Demand for fresh water to be 40% higher than supply by end of decade: UNGA president
Csaba Kőrösi said main task of upcoming UN Water Conference will be to find game changers for water management
World Health Assembly: Political will needed to curb non-communicable diseases
Non-communicable diseases kill 41 million people each year, low and middle-class countries account for 80 per cent of these deaths
World Health Assembly: bogged down by slow decisions
Crucial decisions, like those on curbing antimicrobial resistance and tackling air pollution and its health effects, are yet to be taken
India seeks permanent solution on fisheries subsidies, public stockholdings ahead of WTO meet
Civil society members claim current negotiations tabled at the WTO’s MC12 do not favour developing countries
UN conference calls for global action to save people from toxic chemicals
Delegates agreed though that the key 2020 goal for sound chemical management could not be met by that year
Large Hadron Collider’s second phase resumes after technical glitch
World’s largest particle collider that was first started up on September 10, 2008 was shut down for maintenance in 2013
No consensus
The UN Forum on Forest's fourth meet ended half a day ahead of schedule, raising doubts on the convention's ability to frame an agenda. Clifford …
Geneva climate talks: countries agree on draft text for Paris deal
Numerous controversial, unresolved arguments yet to be sorted out
‘Tsunami’ of e-waste rolling out over the world
Annually, one million people die from occupational poisoning, says UNEP chief
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HIV positive people in Sri Lanka to now get health coverage
Four insurance firms will bear HIV-related medical costs; move aimed at increasing access to treatment
Bonn: Developing countries push for adaptation to be included in Paris agreement
Differences between developed and developing countries continue to mar progress of negotiations
Response to Ebola, obesity high on the agenda
WHO will evaluate performance related to MDGs and set priorities for the coming year, including plans to fight antimicrobial resistance
Governments need to recognise role of migrants in development: World Migration Report
Report by International Organization for Migration claims it is first assessment of well-being of migrants
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Great expectations from Bonn climate talks, but sticky issues need resolving
Drafting a universal climate change agreement enters critical stage of negotiations and streamlining of agreement text
New goals set for CERN's Large Hadron Collider
After the quest for Higgs Boson, next set of experiments at the LHC will be to test the theory that predicts a whole range of particles that haven&…
India softens its stand on endosulfan
Endosulfan: meet in Geneva begins, India still in denial
Sharad Pawar says many states had asked him not to ban the pesticide