Women in workforce: Low participation majorly due to gender discrimination, says new Oxfam report

Participation rate for women fell to 25% in 2021 from 43% in 2004-05

Future in forest: How eviction of villagers from Achanakmar tiger reserve united adivasis to fight for CFRR

Four villages in the core area of the reserve received forest rights August 9, 2022

Almost half a billion men, women suffered from lower respiratory infections globally in 2019: Report

The leading risk factors for LRI mortality, however, varied across age groups and sex

Live storage in India’s reservoirs increases by over 11% this week

Some 10 states had less-than-normal storage (the average for the last 10 years).

US now calls water scarcity a national security issue: An expert explains how serious it can be

In many cases, disasters could be prevented with proper water management

CAG finds irregularities in Chhattisgarh local bodies

Delays in holding polls, no meetings for several urban local bodies, finds audit

Live storage in reservoirs spikes, highest in 4 weeks

Storage deficient in the Indus and Mahi basins and highly deficient in the Sabarmati

How the struggle for forest rights united a nagar panchayat & divided another in Chhattisgarh

Tumbahra & Churiyara became one of the 1st nagar panchayats to receive CFRR titles

Plastic-free planet: On penultimate day of INC-3, contact groups complete 1st review of 'zero draft' revised sections

Three contact groups with participating delegates and countries as member were formed by INC Chair to address specific sections of the zero …

Nearly a billion children globally exposed to extremely high water stress: UNICEF report

Released days ahead of COP28, the report sees global event as a critical opportunity to finally put children on the climate change agenda

Philippines environmental group raises concerns over plastic pollution at INC3

It advocated for a comprehensive global plastic treaty, raising points in alignment with sustainable planetary boundaries & safeguarding …

Globally, 21 million tonnes of plastics leaked into environment last year: OECD

Report released two days before Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee on Plastic Pollution for international treaty on plastics

Deadly nursery: Children under 5 worst sufferers of respiratory diseases in capital, healthcare personnel admit

A hospital in Connaught Place even witnesses cases of child deaths as it lacks availability of oxygen ports, flow meters and even beds

These women near Delhi’s Bhalswa landfill are growing greens in their backyards with a purpose

They are doing so as part of an initiative to improve women and girls’ access to nutrition; the vegetables are grown with natural inputs

Dismantle with ease: Facility in Ghaziabad offers safe working space for e-waste recyclers

Facility for both informal and formal dismantlers; offering a complete system including tools, equipment and training 

Same-sex marriages: LGBTQIA+ community vows to fight on, lawyers & activists in support

Apex court applying differential standards in case, say activists; others call it a positive step, despite falling short of deciding to legalise …

World Food Day 2023: Water crisis threatens $58 trillion in economic value, food security, says WWF report

Degradation of rivers, lakes, wetlands and aquifers threatens their economic value and their irreplaceable role in sustaining not only food …

More people moved into high flood zones, exposing larger populations to water disasters: World Bank

Most countries, especially in East Asia, saw more settlements in regular flood zones, ultra-high flood zones than in dry areas

‘It is high time India has a law that recognises climate migrants’

Down To Earth speaks to Member of Parliament, Pradyut Bordoloi,on the Climate Migrants (Protection and Rehabilitation) Bill, 2022

High levels of particulate matter exposure increase breast cancer risk, finds study

Researchers observed an 8% increase in breast cancer incidence for people living in areas with higher PM2.5 exposure

Heatwaves leading to ozone pollution, says WMO report

Climate change continues to increase heatwaves’ intensity; extreme heat ‘compounded’ measurably impacts air quality, it adds  

Zero draft of global treaty to end plastic pollution released ahead of Nairobi meet

Member States will be invited to start INC-3 negotiations in Nairobi on the basis of the zero draft text

India will be losing groundwater three times faster in 2041-2080, finds study

Climate change will likely increase crop water demand; farmers may adapt by applying more irrigation  

Fine particulate air pollution shortens average Indian’s life by 5.3 years: University of Chicago

Nearly 40% of India’s population concentrated in Indo-Gangetic Plain to be affected most due to air pollution  

Droughts, declining cost of solar panels may hinder Africa’s hydropower expansion

Solar power can emerge as the favoured technology by most African countries in the long-term