On trial

Who's in and out?

Aqua guard

Denmark introduces an advanced system to moniter oxygen depletion and waste dumping in seawater

Focus on pledges

Accountability issue set to take centrestage at the upcoming CoP-8 (Read full article)

Denmark stakes claim over North Pole and a large chunk of the Arctic

Seeks formal recognition of its extended territory from UN

Denmark scraps tax on fat

Government gives in to pressure from the food industry, consumers

Denmark imposes fat tax

The surcharge will be levied on food items containing more than 2.3 per cent saturated fat.

Blowing in the wind

Civil society cannot distance itself from the phenomenon of right-wing parties finding their way to the top in Europe

Economic and social costs of mental ill-health very high: OECD report

Spending on mental healthcare does not meet treatment needs

US, Japan & others to fund Indonesia’s transition to clean energy

Just Energy Transition Partnership’s $20 bn finance can help freeze the country’s per capita emissions at 2.4 tonnes by 2030

CoP-8: Nothing's brewing

For a fortnight, 1,456 delegates from 167 countries sat in conference halls, attended plenary sessions and roundtables, and sized each other up …

UN reports fall in development assistance from donor countries

Decline in aid will affect efforts to reach Millennium Development Goals by 2015

THE MONEY MAKERS

India granted 'observer' status in Arctic Council