India will soon play a major role

SIRPA Pietikainen, Finland's environment minister, says the world has quite a few things to learn from India, especially when it comes to …

Only 25 cities responsible for 52% of global urban GHG emissions: Study

Cities in the developed world show higher per capita emissions, according to the study

Being darker makes being a migrant much harder

Migrants from 'developed' economies enjoy more clout

Contracting texts to expand emissions

Southern proposals on equity mysteriously disappear

UNITED NATIONS

WTO and drugs

What has Doha done to help poor nations meet their drug needs?

COP28: Developed countries owe $500 billion to developing ones under new climate finance goal, finds UNCTAD

Some $250 billion of the $500 billion owed should go to mitigation, $100 billion for adaptation and $150 billion for loss and damage

Reducing anaemia

Time to fight

Surviving on trade

Back to basics

Every taluka in India can meet its own food, water and energy needs

Leaving their mark

Time for a rethink

The climate regime needs to get out of the rut it is in

Marooned!

Island states feel isolated

Old whine in new bottle

Debate over fresh IFC guidelines

Climate change

Least polluting countries hit the hardest

News Snippets

The way out of energy and climate change dilemmas

Providing energy to the poor does not make good business. Take electricity. Connecting the 2 billion in the world who do not have access to large …

No Headway

The just-concluded international conference on climate change in Buenos Aires saw the developing countries ranged against the US which was trying …

Focus on economic diversification imperative to cope with climate crisis: Report

Extreme weather events such as floods, hurricanes can lead to ‘physical stranding’ of natural resources, rendering them impossible …

Bad habits drive health risks among Kenya's urban poor

Poverty and stress is prevalent in Kenya’s low-income settings which increases the behavioural risk factors for cardiovascular diseases

By spending just 3% more on infra, developing nations can save $4.2 trillion: World Bank

Making assets climate resilient can help these countries earn $4 for each $1 spent, according to the report

Six reasons why antibiotics access remains a challenge in Uganda

Lack of registry, sub-standard health facilities, poor cold storage, limited expenditure on health, irrational antibiotic use and lack of …

Summary of Side Event

Centre for Science and Environment organized a side event in the COP21 at the India Pavillion

The KP Game

Developing countries cannot run away from the fact that at the present rate of emission growth, their combined emissions are projected to …