Environment

India has among the lowest solar power prices in the world and its Paris commitments to cut emissions have been lauded. But with no plans to give up coal, the huge economy's emissions are only set to rise.    

The day humanity exceeds Earth's biocapacity this year, Earth Overshoot Day, falls on August 22, three weeks later than in 2019. The shift is due to the pandemic, but can the contraction happen by design, not disaster?   

Swaraj, a philosophy of self-determination and collective decision-making, inspired Gandhi's struggle for independence. Now it's informing bottom-up approaches to protecting people and the planet.   

Vast swathes of Brazil's Amazon rainforest have been lost to deforestation and fire in recent years — and its impact is being felt even by trees that look healthy.