Shortchanging the South

Funds, always a sticky subject, was an area of considerable debate at UNCED. What emerged was a weak compromise which left northern purses …

The global green farce

At UNCED the inclustrialised countries do not want any serloys restructuring of their economies or their lifestyles to save the earth. But the …

Leaving the poor aside

Germany's persistence in not agreeing with the idea of selling IMF gold reserves provided a convenient excuse for the G-7 to ignore the debt …

Silent sufferers

Indifferent primary health care in developing countries could lead to mental depression taking the form of a mass illness

Costly populism

SUBSIDIZING UNSUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, UNDERMINING THE EARTH WITH PUBLIC FUNDS· Andre de Moor & Peter Calamai·Commissioned by …

Equity first

The only way to a lasting international climate treaty is to accept equal rights of all human beings to release greenhouse gases, acknowledges a …

Public property

It is good to hear Western leaders say the genetic secrets of human life should be used for public good

An encounter

AMERICAN HEAT . By Donald A Brown . First edition . Published by Rowman and Littlefield Publishers Inc. . Maryland . USA . 2002

'We have to make population growth compatible with development'

DEVELOPING countries have accepted the inarguable importance of the link between population and economic and social development and natural …

REDD and REDD +: An Overview (Part II)

Jagdish Kishwan, additional director general (wildlife) at the Ministry of Environment and Forest, explains why REDD + is a "win-win" …

Drafting the Paris agreement: the week that was

Draft text adopted, but many issues need resolving

DTE Coverage: What happened at the MC12 WTO Meet in Geneva

Designed for developing

All programmes to mitigate climate change are being designed for developing nations.

Warsaw Climate Talks into Extra Time

Bolivia and Nararu representing AOSIS, supports Fiji and G77+China.

COP28 Recap: What was finally decided in the Global Stocktake?

Global Stocktake text has some key highlights & evident gaps, a big one being on the operationalisation of equity in the fossil fuels transition

Promoting desertification

ABC of environment education

The North's experiences in environment education are not useful for the South

Operation clean up

Pesticide companies vow to dispose off their products in developing countries

Aid fall for the Third World

The steady principle of inconsistency

What a waste

Third World wood finds niche in global market

Rewards from Rio: A year later

GEF A tale of beggars and frauds

Musical chairs