Bonn summit: Participants reach a consensus on forest protection
According to an IPCC report, deforestation is responsible for almost 10 per cent of global greenhouse gas emissions
UN asks nations to prepare climate plans by March
Christiana Figueres calls for achieving climate neutrality in the second half of the century
I compete with birds
When Peter Kaestner is not holding visa interviews at the US Embassy in Delhi, he prefers nurturing his ambition of spotting all the 10,000 …
UN Security Council steps into climate change
Calls attention to potential threat of climate on international peace
7th GEF Assembly: Member countries get together to ratify Global Biodiversity Framework Fund
Momentum set in Vancouver crucial for achieving the biodiversity and sustainable development goals by 2030
US, Japan & others to fund Indonesia’s transition to clean energy
Just Energy Transition Partnership’s $20 bn finance can help freeze the country’s per capita emissions at 2.4 tonnes by 2030
Reverse land use change to prevent zoonoses like COVID-19: UNCCD
Land use degradation creates ground for zoonotic disease like COVID-19 as the interaction and physical distance between animals and humans …
Science and Technology - Briefs
December In Copenhagen
World headed for water crises by 2040
Two studies suggest immediate change in the water use by power sector to avoid global drought
What is the New Collective Quantified Goal (NCQG) on Climate Finance and why is it so important?
UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues: Progress towards protecting indigenous territories slow, say experts
Though the Indigenous Peoples have a crucial role in protecting land, they receive less than 1% of climate finance
Climate change, disruptions in supply chain due to geopolitical tensions threatening global economic growth: UNCTAD
Slower economic growth for third consecutive year; India’s growth expected to be marginally lower than 2023
US oil & gas lobby pushes massive ad campaign promoting fossil fuels
The “Lights on Energy” campaign pushes message that dependence on oil & natural gas is a matter of survival for Americans and …
Almost 5 million children died before their fifth birthday in 2022, finds UN report
A neonatal death happened every 14 seconds, one under five death every 6 seconds
Heatwave grips US too, ‘excessive heat warning’ for some areas
Biden announces measures to combat climate change
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
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
African countries need to seize opportunities created by US-China tensions
This will require a great deal of imagination and courage
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
Fashion industry may use quarter of world’s carbon budget by 2050
Emissions from this sector are to rise by more than 60 per cent by 2030
After Paris, UK's latest 'carbon budget' just isn't ambitious enough
British people will still be able to emit 60% more than their fair share
India to be fastest growing large economy in 2016: UN report
Consumer and investor confidence in India has risen
