UN World Water Development Report 2025
<p>For billions of people, mountain meltwater is essential for drinking water and sanitation, food and energy security, and the integrity of the environment. But today, as the world warms, glaciers are
Glaciers
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High altitude, high pressure
Ladakh s leadership is alive to many problems. But, challenges are not easy
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"Subsidy culture has killed local agriculture"
Thupstan Chhewang, Chief Executive Councillor and chairperson of the Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council LAHDC speaks to Down To Earth.
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A farewell to farms
Ladakh survives on its farms. But can agriculture survive government policies?
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Ladakh on the move
Ladakh is the one region in India where sustainable development is the only way ahead. Dry toilets, water efficient crops, cooperative farming, a democratic society and living in harmony with nature are not ideals here; they are a prerequisite
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Russia reneging on Kyoto?
The earth is hotter than it has been in the past 2000 years and the largest ice shelf in the Artic has broken into two after having existed for 3000 years. But all that Russia does is procrastinate over endorsing the Kyoto Protocol
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Research on thin ice
Lack of coherent research on the melting Gangotri glacier spells disaster
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The ice
That s what Antarctica is called
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One hot day in June
India woke up to a phone call
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More like a ritual
So much for scope and research scale
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Geopolitics
By another name?