At least 8 dead due to record rains in New York

A state of emergency has been declared across New York City after remnants of Hurricane Ida bring record rainfall to the US Northeast

Yes, Delhi Metro is more unaffordable than the New York City Subway

My own experience shows that the Delhi Metro pinches the minimum survival expense of a well-off Delhite at least twice as hard as the NYC subway …

UN 2023 Water Conference: Day 1 ends with debates; problem acknowledgement; funding pledges

Day 2 to be crucial as delegates seek to reconcile ambition and vision with implementation  

Climate Change: three sobering milestones

World leaders at UN climate summit need to heed these grim markers if global warming has to stay within 2°C limit

Occupy Wall Street goes viral

Will the movement that claims to represent 99 per cent Americans help check the greed of the one per cent super-rich?

UN 2023 Water Conference ends with over 700 commitments to make world water-secure

The event was attended by 10,000 participants at the UN headquarter and online, a statment claimed

UN 2023 Water Conference: Humanity draining its own lifeblood through ‘vampiric overconsumption’, says Guterres

Humans have broken the water cycle, destroyed ecosystems and contaminated groundwater, Antonio Guterres noted

Philosopher Martha Nussbaum’s new book takes hard positions on animal rights, predation

In an interview with the New York Times (NYT) December 6, 2022, Nussbaum made an implicit equivalence of predation with rape

Cities and climate change: why low-rise buildings are the future – not skyscrapers

Densely built, low-rise environments are more space and carbon efficient, while high-rise buildings have a drastically higher carbon impact

Big business, children join Oceans Day celebration

The presence of big business representatives at the conference is significant to ensure their participation in ocean protection

Will Climate Summit in New York Yield a Climate Pact in Paris?

The divide between developed and developing nations threatens a binding treaty on climate change to replace Kyoto protocol

Familiar discourse: Here is why the New York City UN water conference was mostly old hat

The world met to discuss the burgeoning water crisis after nearly half a century; but commitments on action were largely a reiteration of ongoing work

Dystopia ahead: Take an AI peek at Earth @ 2100

A new study conducted in the UK used artificial intelligence to paint a futuristic scenario for the Taj Mahal, the Brandenburg Gate and skylines …

Largest ever public demonstration in New York ahead of the UN climate summit

In all, over 2,000 events are said to have taken place in 150 countries ahead of the summit that will bring together leaders from 125 countries

‘Wordplay’: Activists criticise Centre for refuting ‘Indigenous Peoples’ concept at UNPFII

Concept of indigenous peoples not applicable in Indian context, the country’s representative had said; there were tribal, not indigenous …

UN 2023 Water Conference: Two billion people use a drinking water source contaminated with faeces, says WHO

Shocking statistics revealed in an official side event organised by WHO on March 22 and attended by India, Ethiopia, France, UNICEF, World Bank, …

UN 2023 Water Conference: African Heads of State lead from front; announce ‘presidential compacts’ on water, sanitation

Ethiopia makes commitment to revise the loan policy and directives to accommodate loan access for water, sanitation  

UN 2023 Water Conference: Quarter of the globe lacks access to safe drinking water, says report

International cooperation over how water is used and managed is key and must be boosted to prevent a global water crisis in the coming decades, …

Empower communities to restore forests: Study

Crucial forest-restoration areas in low-income countries — home to 12 per cent of their total population — can have an impact on …

Wildfires: New York City’s orange skies raise environmental questions

The dystopian orange skies are due to the flames that have been raging north of the US-Canada border

Coastal wetlands prevented property loss worth $625 million during 2012 Hurricane Sandy: study

During Hurricane Sandy, coastal wetlands reduced the damage in 12 states in northeastern US by 1 per cent

New York grapples with climate-driven deluge: Historic rainfall and flash floods are the new normal

September floods unfolded less than three months after a devastating storm in July that unleashed catastrophic flooding across New York’…

Vultures mostly forage outside protected areas; conservation efforts should be focused there, urges study

New UK study tracked 26 African white-backed vultures fitted with GPS tags for four years over southern Tanzania

UN 2023 Water Conference: Day 2 ends with dialogue on ‘water for sustainable development’

‘Make love not war, make sustainable development not war’ echoes in General Debate session; momentum grows with potentially game-…

Prozac has negative effect on bird population, finds study

The antidepressant not only affects starlings’ food habits but also their interest in mating