Small island states seek additional funds

Small island countries will test, at a 1994 world conference, the sincerity of Western nations' promise about aiding development, which they made …

Southern trade losses offset gains in capital

Financial transfer estimates that generously portray Northern largesse are deceptive for they camouflage huge payments triggered by the Gulf war.

Coating Autonomy With Colonialism

In the year of UNCED, the green movement continued to take tosses in the global context. The perception of the environmental crisis as mainly …

Driving home a point without any solutions

Our Country, The Planet -- Forging a Partnership For Survival Shridath Ramphal Publisher: Island Press, Washington D.C. Price: US $15

The fight over the DEAD

A severe tug of war between the North and the South preceded the unanimous acceptance of the Rio declaration

Atmospheric chemistry shifts blame around

Research in atmospheric sciences is booming because of the impending threat to4he world's climate. Every month there is a new study showing new …

All for a better future

More than 100 nations of the Global Environment Facility (GEF) met in the capital to chalk out plans for a better, sustainable future

Reducing anaemia

Time to fight

Clinton's costly 'gifts'

There is more than meets the eye in Clinton's emphasis on clean energy during his recent visit to India

Surviving on trade

UNITED NATIONS

WTO and drugs

What has Doha done to help poor nations meet their drug needs?

Leaving their mark

Paving way for a clean future

Released recently, the Bellagio memorandum advocates best practices for policies on vehicular emission reduction worldwide

Road to Cancun - Waivers on paper

The only semblance of fairness that exists in the various agreements of the World Trade Organization is contained in their 155 "special and …

"No case for a multilateral framework"

Nagesh Kumar , director general of Research and Information Systems on Non-Aligned and Developing Countries, a development research organisation, …

Marooned!

Island states feel isolated

Former Finnish minister on environment concerns

Satu Hassi, the former environment minister of Finland and now a member of the European parliament, speaks to Ritu Gupta on the business of CDM

Old whine in new bottle

Debate over fresh IFC guidelines

Climate change

Least polluting countries hit the hardest

News Snippets

South flays North's 'green GATT' proposal

At a recent meeting, Northern environmentalists insisted on GATT taking a tougher stand on environmental issues. The South, however, maintained …

How the South lost its morality in Beijing

Recycled paper up on global popularity chart