IUCN urges Europe to implement nature restoration law
Failing to spend on nature restoration can inflict long-term economic impacts, warns IUCN
Millets can assist India in generating revenue through carbon trading
Emergent demand for food in light of an ecological crisis inflicted by industrialised countries will only contribute to shortages, rising food …
Fast fashion still comes with deadly risks, 10 years after the Rana Plaza disaster — the industry’s many moving pieces make it easy to cut corners
Garments traverse a complex global supply network by the time they reach stores thousands of miles away. Workers are trapped & exploited in …
World Wildlife Day 2023: A former secretary-general of CITES reviews 50 years of the Convention
CITES was designed 50 years ago to regulate trade in certain species, not fight transnational organised crime. We must now embed tackling it into …
Global annual output growth to drop to 1.9 per cent in 2023, courtesy Ukraine, COVID-19
Growth in India expected to remain strong at 5.8 per cent, albeit lower than 6.4 per cent in 2022, according to new UN report
Sixth Extinction? Over 150,000 species vanished in last 500 years
Nearly half of 177 mammal species surveyed lost more than 80% of their distribution between 1900 and 2015
The World Bank and IMF are using flawed logic in their quest to do away with the informal sector
What’s put forward as pro-poor interventions in the reports in fact risk actively increasing inequality and further disadvantaging …
Over half of world’s mangroves face collapse due to human actions and climate change
Mangrove ecosystems play crucial role in sequestering carbon, providing livelihoods and protecting populations from hurricanes, cyclones and typhoons
The first-ever IUCN assessment of the Himalayan Wolf is out. And it is grim
Species listed as ‘Vulnerable’, with just 2,275-3,792 mature individuals in the wild
African raptor population declines 88% in 40 years, many crossing IUCN threshold: Report
Evidence indicates two-thirds of 42 examined species to be globally threatened
60% increase in overall tiger population, but habitat & biodiversity loss threatening Southeast Asian big cats
Countries submit population numbers from 2010-2022 to Global Tiger Recovery Program, CITES
Improving utilities’ finances, workforce investment could better grid establishment to integrate renewables: IEA
Over the next two decades, based on current national net zero goals, wind and solar PV may account for over 80% of global power capacity addition
Monkeypox not public health emergency of international concern yet. Do we need to update our understanding of this label?
Emergency Committee meeting indication enough of how serious the monkeypox outbreak is
Climate disasters displace more people than conflicts now: World Migration Report 2022
In India, disasters displaced 4 million people in 2020
Women’s Day 2024: Investing in women most effective way to accelerate growth, says UN Women
1 in every 10 women globally lives in extreme poverty; war & crisis eroding decades of progress in gender equality
DTE Coverage: ICIMOD report paints bleak picture for Hindu Kush-Himalayas
Hindu Kush Himalayan glaciers could lose up to 80 per cent of their current volume by 2100 in a business-as-usual scenario, according to the report
UN 2023 Water Conference: Quarter of the globe lacks access to safe drinking water, says report
International cooperation over how water is used and managed is key and must be boosted to prevent a global water crisis in the coming decades, …
India to almost double its renewable power capacity in next 5 years: IEA report
Solar PV accounts for three-quarters of renewable energy growth, followed by onshore wind with 15% and hydropower providing almost all the rest &…
There are 50 million people in situations of modern slavery on any given day: Report
Of these 27.6 million are in forced labour and 22 million are trapped in forced marriage
International Vulture Awareness Day: India’s numbers increasing, albeit slowly
Introduction and release are a process which takes time; it must be done systematically, scientist Vibhu Prakash told DTE
Taking off from CoP26: Is Green Grids Initiative the way forward for India?
The implementation of the initiative comes at an increased environmental cost due to waste disposal issues
China to dominate 95% of solar panel supply chain
The country’s global hegemony is a problem because of shortage of materials like polysilicon and silver
Hostile takeover: Why seed sovereignty in Africa is under threat
Some governments are reforming their laws to make it harder for farmers to save, exchange and sell seeds, the agenda being corporatisation of the …
Climate disasters are becoming more frequent in west, central Asia than other regions: IMF
West and central Asia are hotspots for climate change due to their geographical setting, says new paper
India used more coal power in 2021 than 2020, which could delay its climate goals: IEA
China and India might be some of the countries where the green transition may also be slowed down because Russia would shift their energy exports …
