Cities
How Air Pollution Could Be Harming Your Brain
Kasra Zarei According to one expert, “The risk of air pollution on the brain is a much broader risk factor than we’ve given it […]
Category: Sustainable Development
Environment
Damming Brahmaputra: With mega-dam plans, China might end up hurting itself more than India
The true idea of a river is not of a single stream of water between two banks, but a nervous system of watery arteries […]
Sustainable Business
Countries intend to increase fossil fuel production while research says it needs to be limited by 6% per year
Countries plan to increase their fossil fuel production over the next decade, even as research shows that the world needs to decrease production by […]
Biodiversity
Forests or plantations: What can heal an ailing earth? These indigenous women have some conservation tips
RANJAN PANDA & PRAGATI PRAVA While trees are important to enrich all forms of ecosystems, there have been criticisms from various sections of society and […]
Biodiversity
WWF commissioned report acknowledges human rights abuses in WWF projects
WWF published ‘Embedding Human Rights into Nature Conservation: from Intent to Action’, a report from an Independent Panel it commissioned last year to review […]
Aid
What makes it Difficult to Evaluate Projects Ex-post: Lessons from WWF
Jindra Cekan The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) generously shared lessons from two ex-posts and in particular what they felt should not have been done in terms […]
Sustainable Business
Climate Action Nonprofit Launches ‘Clean Creatives’ Campaign Aimed at Pressuring PR and Ad Firms to Cut Ties With Fossil Fuel Clients
Julia Conley A new campaign unveiled this weekend by the nonprofit organization Fossil Free Media aims to expand on the goals of the fossil fuel divestment […]
Biodiversity
Battle of the bugs: on wings of climate change
Priti David/PARI India is seeing huge declines in native insect species – several of them tied closely to our food security. But it’s hard […]
Biodiversity
‘CSI Amazon’: Epic study looks at what’s killing the rain-forest’s trees
Liz Kimbrough A newly published study in the journal Nature Communications provides insight into the patterns driving tree death in the Amazon and may help scientists […]
Aid
Create open data culture to feed hungry world – experts
Fiona Broom The world’s ability to feed its growing — and increasingly hungry — population will depend on a culture of openness in research and data sharing, a […]
Biodiversity
Community restores private forests for sustainable future in India
Deepanwita Gita Niyogi Private forest owners have been restoring degraded lands, improving green cover and livelihood opportunities. The initiative helps in biodiversity conservation and […]
Sustainable Business
Argentine provinces clash over a new large-scale dam
Damian Profeta Downstream provinces challenge the Portezuelo del Viento dam over the reduction of water availability After fits and starts that date back to […]