Africa’s obesity epidemic: Children, adults to rapidly pile up the pounds in coming years, says new report

Nine of the 10 countries with the highest expected increases in obesity are low- or lower-middle-income countries in Africa and Asia

COP27 will fail because of the US, EU and Global North, not the developing world

The narrative that India, China or the African Group will block progress must be nipped in the bud

WTO talks heading nowhere? Experts slam text on fisheries subsidies

Expert groups claim that the new draft of the fisheries subsidies favours developed countries and risks the interests of small fishers

Some 5.4 billion people globally couldn't obtain necessary resources in 2017: Study

Some 57% of humanity was unable to obtain necessary resources in 1980; this figure rose to 72% in 2017, a study said

COP15 Montreal: Breakdown in talks on resource mobilisation; delegates walk out 

Does this impasse indicate a rift that could derail the Framework?   

Climate Emergency CoP 25: The Paris Agreement is tilting into a downward spiral

Procedural and political developments in Madrid show ominous signs

Climate Emergency CoP 25: Will the world be net carbon zero by 2050

To attain the 1.5°C warming target, the world must completely stop using coal

Budget woes

Will a right environment be created by the budget this year?

Not softer

ASEAN makes its point

Simply Put: A bridge too far

2022 saw the sharpest rise in people forcefully displaced due to violence, climate crises

Over 108 million people displaced by end of 2022, driven by war in Ukraine, climate disasters  

Agenda for CoP26: How to achieve net zero

At Glasgow, the world must focus on plans and targets to make developed countries net zero by 2030 and make sure that these are achieved

Climate Emergency CoP 25: Roadblock for Adaptation Fund

Developing countries willing to compromise on the negotiations to get Article 6 of Paris Agreement moving in the right direction

Climate Emergency CoP 25: Developed countries have already exhausted the Earth’s carbon budget

Carbon space for Africa and India will be pittance; China too is consuming more carbon from the budget

Climate Emergency CoP 25: Why 2020 is a critical year for the planet

This is the year countries will declare the second round of their national targets to reduce GHGs

On the defensive at Cancun?

Recently Arun Jaitley identified agriculture and investment as the two main issues for next month's World Trade Organization ministerial …

CoP26: Hardly 12 hours to go, completion of Paris rulebook still under cloud in Glasgow

Big announcements have hardly influenced on-ground negotiations at Glasgow

COP28: New GST text urges global Net Zero by 2050 with cuts to fossil fuels; proposes rapid phasedown of coal

Experts term it a retrograde draft; presidency shifts onus on parties   

COP28 Dubai: Climate finance to developing countries needs to quadruple by 2030 to reach Paris goals, says new report

Developed countries must lead by tripling the amount of bilateral concessional finance by 2030, say authors

World’s poorest countries need $6 billion a year for water, sanitation in healthcare centres: WaterAid

Half of healthcare facilities in LDCs lack basic water services

Widespread disagreement may mar WSSD

Need to inject ethics

Pact on aids vaccine sparks debate on human trials

Under review

FAO and WHO to carry out the first evaluation of Codex Alimentarius

UNITED NATIONS

Multilateral fillip

Global trade talks back on track but real work lies ahead