Climate change discussion: Paris Accord and beyond, what is the road to COP26 Glasgow?
It has been five years since COP21 that led to the signing of the historic Paris Accord. But in the last five years there has been more talk and less action.
It has been five years since COP21 that led to the signing of the historic Paris Accord. But in the last five years there has been more talk and less action.
CSE investigated this and found that manufacturers in China are openly selling High Fructose syrups which they claim can pass the C3 and C4 tests, tests that are mandated by India's FSSAI.
Is taking back unused and expired on of the way to stop the spread of antimicrobial resistance? Jackie Miamin, Chief Executive Officer,
Down to Earth is Science and Environment fortnightly published by the Society for Environmental Communication, New Delhi.
Unscientific animal rearing has become one of the main reasons for antimicrobial resistance or AMR.
The global strategy to stop AMR or antimicrobial resistance cannot happen without adequate focus on good policies backed by strong research on containment.
Sonal Saxena, Director Professor & Head, Department of Microbiology, Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi and Rajeshwari Sinha, Deputy Programme Manager, Food Safety and Toxins,
Down to Earth is Science and Environment fortnightly published by the Society for Environmental Communication, New Delhi.
A day after the US voted for its new president, it stopped being part of the world's biggest climate treaty, the UN-backed Paris Agreement.
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What are the linkages of water, sanitation and hygiene in combating Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR)?
Antibiotic resistance or AMR has become a global concern. This is particularly because of the indiscriminate use of antibiotics in animal rearing.
Most of the people living in megacities in India have very little or almost no connection to how their food is produced. This task is left to the majority of the nameless farmers in our villages.
During the pandemic-induced lockdown period, PM 2.5 levels across six major Indian cities – Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai, Hyderabad and Bengaluru – dropped a phenomenal 45-88 per cent. The drop in Delhi-NCR was of about 66-79 per cent. However, with the nation opening up in lockdown 4, pollution has started registering a comeback.
Let me ask a simple question? Which or what is the biggest business community in India? Give this a careful bit of thinking. Would you be surprised, if I say that it is the farming community? The farmer makes great investments to till the land, to fertilise the soil, to buy seeds and sow crops and then finally harvest the produce. Like a business entrepreneur, the farmer too makes investments, and like an entrepreneur the farmer also hopes to make profits.