What is the New Collective Quantified Goal (NCQG) on Climate Finance and why is it so important?
Americas: Yet another country in Western Hemisphere turns right as Panama elects Jose Mulino as president
Mulino joins Argentina’s Javier Milei & El Salvador’s Nayib Bukele even as Donald Trump & Jair Bolsonaro hope to return to power
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
Climatisation caused by commercialisation has reduced forest governance to carbon sinks
State regulation and community-led initiatives could offer better pathways for effective forest governance, the report at UN Forum on Forests suggests
Gas & propane stoves increase nitrogen dioxide exposure to unsafe levels, finds US study
Homes with gas stoves expose residents to an estimated 4 parts per billion increase in NO2 on average over a year
US government’s new food security plan for Nigeria to stem post-harvest loss, boost grains’ production
Experts in Nigeria welcome move, say it can even end food scarcity in the country
Early warning systems and controlled burning for forest fire management in talks at UN Forum on Forests
By end of forum on May 10, declaration aims to achieve agreement on a high-level political commitment to forest protection
UNFF: Countries adopt declaration on forest protection, emphasise on adopting technology for monitoring
The resolution paves the path for strengthening the International Arrangement on Forests, says UNFF19 Chair
Rhinos, elephants, pangolins, cedars, rosewoods & agarwood most affected by illegal wildlife trade: UNODC
Wildlife trafficking persists worldwide despite two decades of concerted action at international and national levels, says 2024 World …
Road to COP16: Two subsidiary bodies of Convention on Biological Diversity begin talks in Nairobi
The outcome of the discussions will be presented at COP16 in Colombia in October for consideration
Sultana’s Dream: Rokeya Hossain’s feminist utopian novel recognised as ‘Memory of the World’
Ramacharitmanas by Tulsidas, Panchatantra and Sahrdayaloka Lochana by Anandavardhana also recognised by UNESCO