We have to change this cycle of destruction, where we shift our consumption to poorer regions where pollution does not matter. Livelihoods do

Each drop must bring more crop and more of everything

It is a movement which seeks better governance and community rights over natural resources - land, water, forests - for better management

Crop burning, dust pollution, vehicular pollution, thermal power generation, have all been around for donkeys years. They all cause air pollution but are marginal contributors .

There is one chemical that is igniting much fuss these days — legislators in New Zealand want it banned; South African leaders are asking why they are continuing to use it; closer to home in Sri La

Let's take stock of what we have done and what needs to be done for the right to clean air

Globally, it is clear that climate change is happening and has made economies and people insecure

The farmers are in trouble because the glut means that the value of the crop has gone down

We need to clarify the rules for legal slaughterhouses and make sure that these can be enforced