UN report forecasts positive growth outlook for India; pegs 2016 growth at 7.6 per cent
Report, however, warns that high levels of stressed bank assets and fragile business confidence could constrain investment growth
UN report shows the way to overcome stagnation, revive economy
Public investments should be a key to addressing the so-called secular stagnation being seen in developed countries, the study says
Small island states seek additional funds
Small island countries will test, at a 1994 world conference, the sincerity of Western nations' promise about aiding development, which they made …
Team break-up may turn tables
With many members of India's much appreciated delegation to the 1992 Earth Summit being posted to other duties, lndia needs to plan now to face …
Sustainability and the southern perspective
European environmentalists tackle Third World concerns of irresponsible overconsumption by northern countries
Hot air?
Agenda 21, formulated during the Rio Summit in June 1992, was touted as an earth-saving measure by the leaders of more than 100 participatory …
All for a better future
More than 100 nations of the Global Environment Facility (GEF) met in the capital to chalk out plans for a better, sustainable future
More land, less timber
Ban on harvesting of timber may not solve the problem of deforestation in Pakistan's North West Frontier Province
Symbolic solution?
In the recent discussion about reforming the international environmental governance structure, there have been calls for a World Environment …
Making a killing
Only poachers profit from rules and regulations that alienate local people from natural resources
Former Finnish minister on environment concerns
Satu Hassi, the former environment minister of Finland and now a member of the European parliament, speaks to Ritu Gupta on the business of CDM
Updates From Rio
SDG commitments need financing, local monitoring: NITI Aayog
The National Indicator Framework, which monitors SDGs at the national level, did not include indicators for 36 out of the 169 targets, pointed …
The Rio+20 challenge
Green economy in the context of sustainable development and poverty eradication are the two themes of the summit, but consensus eludes on both …
World NGO Day: Role of partnerships in building an inclusive, resilient post-pandemic India
NGOs stepped in where governments couldn’t during the pandemic
Fashion industry may use quarter of world’s carbon budget by 2050
Emissions from this sector are to rise by more than 60 per cent by 2030
Tears, no funds, for the poor
The chapter on poverty was adopted, but the US voiced its objections loud and clear
Foresters warned
Greening WTO
Delegates from 130 countries debate linkages between trade and environment
Who rules your world?
The Union minister for external affairs says ecology should not be an elitist issue
Gas price
Will Pakistan's Kirthar National Park survive multinationals' gas exploration efforts?
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Irresponsible minority
India approves Kyoto ratification
The world loves a rogue
Children of war: the real casualties are the poor and the marginalised