State of the climate in Asia 2023
Asia remained the world’s most disaster-hit region from weather, climate and water-related hazards in 2023. Floods and storms caused the highest number of reported casualties and economic losses, whilst
Climate Change
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International journal vindicates endosulfan study
The strong case against endosulfan just got stronger. Environmental Health Perspectives, a peer reviewed scientific journal of international repute, has published the Ahmedabad based National Institute of Occupational Health s damning research on the orga
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NGOs welcome draft policy on voluntary sector
At long last a positive note has been struck to end the Union government s ambiguity towards non governmental organisations NGOs . The Planning Commission has circulated a draft of a clear cut policy on the voluntary sector, the lack of which has irked t
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Indus dam causes anxiety
The Pakistan government continues to face a barrage of criticism over the US $8 billion Kalabagh dam project, proposed to be located on Indus river in Sindh province. In November, Jeay Sindh Mahaz Z chief Zain Shah urged all political parties of Sindh to
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Brain dead
US to face crisis with the scientific workforce dwindling in future
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Fatal catalyst
Deforestation spurs malaria
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Review: Four films on climate change
Climate change. Two words which hold, between them, some of the most complex as well as vigorously debated issues of all times. Changing Climates, a four part series produced by the Television Trust for the Environment TVE in association with the World
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Russia ambiguous on Kyoto
With Russia blowing hot and cold on ratifying the Kyoto Protocol, the ninth conference of parties COP 9 to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change UNFCCC was reduced to a near non event. The meeting held in Milan, Italy, from December 1 12 and
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Sublimating climate change
Surreal. This is how a newspaper described the just concluded meeting on climate change in Milan. Ministers and several hundred government officials gathered to fuss over the final details of a
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“The UK has to live by its wits”
DAVID ANTHONY KING has been chief scientific advisor to the United Kingdom government for 3 years now. Prior to this, he was head of the department of chemistry and Master of Downing College, University of Cambridge. He continues as the 1920 <br><br> Pr