Occupational hazard: Exposure to ionising radiation affects over 24 million workers globally
Behavioural risk factors plays an important role in the worldwide cancer burden and 44% of global cancer deaths are preventable
World Tiger Day: The striped cats have gone extinct in 3 southeast Asian countries; here is why
Poaching and habitat loss largely responsible for the development according to experts
Climate change, tribal livelihood: Cinema meets environment at IFFI
Movies such as Taledanda, Koozhangal, Semkhor rise to the occasion to highlight a range of environmental issues staring at mankind …
India International Science Festival, 2021, launched
The theme of IISF 2021 is ‘Celebrating Creativity in Science, Technology and Innovation for Prosperous India’
Cities will be too hot to live in future, says new UNEP report
There is a need for a strategic, whole-system approach that realises sustainable urban cooling or rather sustainable urban comfort
Local knowledge refined with tech & funds can help climate adaptation in Asia-Pacific: IFAD
Digital mapping along with local knowledge can be useful to identify climate-vulnerable hotspots
COVID-19 trade restrictions devastating for Africa’s urban poor
Trade enables formal firms to flourish, which is essential for economic recovery; It also also protects the urban poor in informal economy …
International Day of Climate Action: All talk, no show on Paris Agreement targets
Countries may have announced grandiose plans to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, but they are unlikely to meet the global target to become carbon …
Why African countries are reluctant to take up COVID-19 debt relief
Poor countries know that the debt markets are not favourable to them; they acknowledge the risk of being punished by existing creditors, …
Many protected migratory species declining: Report
73 per cent of Appendix I and 48 per cent of Appendix II species of the Convention on Migratory Species are diminishing, it says, with …
India’s declining rural income pulls downs global economic growth: IMF
International Monetary Fund says downgrade of global economy due to India’s dipping growth rates
SpaceX’s new rocket prototype to fly humans to space next year: Elon Musk
Starship rocket MK1 features three Raptor engines — powered by cryogenic methane and liquid oxygen. It is 50 metre tall and weighs about 1,…
Hindu Kush Himalayas are changing. Ramp up adaptation, urges ICIMOD
Hindu Kush Himalayan glaciers could lose up to 80 per cent of their current volume by 2100 in a business-as-usual scenario, according to the …
Merely designating an area as protected not enough, says Princeton study; here is why
It is as important to protect the areas already protected as it is to create new protected areas, say researchers
Climate hypocrisy? Germany’s coal-fuelled power sector more polluting than India, China currently
Germany’s measures, while possibly a temporary reaction to an abrupt reduction in Russian gas supplies, call into serious question its …
US is becoming a ‘developing country’ on global rankings that measure democracy, inequality
Racism, devotion to ‘American exceptionalism’ behind the decline; US slips to 41st position on UN’s development index
WHO declares monkeypox public health emergency of international concern
WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus overruled a committee of experts who could not come to a consensus
Accountability, equity: Experts suggest what WHO’s first-ever pandemic treaty should encapsulate
The first round of public hearings for the treaty is currently underway though it will be drafted only by 2024
Why the proposed Silver Line rail project in Kerala is a non-starter
The project is not economically viable; it will also have social and environmental impacts; instead, the government should look at possible …
Africa’s Sahel has the highest rate of child marriage globally: Report
Around 5 million children in the central Sahel face a growing humanitarian crisis, according to a new report
IEA Roadmap modelling its way out to remove emissions with tech
To make the IEA Roadmap for the global energy sector a reality, global development in clean and green energy needs to vastly pick up the pace and …
Low-paid workers, women hit most by COVID-19 wage gaps: ILO report
The average wage in two-third countries — for which official data was available — fell or grew more slowly in the first 6 months of …
US dollar’s grip on global markets might be over, warns Goldman
Years of talking about abandoning the US dollar, Russia and China are doing it for real. In the first quarter of 2020, share of dollar in trade …
Is the world ready to meet the SDG target on sanitation?
A closer look at the report by UNICEF and WHO tells you that this certainly not the case
IEA Summit on clean energy minerals: Actions for sustainable, ethical supply chains agreed upon
Attendees agree to accelerate progress towards diversified and sustainable supplies of minerals