Green innovation steals the show at SEED Awards
An Indian enterprise and 27 African ventures win prize for sustainable business models empowering communities
UN prepares to launch Global Environment Outlook report
Sixth edition of the report will analyse policies that will help in attaining unfinished environmental goals
Scientists gather in Greece to brainstorm ways to save world’s oceans
Marine life and mangroves face threat from plastic
Smart technique can increase crop yields without harming environment
New method matches crop strains to local soil and climate conditions and makes efficient use of fertilisers
Rotterdam Convention: no new agenda for pesticides at chemical review panel meet
Signals under-utilisation of the subsidiary body of Rotterdam Convention
New polar agreement signed as shipping in Arctic predicted to increase
The amendments to the SOLAS Convention will come into force in 2017
Landslide destroys hydropower plant in China’s Three Gorges Dam
5,000 vulnerable points identified as region prone to frequent disasters
International panel submits report on transboundary haze in Singapore
The government plans to keep the recommendations confidential
Study sheds new light on lineage of Arctic people
Analysis based on DNA samples collected from ancient human remains
UNEP chooses Nigeria to lead action to combat marine pollution in Africa
Country will be in charge of coordination efforts of 22 nations
Oceans Commission proposes eight ways to reverse degradation of high seas
Report calls for urgent global action to save oceans from pollution and acidification
Hit by slime, Caribbean corals at risk of extinction
Loss of algae grazers could wipe out the corals in the next 20 years
Degradation of Amazon rainforest affecting its natural function
Fallout could be linked to increasing droughts
Borneo’s wildlife habitat to shrink by a third in 65 years
Over 30 per cent of island’s mammals likely to become extinct
Nations renew commitment for Minamata Convention at UNGA meet
18 countries sign the treaty at a high-level meeting in New York
New UN report gives recommendations to improve human development in Asia-Pacific
Proposes green growth approach, among others
Full extent of carbon emissions from fossil-fuelled power plants underestimated
Current accounting methods do not consider life-long emissions
Green tidings from Glasgow Commonwealth Games
Scotland aims to recycle 80 per cent waste produced during the event
Typhoon Phanfone batters Japan
One US airman killed; hundreds of flights disrupted
Hong Kong shows improvement in air quality
Catalytic converters in vehicles bring down emission levels
Monitoring animal health must to prevent Ebola-like outbreaks: FAO
70 per cent of infectious diseases in recent decades have originated in animals
Australia set for highest temperature rise by century end
Government in denial mode despite repeated warnings
Children make up for 80 per cent of deaths attributed to climate change
But they are the most ignored in the climate change discourse
Beef cattle release more greenhouse gases than other livestock
Environmental footprint of beef is bigger than poultry or dairy
East Africa unites with UN, Interpol to curb illegal logging
Global partnership seeks to check deforestation and crossborder illegalities in timber trade