Women at work

Brain dead

US to face crisis with the scientific workforce dwindling in future

Rat race

Emissions reduction projects go to large developing nations

Step ahead

WTO Trade ministers resolve agri-trade impasse

COP15 Montreal: Breakdown in talks on resource mobilisation; delegates walk out 

Does this impasse indicate a rift that could derail the Framework?   

Climate Emergency CoP 25: The Paris Agreement is tilting into a downward spiral

Procedural and political developments in Madrid show ominous signs

Climate Emergency CoP 25: Will the world be net carbon zero by 2050

To attain the 1.5°C warming target, the world must completely stop using coal

Budget woes

Will a right environment be created by the budget this year?

Not softer

ASEAN makes its point

CoP26: Hardly 12 hours to go, completion of Paris rulebook still under cloud in Glasgow

Big announcements have hardly influenced on-ground negotiations at Glasgow

COP28: New GST text urges global Net Zero by 2050 with cuts to fossil fuels; proposes rapid phasedown of coal

Experts term it a retrograde draft; presidency shifts onus on parties   

COP28 Dubai: Climate finance to developing countries needs to quadruple by 2030 to reach Paris goals, says new report

Developed countries must lead by tripling the amount of bilateral concessional finance by 2030, say authors

World’s poorest countries need $6 billion a year for water, sanitation in healthcare centres: WaterAid

Half of healthcare facilities in LDCs lack basic water services

Widespread disagreement may mar WSSD

Need to inject ethics

Pact on aids vaccine sparks debate on human trials

Under review

FAO and WHO to carry out the first evaluation of Codex Alimentarius

UNITED NATIONS

Multilateral fillip

Global trade talks back on track but real work lies ahead

Being darker makes being a migrant much harder

Migrants from 'developed' economies enjoy more clout

COP28: Developed countries owe $500 billion to developing ones under new climate finance goal, finds UNCTAD

Some $250 billion of the $500 billion owed should go to mitigation, $100 billion for adaptation and $150 billion for loss and damage

Only 25 cities responsible for 52% of global urban GHG emissions: Study

Cities in the developed world show higher per capita emissions, according to the study

Surviving on trade

Fast and fatal

The furious march of the fast food industry

Funding Loss & Damage: Differences persist as COP28 looms

Contentions persist over the contributors, recipients and headquarters of the LDF

Simply Put: Annual climate finance COP-out