The net is cast on agriculture

Aquaculture on the rise

World Trade Report

Worldly wise

India hardsells its troubled protected areas abroad

The divide will always remain

Global aid on sanitation is southward bound

COP27: Clear battle lines drawn on loss and damage as rich try to divide the poor

This is a clear attempt to create divisions and to make the poor fight the poor, according to Sunita Narain, director-general of CSE

COP27: Global loss and damage assessment needs a major overhaul; here is why

Estimations of loss and damage after weather events do not account for non-economic consequences

CoP26: Not on official agenda but Loss & Damage comeback gives hope, say experts

14 of the 97 pointers in the final draft of Glasgow Pact were dedicated to Loss & Damage

Climate Emergency CoP 25: Two different worlds exist at CoP 25 in Madrid

The world of political negotiators behind closed doors and that of young activists and other stakeholders outside is hardly seeing eye-to-eye

Doha Getaway: World on line for new regime, US on track to escape

Two weeks of intense climate negotiations ended rather dramatically at Doha on December 8, 2012.

A Call for Developing Country Leadership

The events of the last few years–9/11, the US invasion of Iraq, and, on the climate front, the emerging recognition that the Earth's …

Background

Since the Industrial Revolution, as the world became excessively dependant on fossil fuels for energy, emissions of greenhouse gases (GHGs) have …

Good Governance: Who's carbon hypocrisy

Should financial institutions be asked to stop funding fossil fuel projects in developing countries?

Time to tell them off

Nobody needs a fair and effective treaty more than the South, but they arent getting it. They should tell the North to listen, or go home.

COP24: Proactive, support-focused approach required, says CSE

Centre for Science and Environment suggests that developed countries should commit resources to support adaptation planning in developing countries

Green funds dry up for developing countries

With the US halving its contribution to the Global Environment Facility, the oldest green fund sees first budget cut in 27 years, hurting the …

Poorer countries do more for the conservation of large mammals

Africa prioritises and makes more of an effort for large mammal conservation than any other region in the world

First week at COP 22: discussions on crucial issues stalled due to lack of consensus

There has been a near-zero progress on pre-2020 action as most discussions have gotten stalled over fundamental differences

Migration should be out of choice, not a desperate last resort: FAO head

Large-scale cross-border movements in recent years have sparked tensions in some countries, placing migration high on the diplomatic agenda

'Investment in renewable energy growing by leaps and bounds'

Report shows investment in renewable energy has increased by five per cent to touch US $ 285.9 billion in 2015

South flays North's 'green GATT' proposal

At a recent meeting, Northern environmentalists insisted on GATT taking a tougher stand on environmental issues. The South, however, maintained …

Integrated development essential for India

Impact of Urbanisation and Industrialisation on Rural Society Edited by PS Lamba and S S Solanki . Publisher: Wiley Eastern Limited, Delhi . …

EC credibility at stake

In 1992, even rich nations began to feel the pinch of impoverishment - and it hurt enough to make them cut down on global charity

Time for green gadgets

UNCED has thrown into sharp focus all matters environmental international industry, quick to Catch on to now trends, has started branding its …

'It really riles me to see developing countries pushed into a corner'

Tough-talking Malaysian negotiator Wen Lian Ting explains why the North's stand on forests is morally unjust and politically untenable