Sunita Narain
 "Sunita Narain")
Sunita Narain
Sunita Narain is an Indian environmentalist and the director general of the Centre for Science and Environment. She is also the editor of Down To Earth and was awarded the Stockholm Water Prize in 2005 for her work in promoting water literacy.
Sunita Narain is an Indian environmentalist and the director general of the Centre for Science and Environment. She is also the editor of Down To Earth and was awarded the Stockholm Water Prize in 2005 for her work in promoting water literacy.
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Rethink the way we grow food
The fact is that the European farming system, which epitomises modern agriculture as we know it today, has survived only because of massive subsidy
 "Rethink the way we grow food")
Trade rules for the planet and people
The Indian government has announced fiscal incentives for solar cell and module manufacture and imposed higher import duties on Chinese products
 "Trade rules for the planet and people")
ATM agriculture requires imagination
In this agriculture, conventional science is turned upside down
 "ATM agriculture requires imagination")
COP 28: Changing the narrative
Targeting coal means shifting the burden of the transition to countries that cannot afford even dirty energy to meet the needs of their people
 "COP 28: Changing the narrative")
Dark underbelly of carbon trade
World leaders need to learn from the mistakes of the voluntary carbon market so that this new market mechanism does not repeat them
 "Dark underbelly of carbon trade")
Triple jeopardy in health
This is not all. Not only are we not conserving the existing stock of medicines, the drug pipeline for new antibiotics is drying up, or has done so already
 "Triple jeopardy in health")
The impact of food on climate
The problem is that there are two distinct agricultural worlds
 "The impact of food on climate")
Thus begins our season of despair
We must not slip into believing that fixing this mess is beyond our control. Then there is no way ahead. This would be the ultimate tragedy
 "Thus begins our season of despair")
Climate change: It's all about money
Down to earth
 "Climate change: It's all about money")
Our population question
There is no doubt that more people will need more resources to survive. But it cannot be argued that population growth is an indicator of the resultant environmental degradation
 "Our population question")
Reinvent tiger conservation
The new conservation agenda should not revolve around tiger versus tribal
 "Reinvent tiger conservation")
Getting out of fossils
Unless finances are proportionate to the need, the transition to clean energy is a tough proposition, especially in countries where energy affordability is critical
 "Getting out of fossils")
Coal vs gas, or coal and gas?
Coal is bad, and so is natural gas, when it comes to climate change. Then why is it that the Western world, which has to date built its economy on dirty coal, is now wedded to gas as its dream fuel?
Joshimath: A well-engineered calamity
We have completely lost the ability to plan keeping in mind the ecological uniqueness of the region
Fast forward to 2023
The second overwhelming trend of 2022 is the impact of climate change
COP27: A mirage in the desert
We cannot be parties to this procrastination and lack of intent
The routine air pollution crisis
The fact is Delhi is also part of the pollution problem - its sources of combustion add to the pollution of neighbouring states and theirs to Delhi
Where communities plant trees
Every day, without fail, a group of four women takes the responsibility to walk and to ensure that nobody fells trees there. They fight with intruders; they confiscate their axes and bicycles
New energy conundrum
It is not just a moral imperative, but a pre-requisite for a world that has a chance to keep the spiralling temperatures within check
Water-wisdom for climate change
We need to scale up our work to invest in local water systems to capture every drop of rain so that we can build local resilience against drought
 "Water-wisdom for climate change")
