Here are Down To Earth’s top 10 green stories on the week that was:
On October 18, 2023, global experts at a webinar organised by Delhi-based think tank Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) discussed the challenges and possibilities around antibiotics or any aspect of antimicrobial resistance becoming a global public good.
Read more: Global experts discuss challenges, possibilities around antibiotics becoming a global public good
India saw the highest migration flows to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries in 2021 and 2022, according to the ‘International Migration Outlook 2023’ released on the evening of October 23.
From 2015-2019, the world lost at least 100 million hectares of healthy and productive land each year, according to the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) data. This is twice the size of Greenland, it added.
Authorities in Karnataka have initiated action against four Kannada film actors and two self-proclaimed godmen who have openly flouted the Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972 by wearing tiger claw lockets around their necks.
As delegates of the Summit of the Three Basins congregate in Brazzaville, Republic of Congo to strengthen South-South governance for three ecosystems — Amazon, Congo, Borneo-Mekong and Southeast Asia — a global report showed that large parts of tropical forests in these areas remain threatened by fossil fuel, mining and extractive industry expansion.
Read more: Brazzaville Summit of the Three Basins needs to find ways to protect world’s tropical forests
India will likely miss reaching targets set by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations-mandated Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) to reduce premature deaths from four major Non-Communicable Diseases (NCD), according to an analysis by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR).
This year has recorded the highest number of days with global mean temperatures above 1.5 degrees Celsius. If it is business-as-usual, about one-third to half of the global population will find itself trapped in ‘beyond liveable’ regions, a new study has warned.
Nearly two weeks after the retreat of the southwest monsoon, dengue continues to haunt Bihar’s residents amid the festive season, with 125 fresh cases recorded on October 25, 2023, according to the state health department data.
Read more: Bihar’s dengue case count reaches 13,605 in puzzling post-monsoon surge despite mercury dip
The world is inching closer to six interconnected risk tipping points, describing immediate and increasing risks across the world, according to a new report from the United Nations University — Institute for Environment and Human Security (UNU-EHS).
Scientists have detected the presence of avian flu for the first time in the Antarctic region, raising concerns for remote populations of penguins and seals.