Cities
Let’s not make Cape Town face of our water future
Mega cities, the face of aspiration and progress of the modern world, have a bad news in Cape Town that has become the face […]
Category: Environment
Biodiversity
Dhrubajyoti Ghosh, saviour of the East Kolkata Wetlands, believed in people and not policies
The environmentalist, who died on Friday, fought his battle as a bureaucrat, researcher, academic, public intellectual and activist It was only 10 years ago. […]
Biodiversity
Walking across India as a Woman – Moving Upstream
Nupur Agarwal This is a guest blog by Nupur Agarwal. She had joined our Moving Upstream project and walked with us for almost 400 kms from Bijnor, […]
Aid
Climate finance and sustainable development go hand-in-hand
To ensure the proper delivery of climate funds, strictly following the top-down approach is required for effective coordination among policy-makers and implementers The Paris […]
Data & Reports
Common products, like perfume, paint and printer ink, are polluting the atmosphere
Jenny Fisher and Kathryn Emmerson Researchers found that ignoring volatile organic compounds from chemical products had significant impacts on predictions of air quality. In outdoor environments, […]
Biodiversity
Safeguarding our oceans through sustainable seafood
Almost half of the seafood we eat comes from farms. For fish farming (aquaculture) to hold its promise to meet our future food demands, […]
Environment
Could A Rare, Deadly ‘Superbug’ Fungus Be Gaining A Foothold?
David Thill, Medill News Service The number of U.S. patients infected with a rare but dangerous fungal “superbug” called Candida auris has climbed quickly […]
Climate
China commits to Arctic protections but development threats loom
Chen Jiliang Can China’s new Arctic policy protect the region’s delicate ecology? Chen Jiliang takes a look China has long been involved in Arctic affairs and […]
Disasters
What southern Africa can learn from other countries about adapting to drought
Andrew Slaughter and Sukhmani Mantel Some arid countries have been forced to develop novel technologies and strategies to survive extremely dry conditions. Australia and Israel, for […]
Aid
Environment and climate change gets short shrift in India’s budget
Soumya Sarkar, Juhi Chaudhary & Sapna Gopal Allocations for renewable energy and environment in India’s federal budget have left both the clean energy sector […]
Biodiversity
Humans need to learn to co-exist with wildfires. Here’s how we can do it.
Kendra R Chamberlain An assessment concept called the home ignition zone (HIZ) helps homeowners determine how vulnerable their home is to wildfire by looking […]
Biodiversity
Indonesian ruling rings alarms over criminalization of environmental defenders
Hans Nicholas Jong A court in Indonesia has sentenced an anti-mine activist to 10 months in jail on a rarely used charge of promoting […]
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