Sustainable Development Goal 15: World off track on protecting life on land, finds UN report

Overall progress in 12 countries in Sub-Saharan Africa reversed

U20 leaders call on G20 to accelerate SDG goals progress

Mayors and governors of 30 major cities signed a Communiqué at the 2019 Urban 20 Mayors Summit

NITI Ayog's SDG report flags huge worries about hunger, poverty in India

Poor show by 25 states on food security and malnutrition Sustainable Development Index 2019 

This is not CSR: 6 dimensions with 5 shades of risk perception for assessing

CSR is an evolving field that needs to keep evolving new ideas and understanding by all stakeholders to facilitate companies to fulfil their …

WHO announces 'sweeping reforms'

New mission plan for triple-billion target and SDGs, says UN's public health agency

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

COVID-19 added over $290 billion to the global cost of TB deaths: Study

South Asia incurred the highest losses due to TB deaths in 2020

WHO proposes plan to improve district health systems in Africa  

The framework aims to provide essential health services to 80% per cent people in African countries by 2030

Is India ready to meet Sustainable Development Goals? CAG raises concern

Health a key conern, flags report tabled in Parliament 

CoP 26: ‘Every third child is severely exposed to water scarcity’

UN bodies red code the impact of climate change on water resources crippling overall development

US far from achieving first SDG to end poverty

The country, which is likely to miss 12 of 17 goals under the 2030 agenda, may take another 40 years to eradicate poverty going by its current pace

Egypt: The halting place of feeble and mighty 

Countries meeting in Egypt need to ensure climate finance given as grants, not loans

South Africa can become world leader in zero-carbon shipping fuels: Study

South Africa has abundant natural resources and is situated on one of the busiest international sea routes 

Save the seas: African countries appeal funding for oceans at UNEA5 as calls for action grow

Portugal and Kenya will co-host the second UN Ocean Conference in Lisbon June 27-July 1, where best practices for sustainability of marine …

World NGO Day: Role of partnerships in building an inclusive, resilient post-pandemic India

NGOs stepped in where governments couldn’t during the pandemic

Fresh drive to close gaps on health issues facing women and girls

Local capacities critical to making a difference must be strengthened

Fight against antibiotic resistance gets a fillip

Interagency Coordination Group on Antimicrobial Resistance seeks immediate, coordinated and ambitious action to stem the misuse and overuse of …

India responsible for largest drop in open defecation since 2015: WASH report

The report also noted some progress in achieving Sustainable Development Goal 6

Coming up: New set of targets to protect the natural world

This year, the Convention on Biological Diversity is set to identify a new ‘Global Biodiversity Framework’ of targets for the coming …

Economic Survey 2019-20 bets on ‘nexus approach’ for meeting SDG

India needs to focus on goals like hunger and gender parity, where it still scores low

How India remains poor: As many as 22 states have become poorer

Latest NITI Aayog counts no state as ‘achiever’; overall performance of most ‘performing’, ‘laggard’ states …

Nordic nations call for a global treaty to reduce marine plastic pollution

This move may also help the world achieve a Sustainable Development Goal, the deadline of which is just six years away

A Bang for the Buck: Leveraging flexible seed money to improve impact

A mix of integrated financial approaches is needed to bring about transformative change

New study maps how much energy, nutrients and water are locked in world’s wastewater

Efficiently treating wastewater can help meet SDGs: UN-backed research

Global Ocean Commission calls for 5-year deadline to save oceans from overfishing, pollution

Report warns that urgent action needed; stresses on establishing greater international cooperation