Climate shocks, conflicts worsen displacement in Mozambique: UNHCR

Mozambique dealing with climate-induced migration in south, conflict-induced migration in north

UNEA: Uruguay, Costa Rica back formation of science-policy panel to manage chemicals, waste

The proposed panel on chemicals and waste, is expected to fill the gap between science and policy  

What is CoP26? Here’s how global climate negotiations work and what’s expected from the Glasgow summit

CoP26 will be a complex process, but it’s how international law and institutions can help solve problems that no single country can fix on …

A week of arrogance and distrust

An interdependent world can’t be an inequitable world. We are seriously off track on many counts, writes Sunita Narain

Dont wait for a global climate change pact

Mike Hulmes interest in politics shows up in his research on climate change. Kaushik Das Gupta caught up with the former director of Tyndall …

India needs more representative national food waste studies, says latest UN report

Food waste can be halved through concerted, collaborative effort, advises UN analysis

US consumers buying more from mass marketers than grocery stores: study

This could pose a potential health concern to the country, it warns

Politics of business

Civics Course>> Retail • The US

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Blame it on future tense

Language>> Health• US

NYT’s faulty posture

Newspaper>> Yoga • The US

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For love of books

Bookstore>> Economic crisis • The US

Caught in green web

Internet>> Bidding • US  

Origin of child birth

Junk DNA, the precursor of modern mammalian pregnancy

Sign of times

Handwriting>> Policy  • The US

Whimper for the buck

Book>> Biography of the Dollar by Craig Karmin Random House Rs 830

How the UK’s plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda is 21st-century imperialism writ large

The Rwanda scheme presents troubling echoes of the UK’s imperial past: The colonial transportation of slaves and indentured workers across …

Not ‘go slow’, need more certainty in electric vehicle pathways

The auto industry slow down must not provoke reactive posturing but spur a firm policy roadmap and a legal mandate in consultation with the …

Structural, governance reforms key to achieve 2030 Agenda: Report

Three years after adoption of SDGs, most countries have failed to implement them into real policies

Tulsi Gabbard’s decision to contest is a victory for Polynesia

Let us, for a moment, forget the Hawaii Congresswoman’s links to Hindu nationalism and instead, focus on her indigenous Pacific roots

UK can see more 40°C days by 2100: study

 Threshold may be lower if the island country’s emissions are reigned in

Spy versus spy and high tech gizmos

From secure manhole covers to Internet tracking systems, NSA has an arsenal of patents

In court

In 2023, at least 3 cases challenging climate inaction were filed every week: Reports

Climate litigations worldwide have nearly tripled since 2017; In 2024, cases related to climate impacts including extreme weather events & …