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Contours Of Inequality

Global estimates of the unmet energy needs in India have been available for some time. These only indicate whether the shoe pinches, if at all. In a new series of analyses ...

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World's Major Cities Must Unite Against Climate Change

United States: Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo urged the world's major cities Thursday to unite in the fight against climate change. Stressing that half the world's population isn...

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Saving the poor

It was a curious irony. The same day Gabriel Garcia Marquez died, I met another famous Latin writer-the prolific and talented Isabel Allende-giving a talk at a friend&rsquo...

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Environment: Clear the air on green clearances

The new government needs to bring in second-generation reforms for environment which can strike a balance between the need for economic development and rights of a local co...

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India rising to Sustainable Energy challenge

Three very different sustainable energy projects from India are among the finalists in this year’s Ashden Awards, writes Chhavi Sharma – all of them inspiring a...

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Climate change affects health, shelter

Climate change affects the social and environmental determinants of health clean air, safe drinking water, sufficient food and secure shelter. Global warming that has occur...

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India needs to invest $834 billion for lower carbon emissions by 2030

India will have to invest $834 billion in the two decades ending 2030 to reduce its emission intensity to gross domestic product by 42 per cent over 2007 levels, according ...

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Solar winds increase lightning strikes on earth

A new study suggests that lightning on earth is triggered by energy particles from the Sun. Now, researchers at Reading University have discovered a link between increased ...

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A future of thirst: Water crisis lies on the horizon

The next time your throat is as dry as a bone and the Sun is beating down, take a glass of clean, cool water. Savour it. Sip by sip. Vital and appreciated as that water is,...

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Leaders From Three Continents Join Fellowship To Bring New, Local Perspectives On International Development To Global Dialogue

“This year’s class of fellows is an impressive crowd that will match the incredible work we saw in the first class of New Voices,” said Andrew Quinn, dire...

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