‘Improving efficiency only way to control nitrogen pollution’

Human-induced nitrogen emissions have surpassed natural emissions, damaging the environment and human health, says Mark Sutton, lead author of &…

Why International Yoga Day is no cause for celebration in India

The debate around International Yoga Day is not about health benefits. It is about the media spectacle in the name of health when spending on …

Lost fish

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Bees lose way

How common pesticides affect bee populations

Colonial plants

Waste: Uncovering the Global Food Scandal

High road to Dubai COP28: Bonn meeting begins on discordant note with parties failing to adopt agenda

Parties could not agree on adaptation, mitigation, Global Stock Take and equity among other things

23,700,000: That's how many people climate change forced out of their homes in 2021

Climate disasters led to 4.9 million internal displacements in India last year: Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre    

UNEA 5.2: UN assembly to come up with an agreement on plastic pollution

The agreement will seek to track the lifespan of plastic products right from the source and into the seas

Why UNICEF wants to raise $255 million this year for eastern, southern Africa

The additional funds will support children with adequate, life-saving nutrition services

Haiti cholera victims threaten to drag UN to court for compensation

8,000 people have lost their lives because of the disease in the past two-and-a-half years

G8 and tragedy of Africa

Rich nations are forcing African states to change laws to facilitate private investment in agriculture in a replay of colonial adventurism

Sudan conflict fallout: Over 1,200 children have died in country amid healthcare crisis, says UN

Children died from suspected measles and malnutrition; those under five account for over three-quarters of all deaths

Why shouldn’t I be intolerant?

The circles of information have shrunk to what is most agreeable to listen to. It is no surprise that in all environmental conversations there is …

Least developed countries need help to overcome COVID-19-induced economic setback: UNCTAD

Boosting productive capacities biggest hope for LDC to cushion COVID-19 impacts 

Diesel confuses bees

Emissions interfere with floral odours that guide honeybees

The noisier, the healthier

Listening to coral reefs could help protect them

UNPFII calls for inclusion of indigenous people in socio-economic development, conservation of environment

UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues also demanded inclusion in preserving culture & languages

Mauna Loa wakes up after almost 40 years; eruption’s duration uncertain, say scientists

As the volcano has not erupted for such a long period, the eruption might be of a longer duration, according to scientists

Almost 60% of Africa’s low-income countries in debt distress: UNCTAD

Ghana and Tunisia are in talks with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for emergency loans

UN meet begins over treaty to govern use of high seas

Fifth round of negotiations for international legal treaty to protect marine biodiversity beyond jurisdiction of countries

Cool it

We need ways to reduce the need for cooling devices. This means we need to build with nature, not against it

Combating forest fires in focus on Day 1 of UN forum; India shares revised National Forest Policy

About 100 million hectares of forest or 3% of world’s total forest area affected by fires each year

Book Excerpt: Of ‘King Cotton’ and Vidarbha

How the path dependencies in the cotton economy crossed the paths of Vidarbha, Britain, and the American South is a fascinating story

Simply Put: ‘I’ for indigenous, ‘E’ for Extinct