Report card on climate change aid: developed countries not transparent
Emerging economies cannot make emissions reduction conditional to financial support says the US
International Day for Biological Diversity 2020: Spotlight on nature-based solutions
The purpose of observing the International Day for Biological Diversity is to highlight importance of conserving biodiversity
‘Mass media campaigns can curb tobacco consumption significantly’
Tobacco is the leading cause of heart diseases among the young. Nandita Murukutla, country director (India) of non-profit World Lung Foundation, …
Warsaw climate talks begin
Decision on loss and damage and the role of finance for a new deal in 2015 are the key expectations from COP 19
Agenda for Doha
Closure of long-term cooperative action, sought by the US and other developed countries that want to wriggle out of climate change mitigation …
Oxford University defers decision on divesting stake in fossil fuels
Alumni occupy office building in protest; 21 international universities have already divested their stakes
Message from Bonn: Drop Bali agenda
Disagreements begin; parties to discuss informally to adopt long-term cooperation agenda
HFC-23 emissions on the rise
India, China threaten to release more super greenhouse gas; developed countries just as guilty
India denies GMO contamination in basmati
EU had sought clarification after finding genetically modified organisms in the exported rice
Vanishing islands of Bangladesh
Frequent natural disasters continue to inundate and erode many islands in the 'climate impact hot spot'
Biodiversity governance: A mix of knowledge and forest management for benefit sharing
People’s biodiversity register a roadmap for forest management plans; it documents knowledge of status, history, ongoing changes and …
Biodiversity governance: Access and benefit sharing and its implications on agricultural resources
A special instrument for access to crop genetic resources, access and benefit sharing (ABS) system, is fraught with challenges
Biodiversity governance: The agreements and laws that help enforce it
Major legally binding conventions to protect nature were adopted at the Rio Summit where several countries came together amid rapidly …
Time to wake up to threat of NCDs
As the UN begins its meeting to devise strategies to tackle NCDs, Indian public health activists say it was a wake-up call for the health …
Non-communicable diseases: The unrecognised public health threat
Health is rarely the topic of discussion at the UN general assembly. But starting September 19, the UN began a high-level meeting to debate a …
India reverses stand on asbestos at Rotterdam Convention meet
Opposes its inclusion in prior informed consent list; campaigners accuse industry lobby of influencing government
'Plastics should be classified as hazardous'
Current rate of production may add 33 billion tonnes of plastic by 2050; classification can help reduce this amount to four billion tonnes, says …
Climate change an indirect cause of whale strandings, say experts
Extreme weather events like cyclones and torrential rains disrupt the echolocation mechanism of the cetaceans and cause them to land on beaches …
UNCCD COP14: Experts stress the need to assess long-term drought impacts
World Bank, Water Global Practices release framework to assess benefits of proactive action vis-à-vis drought
'Developing countries are treated in a very unfair manner'
Bernarditas Muller, a seasoned member of the Philippines negotiating team, is among the rare few who call a spade a spade. Speaking to Indrajit …
CBD’s Geneva meetings: Benefit sharing on traditional knowledge & digital sequence information on agenda
Recommendations to be presented at upcoming meeting of Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical & Technological Advice as well as COP16
IPCC Special Report: Climate adaptation needs multi-level support
Adaptation is a local process that needs involvement of local authorities and communities in designing and implementing adaptation policies
First GBFF council meeting takes baby steps for biodiversity
Operational matters discussed, but nothing on resource mobilisation
CMS COP14: Why are migratory species at risk of disappearing?
The decline in migratory species is driven by human activity — excessive hunting, habitat destruction, climate change and the …
Everything that happened at CMS COP14
New initiatives to address threats of zoonotic diseases, protecting natural areas for migratory species introduced at summit