Local knowledge refined with tech & funds can help climate adaptation in Asia-Pacific: IFAD
Digital mapping along with local knowledge can be useful to identify climate-vulnerable hotspots
5 days to CoP26: NDCs insufficient, climate finance unmet till 2023
Signals on key issues such as enhanced climate ambition and climate finance point to poor progress
Fifteenth Finance Commission: Over Rs. 4.36 lakh crore for local governments
Local governments will get special health grants
Fillip, more funds for disease surveillance in Union Budget 2021-22
Pradhan Mantri AtmaNirbhar Swasth Bharat Yojana will help improve detection and treatment of new diseases but not fortify the overall health …
Economics of population
The 15th Finance Commission has recommended the use of Census 2011 instead of the norm of considering Census 1971, and this change has led to …
African exporters face choppy waters in the wake of Brexit
Emerging market countries that rely heavily on commodity exports will be hit hardest by Britain's decision to leave the European Union
World Bank gets jittery
As bank gears up for competition, it may further dilute environmental safeguard policies
Terminated abruptly
Toeing the US' line appears to be an essential prerequisite for receiving aid from it. The 'Reproductive Health for Refugees Consortium' for aids …
"These are the times of one standard"
S P VASIREDDI, Chairperson and Managing Director, Vimta Labs Ltd, Hyderabad was recently in Delhi. NIDHI JAMWAL caught up with the scientist
Claiming water
The fundamental right to water intends to alleviate suffering. It fails miserably to meet its intention. Feel the lives of those who suffer and …
Mountain biodiversity tops Montreal meet agenda
The entire gamut of activities that threaten ecosystems in the mountain regions dominated discussions at the meeting of the scientific advisory …
Supreme Court allows SKS Microfinance to resume operations in Andhra
Micro-lender among those accused of coercive loan recovery from rural poor; court asks state not to take coercive steps against firm for now
COP28 recap: Climate finance negotiations showed little progress
New climate finance goal discussions remained limited to process, substantive elements pushed to COP29
COP28: New finance goal faces tenuous negotiations
Divergence on Paris Agreement Article 2.1c continues; Brazil points out developing countries’ needs not reflected
Wealthy nations less likely to fulfil climate adaptation finance goal: Report
Support for gender-responsiveness was found to be lacking
Cost of climate action: Africa needs $2.8 trillion from 2020-2030 to meet goals, says report
About 90% climate finance is likely to be external
A bill for biodiversity
CoP-11 has an urgent agenda: to look for money to fund new targets
Baby's days are out
It's pack-up time for around 12,000 two-stroke baby taxis in Dhaka
Pedal power downplayed
A bicycle costs more, a scooter costs less. Thanks to the finance minister
Home makers
Women of Latur exemplify how people alone can put an end to their misery
Devolution meet a damp squib
Precious little achieved as states resist financial empowerment of panchayats
Forest fraud
Senior official in the dock
Africa Climate Summit 2023: Private sector commits to invest in green growth, mitigation & adaptation
They also committed to a just and equitable transition that ensures their supply chains, value chains
Africa got only 14% climate finance needed in 2020: Report
In 2019-2020, under 20 per cent of total climate finance to Africa came from private investors
Union Budget 2021-22: Do states have much to cheer for?
The recommendations of the 15th Finance Commission are unlikely to make much of a difference to cash-strapped states