Climate & Sustainability
From Abundance to Scarcity: The Changing Value of Water
Water is a precious resource that is essential to maintaining life on Earth. The world’s water supply has, however, been severely strained by the...
UN Report Portends Disaster – A Prescriptive Response
Authors: Dr. Arshad M. Khan and Meena Miriam Yust
Do it! Do it now! That is the unambiguous and uncompromising message from the UN Intergovernmental...
A liveable future for all is possible, if we take urgent climate action
A major UN “report of reports” from the authoritative Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), outlines the many options that can be taken now,...
A Treaty to Preserve Oceans – And Our World
There is cause for celebration in our climatically distressed world for a treaty of historic proportions has been signed by the UN member states. ...
Environmental Crisis in South Asian Countries
During thetwenty-first century, South Asian countries have been facing and dealing with enormous problems. But the environmental crisis is one of the major and...
The Old Earth and Earthquakes in 2023: Accounting the Damage
Gaiya’s hypothesis points to the earth as a living. The elements that support human life on earth, starting with the lithosphere and ending with...
Lessons from China: Human Management of the Environment
Between Human Culture and Civilization
There is no doubt that long before the development of technology and globalization, a man lived with certain cultures in...
Sri Lanka’s Awful Agronomic Romance: Is it consequential to say no more organic agriculture?
Officially known as the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, it is a South Asian country possesses GDP of about $ 85 billion according...
Women and Climate Change in South Asia
Over the past decade, climate change has emerged as a major non-traditional security threat that demands an urgent response. South Asia has been identified...
Staring an Ecological and Humanitarian Disaster in the Face
Authors: Meena Miriam Yust and Arshad M. Khan
The Red Sea is a rich marine haven, diverse and home to hundreds of species of fish and...