Wisent: Ukraine war could wreck efforts to save and rewild Europe’s great wild bovid, say new study authors

Parts of Poland, Ukraine, western Russia, parts of the Balkans and Germany most appropriate to rewild wisent

The Global South is forging a new foreign policy in the face of war in Ukraine, China-US tensions: Active nonalignment

Russia has seen the new nonaligned movement as an opening to bolster its own position

Ukraine-Russia war has pushed 4 million children into poverty

UNICEF report finds child poverty across Europe, Central Asia has soared by 19%

Russia-Ukraine conflict: Nuclear plant fire raises contamination scare

War in Ukraine derailed global economic growth, climate action: WESP report

Higher use of fossil fuels and increased prices of food, nickel major factors

Simply Put: War fuels hunger

Russia-Ukraine crisis highlights Africa’s need to diversify its wheat sources

Crop yields are relatively low in Africa compared to major producing wheat regions

Simply Put: Russia’s fuel bomb

Simply Put: The Ukraine honeypot

Almost 5 million refugees in eastern Africa in need of support: UN

Gap between resources and needs has grown along with rise in migrant population

A year of hunger: How the Russia-Ukraine war is worsening climate-linked food shortages

Many low-income nations who are net food importers are bracing for a year of hunger

Russian invasion poses ‘huge’ health threats for Ukraine, experts flag

Efforts to monitor and contain COVID-19 and other diseases have taken a backseat

Simply Put: Becoming a Russian Bear

Russia-Ukraine conflict pushing world towards clean energy, finds World Energy Outlook 2022

Switch to renewables means natural gas no longer a viable transition fuel

Special trainings, aids for Ukraine health systems preparing for harsh winter amid war

Mental health of health workers, citizens also in focus

Will climate action be a casualty?

Have we learnt the lessons on the impact of burning fossil fuels yet?

How India fared environmentally: State of India’s Environment 2023 In Figures

High fertiliser prices shock farmers even as ministry denies shortage reports

Farmers in different states have protested against unavailability of fertilisers

Number of people forcibly displaced crossed 100 million in 2022: UNDP

Climate change could displace over 200 million people by 2050

Uncertain times: What UN human development report warns us about

Uncertainty threatens lives of people and future of the planet in unpredictable ways

India slips a rank in UN Human Development Index 2021-22

Global human development stalled for 1st time in 32 years  

Afghanistan under Taliban: A decade’s progress eroded in a year, says UN

Cascading crises, almost 700,000 jobs vanished, finds report

2022 too short, too far: How did the economy fare last year

Down To Earth recaps the primary environment, health and developmental news from 2022

Punjab’s ‘Donkey Flights’ to the world’s conflict zones

Widespread joblessness explains why Punjab’s migrants resort to desperate means to reach their final destinations