DTE Coverage: ICIMOD report paints bleak picture for Hindu Kush-Himalayas
Hindu Kush Himalayan glaciers could lose up to 80 per cent of their current volume by 2100 in a business-as-usual scenario, according to the report
Whopping $1.6 tn investment can be created for green cooling solutions in India by 2040: World Bank
Around 34 million people in the country might lose their jobs because of heat stress and subsequent decline in productivity
SEBI’s green and blue bonds: Are they the sustainable finance that India needs?
Developing countries like India are more likely to be affected by the climate crises; financial institutions will play a crucial role in such a …
Switch to renewables can grow Africa’s economy by 6.4% in 2050: IRENA
Energy-efficiency investments have the potential to create more than 5.2 million jobs between 2019 and 2030 in Africa
Climate change is real & an emergency: 64% people voted so
People living in small island developing states showed highest support for climate action
Post-COVID-19 e-governance challenges: A case study of Anganwadi services
Door-to-door delivery of services, provision of smartphones to anganwadis centres to help monitor their work were among the initiatives
What the new National Education Policy misses — Time
Except the makers of the policy, everyone else acknowledges that a baby’s brain development starts from the moment it is born and not …
COVID-19 and the curious case of development sector un-partnerships
The key principle for the development in dealing with the global pandemic should not be rationality but equity
No country in position to provide safe future to children: Report
High carbon emissions diminish good development indices of children, says Unicef-WHO-Lancet Commission report
Urban lake: A reflection of its watershed
Critical to any lake ecosystem, the urban lake’s watershed is the surrounding land area that drains into that particular lake
Every 1 in 3 adults has hypertension, but only half know it
New WHO report called for prioritising prevention, early detection and effective management of high blood pressure
Time to reform UN Security Council, Bretton Woods system outdated: Guterres
Can’t ignore vast majority of countries suffering a deep financial crisis, UN Secretary-General says at G7 meet
COVID‑19 will have severe impact on most SDGs: Report
Global partnerships will be essential to deal with health and socio-economic crises due to the pandemic, it says
10 years of Delhi gang rape: 70% of released Nirbhaya Funds utilised, Lok Sabha told
Region-wise disparities in fund utilisation; Conviction rate in crimes against women continues to remain abysmal
Evidences dating back to the 1500s to be used for projections on climate change, biodiversity
The scoping study will be conducted over three years and analyse impact up till 2050
Omicron in southern Africa: Mozambique is worried for its economy, especially tourism
Mozambique has reported two cases of the Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2 till now
Too many tourists in Himalayas; new report presses for pre-empting disasters
Built-up area in Himachal Pradesh increased exponentially during 1989-2012, says report
New low-carbon development, investment and governance models needed to achieve SDGs: UNDP Report
The transition in energy use is more important in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic
AMR Awareness Week: Public health needs to be bottom line
New antibiotic research & development model required to ensure people most in need get access to right drugs
Egypt: The halting place of feeble and mighty
Countries meeting in Egypt need to ensure climate finance given as grants, not loans
Simply Put: World Cities Day
Nutritional crisis: India has most ‘zero-food’ children at 6.7 million; third highest prevalance among 92 LMICs
Children aged 6-23 months going without milk, solid or semisolid food in 24-hour period are ‘zero-food’
How to make sure Biden’s infrastructure plan can hold up to climate change — and save money
Several US cities are now considering hurricane defense systems, and the future protection they will actually need to prevent flooding is unknown …
Giving birth to a poverty-free world
Reduction of poverty among children is central to a world without extreme poverty
South Africa can become world leader in zero-carbon shipping fuels: Study
South Africa has abundant natural resources and is situated on one of the busiest international sea routes