Negotiations on biological resources inch forward
The conservation and sustainable management of biological resources was high on the international agenda in February 2004. Representatives of …
Towards food security: perspectives from three continents
The Food Insecurity Report 2014, released by the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) last week, has revealed that one …
'CBD has lost its track'
Bolivia is one of the few countries that has consistently been opposing treating biodiversity as a commodity at the ongoing Conference of Parties …
Gentle on critical pollution
After declaring 43 industrial areas in India as critically polluted and imposing a moratorium on their expansion, the Union Ministry of …
Who wants what, and how?
The subsidiary bodies of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UN FCCC) met recently in Bonn, Germany. These were the first …
The World Bank sees money in emissions trading
Daphne Wysham is the co-author of a recent report, The World Bank and the G-7: Changing the Earth's Climate for Business . She is also the …
The water bearer
ANNA HAZARE bids a heavy-hearted farewell to the late Vilasrao Salunkhe, better known as 'pani baba'. Salunkhe's revolutionary concept of '…
Cutting out waste
The Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) has recently initiated ecofriendly pilot projects at its Bangalore aircraft division, which will not only …
Profit from the poor
Fifty-four suicides in Andhra Pradesh have blown the lid off the social posturing by microfinance companies. Before the news of the deaths sank …
Week 1 at COP 23: Interview with Camilla Born, Climate Action Network
Camilla Born, Senior Policy Adviser, E3G and member Climate Action Network talks about the state of negotiations after the first week at the CoP …
सीबीडी कॉप-15: साल 2030 तक के लिए तय किए गए 23 लक्ष्य
23 लक्ष्यों में कृषि सब्सिडी को कम करना, व्यवसायों को उनके जैव विविधता प्रभावों का आकलन और आक्रामक प्रजातियों के संकट से निपटना शामिल ...
COP 23 did not accomplish much, but developing nations keep hopes alive
Environmental groups are not happy with the outcome of the negotiations, whose objective was to get clarity on complex operational issues …
Slow progress on all procedural issues at COP 23
Parties have held only preliminary discussions on all issues, which have been captured in informal notes prepared for all agenda items
Technology push at COP 23: platform to promote low carbon fuels launched
The below50 initiative hubs was launched in North America, South America and Australia to bring together suppliers and costumers for …
COP 23: US continues to be obstructionist, reportedly using allies to push its agenda
Ideally, the US should be just an observer in the ongoing negotiations and not be allowed to determine the course of negotiations
COP 23: Are countries ready for new market mechanism?
Developing countries need enabling conditions and more robust monitoring and accounting mechanisms for development of carbon markets
COP 23 at Bonn: Countries show no concern over US exit from Paris deal, see negotiations as business as usual
It was expected that countries would come prepared to Bonn with a strategy to deal with the US
COP 22: developed countries pledge $23 million to support technology transfer
The pledge, however, does not mean that there shall be a transfer of intellectual property or patents to developing countries
गुजरात ने 2022-23 में प्राकृतिक आपदाओं के बजट में की 71 फीसदी की कटौती
एसओई इन फिगर्स 2023 के मुताबिक गुजरात देश के उन 20 राज्यों और केंद्र शासित प्रदेशों में शामिल है, जिन्होंने 2022-23 में प्राकृतिक आपदाओं ...
SOE in Figures 2023: Gujarat bracing for Cyclone Biporjoy had reduced budget for natural calamities by 71% in 2022-23
Gujarat is among 20 states / UTs that slashed budget for natural calamities in 2022-23
COP27 must be remembered as ‘Implementation COP’, says Sameh Shoukry
The developing world’s first COP since Marrakesh in 2016 must implement the ‘Paris Rulebook’
बजट 2022-23: भविष्य की आधारशिला कितनी मजबूत?
केंद्रीय बजट 2022-23 में मौजूदा साल तक निर्धारित विकास लक्ष्यों पर बात नहीं की गई, लेकिन देश को 2047 तक एक नई यात्रा पर ...
आम बजट 2022-23: किसानों की आमदनी दोगुनी का वादा गायब, फसल बीमा का बजट घटा
आम बजट 2022-23 में कृषि क्षेत्र के लिए आवंटन में मामूली वृद्धि की गई है, लेकिन कई योजनाओं का आवंटन घटा दिया गया है
रबी सीजन 2022-23 के लिए एमएसपी की दरें बढ़ाई गईं, विशेषज्ञ बोले खेती की लागत दर भी नहीं निकलेगी
केंद्रीय मंत्रिमंडल ने रबी विपणन सीजन 2022-23 के लिए न्यूनतम समर्थन मूल्य (एमएसपी) को बढ़ाने को मंजूरी दी है लेकिन विशेषज्ञों ने विश्लेषण में ...
PM-KISAN: Agriculture ministry tells Parliament Rs 23,727 crore yet to be used
Rs 2,326.88 crore of Rs 139,370.15 crore was disbursed to those ineligible for the scheme; Rs 231.76 crore has been recovered