WHO, Unicef target to avoid 50 million vaccine-preventable infections this decade
UN and other agencies launch new programme that aims to ensure immunisation benefits are shared equitably by humanity
Poaching, habitat loss push Africa’s elephants to the brink
IUCN declares African forest and savanna elephants as ‘critically endangered’ and ‘endangered’ based on latest population …
Key takeaways from the World Bank-IMF Spring Meetings 2024
The two Bretton Woods Institutions need to build momentum to deliver money for climate finance
A quarter of freshwater fish species risk extinction by climate change: IUCN
Climate change driving multiple species towards extinction at all stages of its lifecycle, assessment noted
IMF-World Bank annual meetings 2023: Did talks advance climate justice?
The meetings in Morocco raised urgent questions on financial reform, global debt and the need for climate finance
CITES COP19: Rare Jeypore Ground Gecko listed in Appendix 2 to stall its trafficking
Handsome and docile gecko species faces threat in international pet trade market
Reforming global governance institutions the Indian way
Multilateralism has not failed; it is the governments of nation states that have miserably failed to carry out the ethos of multilateralism.
Over 900 species of animals have become extinct according to latest IUCN Red List
Some 37 per cent of sharks and rays threatened with extinction; Komodo dragon now listed as endangered
Big mistake for countries to think COVID-19 danger has passed: WHO chief
At least 10% population of all countries should be vaccinated by September-end, WHO Director-General Tedros said at closing ceremony of 74th&…
World Heritage Day 2024: Survival accuses UNESCO of being complicit in illegal eviction, abuse of indigenous people
Survival report lists six World Heritage Sites which it claims are on stolen Indigenous land; Kaziranga in Assam on list
COP27: Dash for natural gas on a scale that threatens 1.5°C goal, says report
Cumulative emissions from LNG are estimated to be over 40 Gigatonnes of carbon dioxide-equivalent (CO2) higher between 2020 and 2050
‘See Afghans as brothers and sisters with whom we have ties since Mahabharata, not some distant aliens’
The second and final part of DTE’s interview with former ambassador Gautam Mukhopadhaya, where he discusses the situation in Afghanistan, …
Unfair trade barriers will hinder climate consensus
Carbon border agreements are in many ways modern instruments of imperialism that punish developing nations for making slower progress towards …
Blackbuck haven in Odisha: Protection by locals triple numbers
No poaching case reported in several years in Ganjam district
Emerging hazard: Radioactive contamination increasingly found in scraps for recycling, says UN body
Radioactive contaminated metal, if used to manufacture household goods, could pose a potential health problem to unsuspecting consumers: …
CITES COP19: India’s freshwater turtle in danger of extinction
India puts forward proposal to move it to Appendix I; Common hippo, straw-headed bulbul, African elephant at risk too
‘Largest public collection of unique plant germplasm in the world up for private takeover’
Restructuring of CGIAR ‘represents a threat to democratic and local control of food systems’, warns United Nations Special Rapporteur …
International Girl Child Day: Crimes against girls on the rise in India, especially eastern states
Strenghening community-based child protection systems imperative
Shrinking lion numbers in Africa: 40% geographic populations have 50 or fewer big cats
Somalian and Malawian lion populations most fragile; Paper points to need for including socio-political aspects along with ecology for lion …
South Koreans hoard sea salt as UN approves Japan’s release of Fukushima wastewater into Pacific
Japan will dilute the water to bring the remaining substances below regulatory standards before slowly releasing it 1,000 kilometres …
Conservationists in Tamil Nadu welcome formation of vulture conservation committee in state
The committee will ensure regular population monitoring of the raptors, scientific dumping and analysis of cattle carcasses among other things
IEA World Energy Outlook 2023: Fossil fuel demand to peak by 2030, urgent investment shift needed
Report calls for a balancing act, recommends maintaining fossil fuels backing
Debt crisis and gap in affordable climate finance in focus at IMF, World Bank meeting
Spring Meetings 2023 took place from April 10-16, 2023 in Washington DC
Laws alone won’t end female genital mutilation in India: Mariya Taher
Down To Earth speaks to Mariya Taher, the co-founder and United States executive director of non-profit Sahiyo on Female Genital …
Elephant poaching rates vary across Africa: 19 years of data from 64 sites suggest why
Poaching rates are lower where there is strong national governance and where local levels of human development are relatively high