Banking on carbon

World Bank's proposed role in the global carbon market is good news for the US, but it may spell doom for developing countries

PIPRA: An attempt to hoodwink the Third World

The ongoing attempts to strengthen intellectual property protection regimes through the Trade-Related Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) …

Is institutional racism for real?

A recent review of editorial boards of ten leading international psychiatry journals has revealed almost nil representation from developing countries

The dark side of knowledge

Beyond research spending, the gap in scientific output between developed and developing countries is glaring

Extractive industries review

An independent review the World Bank commissioned wishes the Bank to stop funding all coal and oil mining projects in developing countries, …

"We increasingly rely on inorganic fertilisers"

James Galloway, chairperson of the US-based International Nitrogen Initiative,tells T V Jayan that problems associated with nitrogen cycle …

"Inland aquaculture can improve livelihoods of millions"

M Vijay Gupta, former assistant director general, World Fish Center, Penang, Malaysia was the World Food Prize winner in 2005. He talks to Sourav …

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 …

Living longer, not better

Next time a report on people, please!

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The Bank and the pauper

Protocol prattles

India calls for a united Southern stand to oppose the Moptreal Protocol amendment

Every country can make a difference — but carbon reductions need to be realistic & fair

Developing countries can decarbonise while continuing to grow

Simply Put: Loss and damage

Climate Emergency CoP 25: The Adaptation Fund is perfectly fit to serve the Paris Agreement

But some countries insist that its fundamental structure be changed

Red flag to green fund

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"We don't want an acclamation text": developing countries are now angry

THE DURBANATOR REPORTS

New European Union report on funding commitments fails to meet developing countries’ expectations

CoP-15 in Copenhagen last year had begun with a bang. 

India asks developed countries to practice what they preach at HFC phase-down amendment negotiations

The five baseline proposals submitted at the talks in Vienna have now come down to two

Ferns: heavy metal guzzlers

Can replace expensive methods of controlling pollution

Candour in the air

Pests get the better of pesticides

Selfish interests in the guise of altruism

Hidden feelings surface

Prevention is cheaper than cure