Labour organisation report shows 150 million migrants in global workforce

Two main factors are driving migration at present—economic hardship and geopolitical crises leading to the lack of decent work

Heart to heart

A tongue-in-cheek report of a conversation overheard at a bar during a meeting of the Commission for Sustainable Development.

Have we forgotten Rio already?

India has failed in the basic work that it needed to do even before going to Rio -- define the pathway of sustainable development for itself

Dreams from six world's apart

The agonised voice of the Warli and Kokna tribes of Thane (Maharashtra) reach out to say, through Pradip Prabhu...

Human problems

Internal wrangling in the WWFI has conservationists wondering about the future of nurturing nature

Neither rosy nor green

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A musician's Yantra

Violinist-turned-environmentalist Aubrey Meyer has coined the phrase "contraction and convergence" and set the world thinking on the lines of …

Several trade-offs impede Zero Hunger goal. A UN report explains why, and how

Achieving SDG2 will require new investments, smoothly functioning trade and changes in consumption patterns, flags UN

Rio draft text revives common but differentiated responsibility

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

Can agroforestry help achieve sustainable developmental goals?

The net carbon sequestered in agroforestry is 11.35 tonnes of carbon per ha

Asia worried about climate change, Africa about environment-development trade-off

Experts from around the world express concerns over biodiversity

What Cairo did not discuss

Let's get political

The environmental movement is politically weak. That is the lesson from the Rio summit

Locking horns

A clarion call

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No progress

UNEP meet inconclusive

DIG Jehangir

World leaders must prioritise implementation of sustainable development goals

Thirty per cent of the SDGs are worse now than eight years ago

Africa and Asia come together to lead a global initiative to diversify staples

This would have a strong impact on nutrition and the environment, in turn helping to fulfil Sustainable Development Goals

Dubai Declaration adopted to measure progress of SDGs

Launched at the UN World Data forum, it details measures to boost funds for data and statistical analysis for monitoring progress towards …

Report on South Asian poverty argues for growth with justice

The SAAPE report points out that there is a growing marginalisation and destitution of people in the South Asian region

UN must help Africa meet Sustainable Development Goals, says Secretary-General

Guterres said that the best prevention of conflicts lies in sustainable and inclusive development

COP 22, as it turned out

The issues of agriculture, adaptation and pre-2020 actions suffered the most as no major outcome came out on them