Reshaping India’s Development Strategy: The Importance of Water Security
Co-authored by Pragya Gupta & Gopika Kumaran
India fails to provide 63 million of its citizens with access to safe, clean water. The water in...
Leaving Carbon Footprints Abroad, and Getting Away With It
While over 100 countries have pledged to reach "net zero emissions" by 2050, they continue to finance carbon-intensive projects and supply chains abroad.
Redefining the Climate Change Conversation
Written by Rohit Nair
Climate change is widely regarded as the single biggest crisis threatening our collective future on this planet. A recent report published...
Construction Mud Puts Settlements on the Edge of Eviction in Yamuna Khadar
New Delhi's Central Vista Redevelopment Project puts Yamuna Khadar's settlements on the edge of eviction.
Introduction to Environment Law: Module 1
What are the sources of Environment law? How are they categorized? How do these sources impact our understanding of the law?
Drains to Diseases: Haryana’s Sanitation Struggle
"My kid falls sick so often because of the stagnant water in these open drains. Why isn't the government doing anything?"
— Asawarpur Resident, Haryana
In...
Garbage, Flooding, Crocodiles and Slums: The Vishwamitri Has it All
Written by Rohan Parikh
Following a dirt path covered with brambles and wild grass reveals the languid waters of the Vishwamitri River. The faint odour...
Building Sustenance
The world’s cities occupy just 2% of the land use but account for 71-76% of energy-related global greenhouse gas emissions. Closer to home, India’s...
“It’s Not Our Land to Give”: Tenancy and the Yamuna Floodplain Reservoir Project
Written by Vaishnavi Rathore
A herd of buffaloes crosses the muddy path, one of which decides to roll around the expanse of mud he finds...
Why Gujarat’s Women Are Yet to Accrue the Wealth of the Forest Land They...
The earnings from the land Dangi women own do not reach them: these benefits are monopolised by the men in their families.
