Negotiations move ahead in chaotic manner during multiple parallel sessions

Parties urged to speed up talks in informal groups

G20 energy ministers call for cooperation on nuclear energy & low-emission hydrogen

A tripling of renewable energy has been changed to “tripling of clean technology capacity,” says expert

Fight against antibiotic resistance gets a fillip

Interagency Coordination Group on Antimicrobial Resistance seeks immediate, coordinated and ambitious action to stem the misuse and overuse of …

Global economy to grow slightly in 2016: World Bank

Global economic activity will see 2.9 per cent growth this year as per a report, slightly higher than 2.4 per cent in 2015

India is not prepared to tackle climate change impacts

Warming will slow down economic growth and make poverty reduction more difficult, and further erode food security

Global economy’s weakest half-decade performance in 30 years likely by end of 2024, warns World Bank

Calls for $2.4 trillion increase in investment by developing countries for course correction

Without adoption of a robust GGA, COP28 would fail: African negotiators

Adaptation a key priority for the continent, say AGN representatives; they expect COP28 to result in tangible outcomes which reflect Africa’…

Globally, women have just two-thirds of legal rights given to men, finds World Bank

India’s rank improves from 126 to 113

The paradox of nature and balanced accounts

Western institutions and the United Nations are keen protagonists of natural resource accounting but it may still not be a useful policy tool for …

G20 nations agree to triple renewable energy capacity by 2030

Indian Presidency establishes Green Hydrogen Innovation Centre under International Solar Alliance

G20 Summit: New Delhi Leaders' Declaration adopted with consensus on various environmental goals

Countries committed to “urgently accelerate our actions to address environmental crises and challenges, including climate change”

Natural wealth of the nations

 Wealth is increasing in the world but will not be sustainable in countries that have degraded their natural environment or capital: World …

Extreme weather events in India made women, children more vulnerable to modern slavery, flags report

Cyclones in India, particularly in the Sundarbans, made locals vulnerable to traffickers and drove them into forced labour, the report …

Cleaning Nepal, brick by brick

The 2015 earthquake has given Nepal an opportunity to adopt cleaner brick kiln technologies

Ebola damaging economies of two countries in West Africa

At present, nearly half of Liberian household heads remain out of work; employment and food insecurity major problems

Mistakes made at Copenhagen may get repeated at Doha climate talks

Qatar could ask ministers to short-circuit negotiations

Climate-smart development can increase global economic output by $1.8 trillion: World Bank

Right policy choices can deliver significant economic and health benefits – as well as help reduce emissions to combat climate change, says …

Doha climate talks: rich nations push for dropping disputed matters

No progress on the Durban Platform to be allowed unless elements from long-term cooperative action incorporated in negotiating process, say …

Heatwaves in India could soon break human survivability limit, says World Bank analysis

Poor, marginalised to be worst hit; Economic productivity to be jeopardised too

Fisherfolk protest Adani port in Kerala’s Vizhinjam

Construction halted; State govt promises housing scheme for those affected

Why ‘climate refugees’ in this Kerala village don’t want schools to reopen

The pandemic came as a blessing in disguise for the fisherfolk of Valiyathura

Coastal crisis: It’s a race against time, and tide, for those living in Odisha’s coastal villages; here’s why

Odisha is fast losing its shoreline to rising sea levels. Its adaptation plans must not only be immediate but also foolproof

Prevention better than cure: Why World Bank bats for One Health to combat pandemics

Report finds cost of prevention a third of fighting off pandemic as pace of emerging infectious outbreaks increase

COVID-19 impact: World will have 150 million ‘new extreme poor people’ in 2021

This is nearly twice the number of ‘new extreme poor’ estimated by the World Bank in April 2020

Dramatic twists on Vedanta plant public hearing in Odisha

Orissa HC first stays, then allows hearing to take place; decision deferred till October 5