Climate justice takes centrestage at UN, top European court in historic firsts

UN General Assembly passes resolution calling world’s highest court to opine on state responsibilities towards climate protection; European …

Countries commit to tackling non-communicable diseases

A UN declaration, which was signed by several heads of states, asks food manufacturers to reduce salt, free sugars and saturated and industrially …

UN General Assembly 2023: Political declaration on pandemics approved, critics call it 'rhetoric'

Demands of developing countries ignored, pathway to equitable access to quality health services not defined, say experts

Clean, healthy and sustainable environment a universal right: UN Human Rights Council

UNEP executive director calls on UN member states to consider passing a resolution on right to a clean environment, on the lines of UN Human …

Demand for fresh water to be 40% higher than supply by end of decade: UNGA president 

Csaba Kőrösi said main task of upcoming UN Water Conference will be to find game changers for water management

Act responsibly on climate emergency to protect public health, editors urge leaders

Over 200 editors from across the world call for emergency action to limit global temperature increases, restore biodiversity and protect health

What happens to our excreta? Shit Flow Diagrams will help you track

Open-defecation free status is fine, but ensuring sustainable management of our faecal sludge is crucial

SDGs as good as gone unless the world takes URGENT action

All 17 SDGs, set at the UN General Assembly in 2015, are in jeopardy due to the climate crisis, the COVID-19 pandemic and an increase in the …

COP27: Drought-struck nations join hands to combat water woes

‘We are only as resilient to climate change as our land is’: 30 countries form alliance

Only 15% COVID-19 vaccine doses pledged by countries have materialised: WHO chief

Around 50 countries, mostly in Africa, will lag behind the global target of vaccinating 10% population in each country by September

Russell-Einstein Manifesto, ICJ case and Rainbow Warrior bombing: Remembering humanity

Anniversaries of the three events provide inspiration to consider roles of science, law and diplomacy to advance peace, security and nuclear …

Rio draft text revives common but differentiated responsibility

Calls for doing away with green protectionism through trade barriers while dealing with environmental matters

On WHO agenda: a global vaccine action plan

Health activists say new policy may not address the weaknesses in ongoing routine immunisation programmes and would flood poor countries with new …

40 per cent of Europe’s sharks and rays face extinction risk: IUCN

Conservation body’s newly released ‘Red List’ says 7.5 per cent of continent’s marine species are at risk of extinction

Include disabled in UN’s post-MDG development agenda, say activists

ÔÇÿMillennium Development Goals with its deadline of 2015 has done little to improve the condition of the disabledÔÇÖ

UN human rights unit faces financial crisis as 149 countries don’t pay dues

This has made six of the UN’s 10 treaty bodies cancel their sessions this year

50 million a step away from starvation: Civil society seeks urgent funds

Non-governmental organisations wrote a letter to global leaders urging support

Fridays for Future: It isn’t too late, say young activists demanding climate reparations, justice

Demands for loss & damage finance raised across the world 6 weeks ahead of CoP27

Democratising the global food chain

From corporatisation to cooperatives

UN Security Council steps into climate change

Calls attention to potential threat of climate on international peace