First food: business of taste
Good Food is First Food. It is not junk food. It is the food that connects nature and nutrition with livelihoods. This food is good for our health; it comes from the rich biodiversity of our regions; it
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Climate Negotiations: new pitfalls, but on track
<p class="rtejustify">The climate negotiations have finally begun to focus on the criteria for reductions in emissions of greenhouse gases to be agreed by 2015, and new pitfalls have emerged.</p> <p class="rtejustify">The
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Beyond Rio+20
It was June of 1992. The location was Rio de Janeiro. The occasion was the world conference on environment and development. A large number of people had come out on the streets. They were protesting the
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Rio+20: Begining of a Global Transformation and new multilateralism
<p class="rtejustify"><em>The significance of Rio + 20 does not lie in any document but in the new direction provided to global governance, whose focus should be on patterns of natural resource use, and
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The future we do not want
<div class="content"> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-intro"> <p class="rtejustify">World leaders attending Rio+20 did nothing to tackle the interlinked crises of economy and ecology,
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The outcome at RIO+20 reinforces the consensus at Copenhagen to enable equitable access to sustainable development for all countries
<p class="rtejustify">The theme of the Rio + 20 Conference was "Green economy in the context of sustainable development and eradication of poverty" and it has not been possible to the find common
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Change power generation configuration to stabilise the grid
<p>Two consecutive days of grid collapse has left almost half of India’s population without power.</p> <p>Three major grids – northern, north-eastern and eastern – have crashed. Reportedly,
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Sunita Narain
<p>Sunita Narain has been with the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) since 1982. She is currently the director general of the Centre and the director of the Society for Environmental Communications and publisher of the fortnightly magazine, Down To Earth. She is a writer and environmentalist, who uses knowledge for change.</p>
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Organisational behaviour and management causes for Indian steel players’ poor green performance – with specific reference to PSUs
When the green rating results of steel sector were released recently by CSE, industry was quick to pass the buck on poor quality of Indian raw materials and other obscure and ‘uncontrollable’ technical
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Solar energy is everybody's business
Solar mission is too important to let doubtful dealings hijack it. In public perception the renewable energy sector is a do-good sector that promises environment-friendly and affordable energy. It is
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2009 is full of promise
I spent a week at the climate change conference in Poznan, and realized the world is in deep trouble and deeper denial. Worse, the denial is now entirely on the side of action. It is well accepted that climate change is a reality. Scientists say we need to cap temperature increases at 2