Multiple crises: the cost of wasted time
Much like COVID-19, when WHO procrastinated, FAO too is “considering”when to declare the locust upsurge as a plague
India: How COVID enabled new forms of economic abuse of women
Economic abuse tends to involve controlling and coercive behaviour by a woman’s partner, in-laws or other family members
Hunger in South Africa: Study shows one in five are at risk
Social inequalities are well documented in South Africa, but not enough is known about the link between social vulnerability and food insecurity …
Oxfam’s latest report is a wake-up call on the ever-increasing gulf between India’s haves and have-nots
India should adopt a pro-people and nature-friendly economic model to reduce its inequalities
Black hole of public finance: Unequal fiscal burden on citizens
73% of the wealth generated in India in 2017 went to the richest 1%, while the poorest half of the population saw only a 1% increase in their wealth
COVID-19: Economic Survey credits lockdown for India’s success, silent on nitty-gritties
‘1918 Spanish Flu lessons were guiding factors for India’s lockdown, other pandemic strategies’
COVID-19: A long economic quarantine
Forecast of high temperature, erratic rains and cyclone push India’s poor into a point of no survival return
Tarballs on India’s west coast: A tale of shifting responsibilities
Tarballs are hazardous to human life and marine biodiversity
COVID-19: UNCTAD predicts $3.4 tln debt for developing countries
Income losses to exceed $220 bln in developing countries, says report
Offshore wind energy: India set to harness coastal breezes
Eight zones off the coasts of Gujarat and Tamil Nadu have been identified as potential offshore wind energy zones
COVID-19: The world is staring at a recession — the first to be driven by a pandemic
The novel coronavirus disease and measures to contain outbreaks can shrink the global economy by 5.2%; that would be the 4th-…
Climate finance for Small Island Developing States slumped to 2017 levels in 2019: OECD
Small Island Developing States are vulnerable to increased risk of storm surges, sea-level rise and altered rainfall patterns
Swimming pools and manicured lawns — rich communities’ extravagant choices are leaving too little water for the poor
Study finds socioeconomic inequality as the biggest problem behind water shortages in urban areas
Republic of the Congo gets its first ever marine protected areas
Three zones include nesting grounds for leatherback turtles, critical habitats for Atlantic humpback whale
Economic downturn eats into climate mitigation, adaptation funding: UNCTAD
Reduced green investment will put a spanner in the efforts to fasttrack solutions for climate change.
Air pollution can cut 8 yrs off lives of 250 mln north Indians: Report
Air pollution shortened the average life expectancy by 5.2 years in India, according to the report
Tax the wealthy: 2 billion people can be lifted from poverty by levying the super-rich, says Oxfam
Gap between the rich and the poor broadened over the past two years
UN launches 10 principles to close Asia-Pacific sustainable finance gap
Aimed at mobilising and deploying financing for key Sustainable Development Goals, particularly around climate action
Business as usual or sustainable model: What is post-COVID-19 dilemma?
World leaders are at crossroads — and they need to take hard measures to push for a green economy
Afghanistan under Taliban: A decade’s progress eroded in a year, says UN
Cascading crises, almost 700,000 jobs vanished, finds report
UN rolls out COVID-19 communication tool in Africa
The mobile-based digital public communications platform aims to provide 600-800 million users with latest public health advice
Climate change fuelling conflict in Lake Chad Basin: Report
Shrinking natural resources due to adverse weather heightening tensions, says human rights group
Narendra Modi flags off UN migratory species meet; brings up Joint Forest Management
PM skips any mention of Forest Rights Act in speech to CMS CoP13 at Gandhinagar
Journey across the Global South: Sharing and exchanging sustainable development solutions
Despite progress, developing countries face a wide range of challenges and experiences that span areas such as economic growth, environmental and …
El Nino to cause global losses worth $84 trillion by 2099, India may be more vulnerable than estimated
Impacts of El Nino will be more pronounced in poor countries in the tropics like India
