Discounting the future

Maternal mortality

UNITED NATIONS

Pawns in the game

Health of developing nations

Lethal Request

US grain millers seek exemption from ban on methyl bromide

Human Menace

UNITED NATIONS

The 1996 World Food Summit target

Of halving the world's undernourished by 2015 is ambitious. Here's why:

WTO revision

More transparency in import of plant and animal products

When the G-20 holds

World trade negotiations are bound to be more multilateral

Deadly impact

Credit facility

For European companies with excess emissions

Too opaque for comfort

There is a serious mismatch between global realities and the World Bank's governing structure

Forests grump

United Nations Forum on Forests fails to propose reforms

Tuber trouble

Simply Put: A bridge too far

Libya floods 2023: Why the Loss and Damage fund should be operationalised equitably

Developing countries say all of them should be able to access the funds and not specifically some country groupings

COP27 was a mirage in the deserts of the Sinai

COP27 was a grand spectacle; it created a sense of hyper-action, when it actually was about reversing the little gains made till now to combat …

Agenda for CoP26: How to achieve net zero

At Glasgow, the world must focus on plans and targets to make developed countries net zero by 2030 and make sure that these are achieved

UN: $200 billion increase in fund flow to developing countries for managing nature

It is one of many demands and targets that have been set through 2030 in the just-released official draft of a new Global Biodiversity Framework

Paris Agreement: Five years on, it’s time to fix carbon trading

Setting the rules that govern emissions trading, financing and support for developing countries over 2021 will be critical

Climate Emergency CoP 25: Roadblock for Adaptation Fund

Developing countries willing to compromise on the negotiations to get Article 6 of Paris Agreement moving in the right direction

Commentary

A day in the life of a “Contact group on enhanced action on mitigation and its associated means of implementation” at the Poznan CoP.

Japanese proposal on differentiation

Mitigation in the developing world according to Japan: Proposes domestic action in different sectors, will lead to taking international commitments