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

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  

US tiger coronavirus positive; wildlife and zoo alert in India

Zoo keepers not to be allowed in vicinity of animals without safety gear

Early warning systems and controlled burning for forest fire management in talks at UN Forum on Forests

By end of forum on May 10, declaration aims to achieve agreement on a high-level political commitment to forest protection

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

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 …

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

‘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

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’…

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-…

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

Northern US braves historic snowstorm

Major cities experienced power outages and travel disruptions amid heavy snowfall

US dollar’s grip on global markets might be over, warns Goldman

Years of talking about abandoning the US dollar, Russia and China are doing it for real. In the first quarter of 2020, share of dollar in trade …

Natural disasters may displace 22 mn by 2019 end: Report

More than 10 million people have been displaced between January and June 2019 due to extreme weather events and conflict and violence 

This Earth Day, Stop the Money Pipeline

20 million Americans took to the streets for the first Earth Day in 1970