India’s wind energy sector struggles despite SECI’s oversubscribed bids

Surge in commodity prices, supply chain disruptions, increase in tax rates, legacy challenges key reasons

Battle against TB

Latest WHO report highlights the advances made by countries in controlling the spread of tuberculosis and recommends ways to achieve eradication 

Failure to reduce emissions will dramatically increase adaptation costs

Even with measures to limit global warming to under 2°C, the costs of adaptation are likely to be two to three times the current estimates, …

50 years of international aid: World’s richest countries owe $5.7 trillion debt to poor, says OXFAM

Substantial debt owed to world’s poorest people 9 times more than sub-Saharan Africa’s stock of external debt at 2019-end

The future we do not want

World leaders attending Rio+20 did nothing to tackle the interlinked crises of economy and ecology, says Sunita Narain after attending the …

PM’s climate change council has not met in almost 7 years

Who is, then, advising the PM for his climate goal announcements?

Time to reform UN Security Council, Bretton Woods system outdated: Guterres

Can’t ignore vast majority of countries suffering a deep financial crisis, UN Secretary-General says at G7 meet

COVID‑19 will have severe impact on most SDGs: Report

Global partnerships will be essential to deal with health and socio-economic crises due to the pandemic, it says

7th GEF Assembly: Member countries get together to ratify Global Biodiversity Framework Fund 

Momentum set in Vancouver crucial for achieving the biodiversity and sustainable development goals by 2030

Rio draft text revives common but differentiated responsibility

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

Updates From Rio

SDG commitments need financing, local monitoring: NITI Aayog

The National Indicator Framework, which monitors SDGs at the national level, did not include indicators for 36 out of the 169 targets, pointed …

The Rio+20 challenge

Green economy in the context of sustainable development and poverty eradication are the two themes of the summit, but consensus eludes on both …

Over 20 million deaths, 300 million life years lost due to COVID-19, estimates WHO

Health progress for various indicators slowed down since 2015; burden of non-communicable diseases increased since 2000

African philosophy ‘Ubuntu’ can help us fight climate crisis

Indigenous philosophy focuses on altruism; climate impact on developing world greater, so alternates to Western environmentalism needed

Response to Ebola, obesity high on the agenda

WHO will evaluate performance related to MDGs and set priorities for the coming year, including plans to fight antimicrobial resistance

‘Africa’s COVID-19 tool will also help improve food security, livelihoods’

Information and data are important for evidence-based strategic planning to fight off COVID-19, says Oliver Chinganya, director, Africa …

Landlocked countries suffering due to COVID-19 lockdown: UN

Lack of coastlines makes the flow of goods from these countries to world markets more difficult, it added

WASH: UN report finds 2030 SDG targets may just be a dream

Plans in place to address water and sanitation issues, countries face hurdles in implementation, says GLAAS report 

Energy access goals need greater effort in post-COVID-19 world: Report

Report calls SDG 7 progress of last few years regarding access to electricity insufficient; says pandemic will make things worse

Water is critical to sustainable development, says UN report

Increasing ubanisation and industrialisation are widening the rift between demand for and supply of water

What COVID-19 can mean for SDG-11, sustainable cities and communities in India

As urban vulnerabilities are amplified by the COVID-19 pandemic, the idea of sustainable cities in Sustainable Development Goals needs to be …

Lancet series launch in India angers health activists

Series of papers calls for engaging private sector in fighting malnutrition

Boost indigenous millet recipes over packaged products

Preparing millets fresh should be made easy instead of promoting ultra-processed packaged foods; this may be the way to bring it into …

Experts call for holistic approach to reproductive healthcare

Urge governments to give women free healthcare to reduce maternal mortality