That sinking feeling
Just like at Kyoto, the US and EU are ready to make back-room deals that leave out the concerns of the South. Its time for the G77 to speak up
Climate Emergency CoP 25: India is the only major economy to be ‘2 degree compatible’
The US, China and the EU are ‘highly insufficient’ in their efforts to reduce GHG emissions
Climate Emergency CoP 25: 70% of top polluting countries failed to meet GHGs reduction target
Countries should have been on track to meet the first round of their emission reduction targets under the 2015 Paris Agreement.
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
Trump calls Paris Agreement ‘unfair’, but how fair is his claim?
Trump’s speech on withdrawing from climate deal punctuated by half-truths and exaggerations
Hours ahead of Paris summit, US hints at a new climate regime
In an informal paper, the country prioritises the need to provide finance for countries 'that require it the most'
Poor health to food insecurity
Not only low income levels, but also adults suffering from chronic diseases adversely impact a household’s food security
We, the people
Industrialised countries uneasy at the prospect of a shift from traditional political rights for the individual to rights that link communities …
Helping slum-dwellers to help themselves
Involving the community in slum improvement has worked successfully in the Philippines and Mexico. Hidebound bureaucrats in the Third World, who …
Reviving proven ways of resource management
The state's attempts to stop environmental degradation in Bariadi district failed because they ignored the traditional knowledge of the people.
An unconventional study of the food-cycle
FOOD, HEALTH AND SURVIVAL IN INDIA AND DEVELOPING COUNTRIES Stuart Gillespie and Geraldine McNeill Publisher: Oxford University Press, Delhi Price:
Dying in stages
Thirty million HIV-infected people in the world live in developing nations. With no cures in sight, all they can do is wait for death. And lack …
Creative carbon accounting
The Kyoto protocol, agreed in December 1997, was the first step to curtail emissions of the industrialised world. It is now being used to set up …
Cry the beloved country
The fight against AIDS in Africa hinges largely on drugs becoming more affordable in poor nations
Fixing cheap carbon
Genetically improved plants in Vietnam to help Australia meet its Kyoto target as cheaply as possible
Conditions to aid and trade
World Resources Institute objects to criticism that Northern groups are arm-twisting developing countries into reducing greenhouse gas emissions
'Censuses mean little'
A POPULATION expert sharply critical of India's achievements in curbing population growth. A demographer with scant respect for the census. A …
Cheers Chiraq!
The French President calls for equity
Equity Primer
A look at why equity is so important at the climate negotiations
Cost of importing food is expected to rise 6% in 2017
The global food import bill is rising despite robust output in 2017, says UN
'Nature's gardeners' to the fore
Pampered European farmers cried foul as the Uruguay Round of GATT raced to a tense finish.
Breathing poison
Big dams are bad news
Private companies investing in dams is bad news for the environment
Trade tactics
Imposing environmental trade sanctions on the South will not help, note experts
Biodiversity fund