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Landlocked countries suffering due to COVID-19 lockdown: UN

Lack of coastlines makes the flow of goods from these countries to world markets more difficult, it added

What do science-based targets to limit climate change really look like?

Commitment to climate justice demands that rich countries make deeper cuts to their emissions than merely equalising per-capita emissions by 2030

Climate deal signed in Paris is weak and unambitious: CSE

The phrase ‘historical responsibility’ has been erased from the Agreement. This weakens the obligations of developed countries, says …

Dangers ahead at WTO

The trade facilitation agreement paves the way for fresh pressures on developing countries such as tariff cuts on industrial products

Frozen at gateway

The Doha outcome is all talk no action. In 2007, the Bali Action Plan had called for an urgent reduction in carbon emissions by developed …

Last call to get climate deal right

The climate and trade tango

How to rewrite the Durban script

E-waste posing health risks for workers in scrapyards

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New financing facility to help poor countries reach 2015 development goal

Additional funds will speed up progress on women and child health in developing countries

India's nutritional puzzle

From the maw of the Indian state there has emerged an undigested piece of development cake: nutritionally speaking, people's diets are out of …

Why the US is such a bully

US attempts to kill of global democracy are getting more commonplace than ever. In such a political climate, it is impossible to talk about …

Ozone-smart, climate-cool

Fruitful deliberations

Two global meetings chart a course for weeding out biopiracy

Take it back

European and Japanese manufacturers are made responsible for recycling their products

Widespread web

The threats from aerosols are all pervading

Expert panel to study impact of climate change in India

CoP-8: Nothing's brewing

For a fortnight, 1,456 delegates from 167 countries sat in conference halls, attended plenary sessions and roundtables, and sized each other up …

Emergence of South

2013 human development report applauds efforts of developing nations. Is India on track?

Driven for and by the people

GRP has emerged as a truly democratic indicator of the direction in which corporate environmental governance is headed

Suffering from myopia

George Bush may not understand the 'science' of climate change. But the corporate houses behind him will soon understand the global benefits of …