policy
A manifesto for justice

People’s movements and civil society organizations have to continue promoting changes through advocacy for policy shifts and ground action by and with communities.

Facilitating progress towards a successful blue economy

Marine Spatial Planning (MSP) and Ocean Accounting (OA) are both important tools in promoting sustainable blue economy; both are on the anvil in India.

‘Chhu-med’- No Water and the ‘imaginary of hope’: Living in-between Climate Change and Adaptation, Development and Sustainability, Apathy and Hope.

How communities in Ladakh survive an intense water crisis despite institutional apathy and critical climate change, by coming together through a culture’s ‘Imaginary of Hope’.

Risk Minimisation essential for All National Policies

India’s sluggishness in tackling major hazards strikes is a systemic problem that requires a systemic solution.

Corporate competition and Covid-19: Faizabad’s Hindi newspaper ‘Jan Morcha’ is fighting both

“We may make mistakes but we don’t do deals and suppress news,” he said.

Something Is Wrong With the Language of Climate Change

There is little room to understand what really is at stake: the fate of humanity and several other species.

India needs a rainbow recovery plan

... sustainable livelihoods, to be built on regenerating and safeguarding the soil, natural ecosystems, water, biological diversity, and air.

Farm Bills Will Create a Vacuum That May Result in Utter Chaos: P. Sainath

Lakhs of farmers have been coming on the streets on one issue or the other, not just MSP.

On a tardy trail: State of organic farming in India

Low organic farming coverage prevails in several states, despite at least 20 of them having a policy or a scheme for organic farming