COVID-19 will magnify food shortage in Africa
The pandemic can more than double the number of people facing food crisis, unless swift action is taken, warned Global Network Against Food …
Report at migratory species CoP flags rapid decline in India’s raptor population
State of India’s birds evaluated status of 867 species, using data from birdwatchers
Small country, big example
St. Lucia shows the way at a meeting of politicians and NGOs that was sponsored by the Global Commons Institute, GLOBE, CSE, Climate Network …
'Draft National Forest Policy 2018 violates indigenous rights'
Human Rights group writes to UN to urge the Indian government to abandon the Draft and to involve indigenous peoples in the compensatory …
COP24: World can save 1 million lives by meeting Paris goals on air pollution
A WHO report released at the Katowice conference says health benefits far outweigh the costs of meeting climate change goals in India
World Breastfeeding Week 2023: Supportive workplaces needed to reach global breastfeeding targets
Rate of breastfeeding at 48%, up by 10 percentage points over past decade, say WHO & UNICEF
Equity remains absent from draft climate change agreement
Draft is a disappointment for developing countries like India which have been asking developed nations to take greater responsibility for their …
Brokering carbon
The world urgently needs a comprehensive approach that considers responsibility, capability and development indicators towards dividing the …
UN climate chief urges scaling up support for climate action in developing countries
'Climate agreement to be signed in 2015 must meet adaptation needs of vulnerable communities'
Please don’t preach Mr Kerry, act at home
US secretary of state John Kerry has a 'one solar panel, one bulb' solution for India’s energy challenge, and is no different from his …
7th GEF Assembly: Decision on direct funding to civil societies likely during the meeting
More funds would be needed to make this possible without alienating governments
Immunisation coverage reaches 84% globally, Africa and South-East Asia worst performers
Estimates short of goal of 90 per cent coverage for all vaccines by 2020
UNEP chooses Nigeria to lead action to combat marine pollution in Africa
Country will be in charge of coordination efforts of 22 nations
Gaza Strip faces acute water crisis amid air strikes by Israel
Water is being used as a war of weapon in countries like Syria and Iraq
UN climate talks: G77 and China stage walk-out over Loss and Damage
Developed countries want the matter be discussed only after 2015
Everything that happened at CMS COP14
New initiatives to address threats of zoonotic diseases, protecting natural areas for migratory species introduced at summit
Angola’s peatlands trap carbon and clean the region’s water — how we mapped this newly found landscape
High quality peatland extent data are only available for a small selection of countries and regions
Climate finance for Small Island Developing States slumped to 2017 levels in 2019: OECD
Small Island Developing States are vulnerable to increased risk of storm surges, sea-level rise and altered rainfall patterns
‘See Afghans as brothers and sisters with whom we have ties since Mahabharata, not some distant aliens’
The second and final part of DTE’s interview with former ambassador Gautam Mukhopadhaya, where he discusses the situation in Afghanistan, …
Gender-based violence plagues Odisha despite govt efforts
Odisha reported the highest cases of assault against women in the country, according to 2018 NCRB data
World Food Programme wins Nobel Peace Prize
Organisation awarded not just for its previous humanitarian record but also for the role it will play in the post-COVID-19 world
Richest 1% emit twice as much carbon as poorest 50%: Oxfam report
The richest 10% accounted for 46% of emissions growth; the poorest 50% accounted for 6%
Early breastfeeding practices in India: Backwardness cuts through social spectrum
Children born in Goa (75.4 per cent) had the highest rate of early breastfeeding in the country, followed by Sikkim (69.7 per cent) and Odisha (68.…
Climate negotiations moving at a slow pace, but seemingly in the right direction
Loss and damage continues to be a contentious issue while multiple spin-offs have slowed down the process
Children demand inclusion in water and sanitation programmes at UNICEF forum
More than 50 children from across the world participated at the two-day conference in Tajikistan