Alarming number of infections, deaths due to antimicrobial resistance across Europe: Report
Around 33,000 people died as a direct consequence of antibiotic-resistant bacteria infections
One Health approach: European Union strengthens action to combat antimicrobial resistance
European Council recommends incentives for innovation and access to antimicrobials along with alternatives
EU must close all 315 coal-fired power plants by 2030 to meet climate goals: study
While the UK has Europe’s third highest capacity for coal, Germany and Poland, together, produce 54 per cent of the EU’s total …
Just 5 oil cos spent 251 mn euros in lobbying against climate policies: Report
BP, Chevron, ExxonMobil, Shell and Total together made nearly $55 billion in profits in 2018, while pushing the world into climate …
Can India-EU strategic partnership focus on climate change, clean energy?
Trade and security was the focus of the recently concluded India-EU summit, but the two entities need to move beyond that?
Anders Levermann on geopolitics of climate change
Professor at Germanys Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, Anders Levermanns interests range from monsoon in India to glacier …
EU fines nine pharma companies for violating competition rules
Lundbeck pharma made other companies enter market late with generic versions of its drug citalopram
EU water law won’t be changed, says European Commission
The Water Framework Directive, despite being a strong piece of legislation, has faced hurdles till now
Fighting a flawed WTO regime
India and G-33 are pushing for reform of the agriculture subsidy system but the US and EU have a different agenda for the upcoming Bali meet
Don’t touch
Half the toys tested have unsafe phthalate levels
Dash for gas: 7 new countries enter African gas markets
84% new reserves to come up in the 7 countries that have no history of fossil gas exploitation, finds Global Energy Monitor
Retail FDI myths
There is no evidence that global retail chains ensure better prices for farmers or help bring down inflation
Race to kill kyoto protocol
As Copenhagen nears, Obamas America sees new hope Yes, we can...dump climate multilateralism. In Bangkok, most developed countries joined the …
US plays dirty on tar sands
The EU appears to have backed off on important climate change policy because of pressure from US-backed Big Oil
Mithi is a river, not real estate
Jagdish Gandhi wears many hats. A historian writing a book on Mumbai’s colonial past, he was among those responsible for restoring the …
US, Japan & others to fund Indonesia’s transition to clean energy
Just Energy Transition Partnership’s $20 bn finance can help freeze the country’s per capita emissions at 2.4 tonnes by 2030
It’s still open season for bio-piracy
Rich nations block accord on benefit-sharing rules for the world’s genetic resources
Choking access to drugs
Drug prices are likely to increase as rich countries and their pharma companies squeeze Indian generics out of the market. How can India’s …
Dangers ahead at WTO
The trade facilitation agreement paves the way for fresh pressures on developing countries such as tariff cuts on industrial products
EU warns Indian, Chinese airlines
Developing countries say no to unilateral trade measures to curb carbon emissions at Bonn meet
New endosulfan ploy
Industry is sidestepping issues by pitching the proposed UN ban on endosulfan as the battle between generics and patented pesticides
Predatory EU pacts
EU is pushing India and Canada to sign free trade agreements that will hurt their generic drugs—and the outrage is global
Business wins in secretive EU-India trade talks
EU court says there is nothing wrong allowing business lobbies to get documents denied to parliamentarians and public interest groups
One step forward, two steps back
Countries want to do little to keep global average temperature rise to below 2oC. The Warsaw climate talks have exposed this. A report by Uthra …