अनिल अग्रवाल डायलॉग 2020: जलवायु परिवर्तन से कैसे जुड़ा है टिड्डी दल का हमला
डेजर्ट लोकस्ट एक्सपर्ट अनिल शर्मा ने कहा कि मौसम में बदलाव की वजह से बढ़ा है टिड्डों का हमला
उत्तरकाशी में अब “कचरे का पहाड़”
हिमालय की ऊंची चोटियों के बीच बसा करीब साढ़े तीन लाख की आबादी वाला ये जिला आज अपने कचरे के पहाड़ को ढोने के ...
100% ELECTRIFIED, But still in the dark
On April 28, when Leisang, a tiny hamlet in Manipur, was connected to the grid, Prime Minister Narendra Modi tweeted that it would be "remembered …
Ways to budge Karzai
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How MGNREGA blew Rs 10,853 crore
The “little known” success story of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) has unfolded as a disaster. …
'CBD has lost its track'
Bolivia is one of the few countries that has consistently been opposing treating biodiversity as a commodity at the ongoing Conference of Parties …
Light on India’s fourteenth meteor shower
The Vidarbha region in Maharashtra was hit by a meteor shower on May 22. It was no spectacle—it came between 2 pm and 2.30 pm—in the …
Earth crusaders
Ever since the first Earth Day was celebrated in 1970, countries around the world celebrate April 22 by organising programmes to plant saplings, …
'We have to make population growth compatible with development'
DEVELOPING countries have accepted the inarguable importance of the link between population and economic and social development and natural …
Who wants what, and how?
The subsidiary bodies of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UN FCCC) met recently in Bonn, Germany. These were the first …
The World Bank sees money in emissions trading
Daphne Wysham is the co-author of a recent report, The World Bank and the G-7: Changing the Earth's Climate for Business . She is also the …
Negotiations on biological resources inch forward
The conservation and sustainable management of biological resources was high on the international agenda in February 2004. Representatives of …
Books on rails
In Mexico City, run by the leftist Democratic Revolutionary party, a huge and unique campaign has begun to promote literacy and provide an "…
The political economy of defecation
This is a story about Delhi and the Yamuna, about the relationship between one of India's richest cities and one of her most revered rivers. The …
Issues at stake in COP 22
The COP summit in Marrakech may be crucial for negotiations on some long-standing issues at the UNFCCC
Climate Emergency CoP 25: 22 million people will be displaced in 2019 by extreme weather events, says WMO
The State of Global Climate 2019 says that once-in-a-century climate events are becoming regular
Farmer groups raise concerns about solutions proposed at COP 22
The impacts of climate change on agriculture will continue to have significant implications for rural development, sustainable development and …
Notable agriculture initiatives discussed at COP 22
Although the progress on adapting agriculture to climate change has been slow, the latest climate conference saw discussions on major initiatives …
COP 22, as it turned out
The issues of agriculture, adaptation and pre-2020 actions suffered the most as no major outcome came out on them
COP 22: India urges developed nations to adhere to the principle of 'Climate Justice'
Environment minister Anil Madhav Dave says developed nations need to provide effective finance, technology transfer and capacity building support
COP 22: little progress on pre-2020 actions
The facilitative dialogue was held at Marrakech to review progress of pre-2020 actions before the Paris Agreement comes into force
COP 22: developed countries pledge $23 million to support technology transfer
The pledge, however, does not mean that there shall be a transfer of intellectual property or patents to developing countries
COP 22: Get in line or get out
It is better for the world that the US withdraws from the Paris Agreement completely
COP 22: more than 20 nations sign framework agreement on International Solar Alliance
International Solar Alliance is an initiative by India wherein 121 solar resource-rich countries have come together
COP 22: US must respect climate change commitments, says French President
The UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon hoped that climate action will be implemented with swiftness and special focus on equity and justice