UN praises Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik again for saving lives during Cyclone Yaas
The UN had earlier praised Naveen Patnaik after Cyclone Phailin had hit Odisha in 2013
UN funds insufficient to help victims of climate disasters: Oxfam
UN humanitarian aid appeals increased 819% in 20 years
United Nations Environment Assembly 5.2: Five aspects of plastic pollution that needs focus
The 5th meeting of UNEA will be held February 28, 2022 in Nairobi, Kenya.
Worst cholera outbreak since 2017 affecting children in Congo: UNICEF
DRC reported more cholera cases in the first seven months of 2023 than all of 2022
Energy in news on June 6
Here’s a round-up of today’s news reports and debates on energy
How Rwanda reached first global COVID-19 vaccination target
Rwanda defined a vaccination plan prior to getting the vaccines
Evidences dating back to the 1500s to be used for projections on climate change, biodiversity
The scoping study will be conducted over three years and analyse impact up till 2050
New low-carbon development, investment and governance models needed to achieve SDGs: UNDP Report
The transition in energy use is more important in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic
Desertification in India: A livestock keeper says how his stock has plummeted
‘I dream of gardens in the desert sand, I wake in vain’
India’s SDG preparedness ranking continues to decline: Report
Country faces major challenges in achieving 11 of 17 Sustainable Development Goals
Ed Miliband makes a potentially transformative pitch for CoP 26 Glasgow presidency
He must clarify position on carbon markets, genuinely work in partnership with world
50 million a step away from starvation: Civil society seeks urgent funds
Non-governmental organisations wrote a letter to global leaders urging support
Is Urbanisation the best way to preserve the African environment?
A new report seems to suggest so
UN Security Council steps into climate change
Calls attention to potential threat of climate on international peace
Head of UNAIDS unpacks the knock-on effects of COVID-19. And what needs to be done
AIDS remains a crisis and COVID-19 is making it worse, says Winnie Byanyima
UNCCD CoP: Centre unclear how states are spending money allotted for forests
The 14th Finance Commission had given 7.5 per cent weightage to forest cover
Every 9th person in the world went hungry last year: UN report
Around 700 million were exposed to severe food insecurity in 2018
Atlas of human suffering: IPCC report stresses on interconnections among climate, biodiversity, well-being
It warns of irreversible damages but also offers solutions
World Cancer Day: Southeast Asia should strengthen diagnosis, treatment, palliative care tools
Cervical cancer is the second-most prevalent in southeast Asia
‘Montreal treaty saved world’s ozone layer’
Data from NASA suggests the hole will be repaired by the end of 21st century
Renew efforts to rid planet of TB, UN chief urges governments
It is possible to end the epidemic by 2035, said Ban Ki-moon on World Tuberculosis Day
World Dugong Day 2020: Marine mammal fighting for survival in Indian waters
Conservation only way to save species from extinction, says experts
Population populism: UP draft population bill fails tests of necessity, intrusiveness
The proposed law will lead to more abortions and adverse sex ratio at birth
Multidimensional poverty affects 2/3rd of children in rural Nigeria: UNICEF
Larger proportion of children involved in economic labour were multi-dimensionally poor
UNEA 5.2: Pharma, health sectors among 5 major sources of AMR, says UNEP report
AMR could kill up to 10 million people per year by 2050, says report