Savage people

Human zoos were aids to anthropologists, scientists and racial theorists in 19th century

Using yen as bait fails to lift whaling ban

The Japanese are furious that the moratorium on commercial whaling has been extended. They and the Norwegians say they will continue to harpoon …

Legal case against Norway for allowing new oil exploration in the Arctic

The government’s decision could lead to the drilling of seven new exploratory wells in the Barents Sea in 2017

Human activities are eating into reindeer grazing land in Europe

Multiple stresses affect 60% of Fennoscandia region; High risk of vegetation and landscape change in the future, finds study

E-waste disposal: what India can learn from Norway

Majority of brands operating in India do not have a tangible responsibility to handle waste that is generated by their goods at end of life stage

Indian president visits Norway, marks country’s presence in the ongoing Arctic rush

India’s interests in the Arctic region are scientific, environmental, commercial as well as strategic, says president

Heat and Gas

The proposed construction of two gas-fuelled power plants has become a hotly debated issue in Norway

Cutting the Gordian knot: Norway’s initiative to combat global plastic jeopardy

The Scandinavian country proposes stronger control of international trade in plastic wastes at the 14th Conference of the Parties to the Basel …

Norway divests from coal, fossil fuel

Norway’s Government Pension Fund Global, the world’s richest sovereign wealth fund, has removed 114 companies from its portfolio

Conservationists distort whaling body's raison d'etre

It took just five votes to shake the very edifice of the International Whaling Commission (IWC). Voting 25-20 in favour of setting up a …

Norway to curb investments in coal-based firms

Funds from the country’s sovereign wealth fund will not go to companies that draw more than 30 per cent of their revenue or power from coal

India ranked 135 in Human Development Report 2014

UNDP report says human development is improving worldwide, but the rate of improvement has slowed

Focus on pledges

Accountability issue set to take centrestage at the upcoming CoP-8 (Read full article)

Climate logjam

After wrecking the climate talks in the Hague, the US-led coalition refuses to participate in further negotiations in Oslo

Japan leads opposition to establishing marine sanctuary for whales

Proposal for a sanctuary in the South Atlantic Ocean has been repeatedly submitted to the International Whaling Commission in recent years, but …

US, Japan & others to fund Indonesia’s transition to clean energy

Just Energy Transition Partnership’s $20 bn finance can help freeze the country’s per capita emissions at 2.4 tonnes by 2030

Malawi, Tanzania to track climate change to reduce burden of diseases

Increasing temperatures and more intense rainfall, floods in recent years have increased incidence of malaria and other diseases

Compromising on climate

Jan Pronk, chairperson of climate change talks held in New York, offers a compromise plan that gives away too much on sinks

Norway to cut emissions by 40 per cent

The government presented a proposal in the Norwegian Parliament, showing its commitment towards reducing anthropogenic climate change

The pig-headed species

Overzealous conservationists block progress at CITES meet (Read full article)

Ireland ratifies Nagoya-Kuala Lumpur Supplementary Protocol

India, despite being the current president of Convention on Biological Diversity, has not yet ratified it