City Scripts on covering climate change

On February 27, I spoke with environment journalists on covering climate change. This was at the City Scripts online conference organised by the Indian Institute of Human Settlements, Bengaluru. SEE THE VIDEO ... 

What will be the environmental impact of the government's infrastructure push?

 The government has launched an infrastructure push with the Union Budget. What will be its environmental impact considering that the government is also diluting environmental regulations. MORE ...

Onam links to the environment and economics

 Onam, the harvest festival of Kerala, has strong linkages to the environment and the economy of this coastal state. MORE ... 

With economic package the government misses green opportunity

 The economic package announced by the central government has missed the opportunity for re-calibrating the development pathway. MORE ...

The pandemic provides an opportunity for relaunching economy

 The COVID-19 is providing the government an opportunity to launch sustainability. MORE ...

Three strands of the same braid

The COVID-19 pandemic is braided together with the environment and the economy. MORE ...

A migrant helps a customer wash his hands in front of a supermarket in Chennai. 

Environmental economics is a mature science today: Pavan Sukhdev

An interview with environmental economist Pavan Sukhdev, after he was selected for the Tyler Prize for environmental excellence. MORE ...

Pavan Sukhdev.

Environmental reality as the economy goes to recession

An entire generation of environmental journalists have been covering stories about economic growth and the environment. With the economic recession continuing, journalists will need to look at the situation differently. MORE ...

The economic recession necessitates journalists to look at environment journalism differently. Photo SGW

Mangroves: Do they make economic sense?

While the environmental value of conserving mangroves is well understood, a recent study shows that there is economic rationale for protecting them from destruction. MORE ... 

There are 75 sq.km of mangroves in Mumbai and Navi Mumbai.

For sustainable development

If environment sustains life, economics runs it. The ever-continuing environment-and-development debate and discussion centre around the question of what the economic value of nature and its environmental services are. MORE ...