Misinfo
The spread of misinformation and disinformation is the most severe short-term risk facing the world,…
Delhi LG’s Nod To Prosecute Author Arundhati Roy Under UAPA
Delhi Lt Governor V.K. Saxena has accorded sanction to prosecute author Arundhati Roy and a…
Focus On Declaring War Criminals Can Leave Victims Behind
The journey to justice in the international criminal court is long and complex, and the…
Obituary: A ‘Giant’ In Conservation Is No More
Indian ecologist and wildlife biologist, AJT Johnsingh, died on June 7. In this obituary, Johnsingh’s…
Can Sustainable Strategies Quell The Problem Of Microplastics?
India knows it has a plastic waste problem, but the urgency and coordination to meaningfully…
Gaza War Is Not A Failure Of International Law
Action from the world’s top courts against leaders of Israel and Hamas has proven we…
Kolkata’s Overlooked Air Pollution Crisis
Delhi’s air pollution problems often receive global attention, but Kolkata’s air quality often ranks among…
How To Build A Circular Economy
Microfactories, an innovative approach to extracting value from waste materials, point the way to sustainable…
Modi’s Election Slip A Watershed Moment For Indian Politics
During a recent undergraduate class, a student posed a question that has now assumed political…
Identity And Disordered Eating Among Women In India
“Look how thin she is, she is so weak (bahut kamzor, bahut patli hai), she…
Pawar Questions If Modi Has Mandate For Third Term As PM
Even as Prime Minister Narendra Modi has taken oath of office for a third successive…