Deforestation rate slowed down: FAO

The pace of loss of forests has slowed in recent years even though the world’s forest area decreased from 31% to 30% between 1990 and 2015

World off-track to meet SDGs; global hunger back to 2005 levels, says UN secretary general

Halfway to 2030, a third of the goals have stalled or gone into reverse, emissions continue to rise & gender equality is 300 years away, says …

Burundi at 60 is the poorest country on the planet: a look at what went wrong

Co-opted administrative and economic bureaucracies have appropriated power and wealth by force, first for the benefit of a Tutsi and then of a …

Punjab Assembly Elections 2022: Dalit votes matter, but what about their issues

Punjab’s political parties have hardly focussed on addressing issues of the state’s landless rural Dalits and the cateism the …

Gains lost: ILO flags rise in child labour — the first time this millennium

Globally, 9 million more children are at risk of child labour by the end of 2022 due to the COVID-19 pandemic 

COVID-19 has hit India’s urban poor more than those in villages: Report

Urban poor have seen a decline in income and have been left more hungry, though this was not the case earlier

Cape Town’s climate strategy isn’t perfect, but every African city should have one

Only 13 cities in Africa are C40 cities — cities committed to taking measurable climate action. Only five in South Africa have climate …

Need for revisiting Gandhi at this critical juncture

The COVID-19 pandemic has brought ugly realities into focus; this is when Gandhi and his thoughts become even more relevant

Gaps in South Africa’s relief scheme leave some workers with no income

Exclusion of workers whose employers failed to register them for unemployment insurance remains a major gap

305 million African children will be living in extreme poverty by 2030: Report

New British think tank report suggests cash transfers, access to basic services and redistributive public finance can help in curtailing child poverty

Diseases, lack of continuum of care perpetuating malnutrition among children: experts

Major gaps identifed by experts, include improper screening methods to identify malnourished children and treatment failures

How to love farmers-the Modi way

Like its other policies, the BJP government's Land Acquisition Ordinance favours industry at the cost of farmers

From riches to rags

The wealthy people of Nauru face a future of poverty because most of their only natural resource, phosphates, has been exploited ruthlessly by …

UNDP report stresses people's participation

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Poor amenities

Basic services can work against poverty but are usually elusive, shows the latest World Development Report

Back alley schools

Book>> The Beautiful Tree, A personal journey into how the poorest are educating themselves James Tooley Penguin Rs 499

Sustainable development is an oxymoron

WOLFGANG Sachs, born in 1946 in Munich, studied theology, sociology and history and taught at the University of Berlin for several years. At the …

Another dismissal is possible

Food aid comes a cropper

Most in Asia-Pacific already in cities; expect 3.5 bln by 2015

Urban boom will be despite declines in Japan, China, Korea

A promising pathway

Rio+20, green economy and India

“Rich countries need to consume and produce less animal-source foods”

World Food Prize winner Lawrence Haddad on the impact of climate change on food systems

Collective efforts can combat challenges faced by ultra-poor in Jharkhand

The intersection of caste, gender & occupational identities impacts their lives

Africa’s energy poverty: Grid expansion, stronger financing, balancing renewable ambitions with gas solution for Nigeria

Nigerians unable to afford clean energy as prices soar and demand remains unmet

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