Sustainable Development Goal 15: World off track on protecting life on land, finds UN report
Overall progress in 12 countries in Sub-Saharan Africa reversed
U20 leaders call on G20 to accelerate SDG goals progress
Mayors and governors of 30 major cities signed a Communiqué at the 2019 Urban 20 Mayors Summit
NITI Ayog's SDG report flags huge worries about hunger, poverty in India
Poor show by 25 states on food security and malnutrition Sustainable Development Index 2019
This is not CSR: 6 dimensions with 5 shades of risk perception for assessing
CSR is an evolving field that needs to keep evolving new ideas and understanding by all stakeholders to facilitate companies to fulfil their …
WHO announces 'sweeping reforms'
New mission plan for triple-billion target and SDGs, says UN's public health agency
Deforestation rate slowed down: FAO
The pace of loss of forests has slowed in recent years even though the world’s forest area decreased from 31% to 30% between 1990 and 2015
WHO proposes plan to improve district health systems in Africa
The framework aims to provide essential health services to 80% per cent people in African countries by 2030
US far from achieving first SDG to end poverty
The country, which is likely to miss 12 of 17 goals under the 2030 agenda, may take another 40 years to eradicate poverty going by its current pace
CoP 26: ‘Every third child is severely exposed to water scarcity’
UN bodies red code the impact of climate change on water resources crippling overall development
Road to 2030: Leaders at UN meet call for renewed commitment to eradicate poverty
Sluggish progress in poverty eradication derails other SDGs, including those related to hunger and malnutrition, health, education & climate …
South Africa can become world leader in zero-carbon shipping fuels: Study
South Africa has abundant natural resources and is situated on one of the busiest international sea routes
Save the seas: African countries appeal funding for oceans at UNEA5 as calls for action grow
Portugal and Kenya will co-host the second UN Ocean Conference in Lisbon June 27-July 1, where best practices for sustainability of marine …
Fight against antibiotic resistance gets a fillip
Interagency Coordination Group on Antimicrobial Resistance seeks immediate, coordinated and ambitious action to stem the misuse and overuse of …
Coming up: New set of targets to protect the natural world
This year, the Convention on Biological Diversity is set to identify a new ‘Global Biodiversity Framework’ of targets for the coming …
How India remains poor: As many as 22 states have become poorer
Latest NITI Aayog counts no state as ‘achiever’; overall performance of most ‘performing’, ‘laggard’ states …
Nordic nations call for a global treaty to reduce marine plastic pollution
This move may also help the world achieve a Sustainable Development Goal, the deadline of which is just six years away
UN sustainable development goals: Countries need bottom-up approach, urgent actions to meet targets
‘It is high time countries took urgent, extraordinary actions towards a just & inclusive recovery’
Global Ocean Commission calls for 5-year deadline to save oceans from overfishing, pollution
Report warns that urgent action needed; stresses on establishing greater international cooperation
COVID-19: Worst economic performance by very poor countries in 30 years
43 least developed countries are experiencing a fall in their average income levels, says UNCTAD report
Resolution on nitrogen can lead to a carbon-like framework
The resolution for sustainable nitrogen management in the United Nations Environment Assembly was led by India for the first time
UNESCO bats for more AI in Indian education; Will it work?
UN body recommends ethical, responsible use of artificial intelligence for quality education, experts point to digtal divide
How India remains poor: Has poverty become ‘hereditary’
Millions of Indian households transfer poverty to the next generation, making poverty eradication nearly impossible
Cost of growth: Global natural resources depleting by 45% a year
Analysis of data by World Bank from 136 countries shows poor countries are losing natural resources fast without gaining much by way of human …
COVID-19 pandemic, repeated weather shocks drove 122 million more to hunger since 2019: UN
If trends remain as they were, the UN-mandated Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) of ending hunger by 2030 will not be reached
COVID-19: The pandemic of inequality
Nobody is sure when this defining point of the pandemic would be declared over