Cover Story

Can we end the tragedy of the commons?
As the world hurtles towards climate catastrophe, Dr R K Pachauri, Chairman, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) examines the tragedy of the global commons and calls on the international community to base their conclusions and future actions on solid scientific evidence.

In Conversation

"Sustainable development must be seen from the viewpoint of the Third World"

Dr Ashok Khosla, OBE, founded Development Alternatives, one of the world's premier social enterprises, in 1982 and currently chairs its Governing Council. Under his guidance, the organization has focused its energies entirely on making national and global development sustainable. Dr Khosla is the president of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and of the Club of Rome, the pre-eminent think-tank on systems solutions for today's global problematique. He is also the recipient of the 2011 WWF Duke of Edinburgh Conservation Medal at Buckingham Palace. Swati Prabhu from TerraGreen spoke to the leading environmentalist.

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Features

Voices from the Amazon

Brazilian journalist Flavia Moraes spoke to delegates from her country on the sidelines of the Durban conference about what they hoped to achieve and whether Western governments were taking the views of Southern countries seriously enough..

Green Tip of the Day

Reuse rainwater from the roof to water your lawn

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Worldview

Nigeria bats for a climate secure future

Nigerian journalist, Armsfree Onomo Ajanaku, spoke to delegates from his country at the UN COP17 climate change talks in Durban in December 2011. What are the main environmental threats they need to tackle and what did they hope to achieve from the negotiations?

Young parliamentarians engage with malnutrition

Prominent citizens of India, MPs particularly, have taken up the cause of fighting poverty and malnutrition in all ways they can. Led by some young parliamentarians, this group, driven by the need to do good, has been reaching out to people across the country. Neerja Chowdhury reports.

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Special Report

KP to DP: in search of the win-win

"It is better to be vaguely right than exactly wrong", said Carveth Read, perhaps referring to the current muddle that epitomizes international efforts to combat climate change. Arnab Bose was at COP17 and here provides keen insights into the present scenario and dwells on what could be a simple solution to a complicated problem.

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Comment

Seeds, Roots, Leaves: tribal Orissa's desperate food for desperate times

As hunger stalks men, women, and children in tribal Orissa, Sarada Lahangir brings to us stories of desperation from one of India's poorest regions.