COVID-19: UNHRC, WWF raise concerns about increasing inequalities due to pandemic
The world must aim clearly at a green, equitable and resilient recovery, they said
World Overshoot Day: World has already overshot nature’s budget for rest of the year
This has happened in just seven months this year
Living Planet Report 2022: Wildlife populations decline by 69% in 50 years
Annual report links climate change and biodiversity loss for 1st time
World lost 68% vertebrates in 1970-2016: WWF
Freshwater wildlife down 84%; Latin America, the Caribbean particularly hit
South flays North's 'green GATT' proposal
At a recent meeting, Northern environmentalists insisted on GATT taking a tougher stand on environmental issues. The South, however, maintained …
WWF identifies 100 cities, including 30 in India, facing ‘severe water risk’ by 2050
These cities would have to build ‘resilience’ if they were to manage such scarcity, the nonprofit said
Subcontinent’s last cheetah was seen in 1997 in Balochistan: Divyabhanusinh at relaunch of seminal book
‘The story of India’s cheetahs’ was first published in 1995 and has more or less been the most exhaustive work on the cheetah …
EU water law won’t be changed, says European Commission
The Water Framework Directive, despite being a strong piece of legislation, has faced hurdles till now