Small businesses provide most jobs in under developed, developing nations: ILO

Policy makers need to focus on informal sector and small economic units to address fundamental challenges of employment creation and improvement …

World economy is slowing down, UNCTAD’s new statistics say

Consistency seen across a range of indicators, according to UNCTAD’s chief statistician

Simply put: Livestock fart and greenhouse gas emissions

A developed and walled world

Can it be different this time?

Can developing countries find a way to get an ambitious and equitable outcome at the negotiations for the HFC phase-down amendment to the …

More or less equal

God made all humans equal, but some are more equal than others when it comes to consuming the world's resources

Caught in a trap

World's poorest nations can't have the much needed investment for growth

Davids, Goliaths and others

Whose water?

Negotiations on biological resources inch forward

The conservation and sustainable management of biological resources was high on the international agenda in February 2004. Representatives of …

Crowded house

Aging science

The 91st Indian Science Congress was old wine in a tainted bottle

True growth is about overcoming hard challenges

IN THE developed world, conducting business today is also about being environmentally accountable. Governments have imposed stringent regulatory …

The curious case of climate finance

While a recent OECD report suggested that climate finance had risen to US $110 billion, India found that the only credible finance was for US $2.…

Pre-COVID-19 debt crisis has aggravated in poorest countries after pandemic: World Bank

G20 members not keen to extend COVID-19 debt relief for poorest countries

दशक पर एक नजर: क्या टूट रहा है ग्लोबलाइजेशन का भ्रम?

नई सदी के दूसरे दशक के दौरान हुए महत्वपूर्ण घटनाओं की एक श्रृखंला: इस कड़ी में पढ़ें, कैसे टूट रहा है वैश्वीकरण का भ्रम?

Progress in SDG indicators still not up to the mark: WHO

The report also notes discrepancies in life expectancy among rich and poor nations, men and women and suggests five key actions to improve global …

BASIC Ministerial on Climate Change: India calls for developed countries to step up at Katowice

Government argues for a just implementation of the 2015 Paris Agreement that incorporates the principles of equity and common but differentiated …

Green gold

Grown only in a few developed nations till now, the nutrient-rich spirulina algae comes to India

India or junkyard?

United Nations

The dark side of knowledge

Beyond research spending, the gap in scientific output between developed and developing countries is glaring

A recipe for global good health

Gruelling discussions bear fruit. World Health Assembly formulates health strategy

Green illusios

Germany is swamped in a controversy about a study which says sustainable development can be achieved only when the consumption of resources is …

ABC of environment education

The North's experiences in environment education are not useful for the South