The Business Enabling Environment report that will replace the ease of doing business report needs to be less political, and may have to do away with ranking of nations. Read more »
The world leaders assembled in Egypt for COP27 must take notice of the 7 million deaths every year caused by air pollution and climate change and the mental trauma of about 25... Read more »
Farmers who engage in stubble burning have become the fall guys in the blame game, but Delhi air quality cannot improve without solving issues such as vehicular pollution and garbage dumps. Read more »
The Ukraine conflict may be a larger factor in climate change mitigation efforts than the slow and complex COP27 summit. Read more »
Russia’s participation in the wheat exports deal is essential for keeping a global food shortage from getting worse. Read more »
Fault lines have begun to appear as world leaders prepare to discuss climate action at COP27 UN climate change conference in Egypt’s Sharm el-Sheik. Read more »
India must cut fertiliser subsidies by targeting them better, while also making efforts to reduce the use of chemical fertilisers to facilitate climate change mitigation. Read more »
The institutions that publish democracy index rankings are not biased, but they fail to filter out the biases of people who conduct the studies, says Salvatore Babones. Read more »
Interest rate hikes by the Fed will lead to capital outflows from other economies to the US, weakening the domestic currencies and economies. Read more »
At COP27, India’s Mission LiFE initiative can offer a blueprint for individual and collective action towards climate change mitigation through age-old sustainable practices. Read more »