Green reflections

The un hopes to take a lead in environmental management. Whether it lives up to the challenge or not, is still to be seen

Cities of joy

Better late than never. Germany has initiated the Agenda 21 process across the country. Already nine per cent of all municipalities have plans …

Going to town with agriculture

Helped by a proactive government, residents of Havana resort to urban agriculture to solve their food crisis

"Water is a national resource"

GOURISANKAR GHOSH, executive director, Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council, Geneva, Switzerland tells NIDHI JAMWAL that there …

Takeover threat

State of the world 2002 (us $15.95), vital signs 2002 (us $14.95); eco-economy: building an economy for the earth, 2001 (us $14.95) .

Africa must be priority if humanity is to conquer hunger; but it is only getting worse there

By 2030, Africa will be home to the largest number of undernourished people

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

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

Swachh Bharat Mission: The last push

Over 100 million toilets in five years took a lot of effort; the change is showing now

MDG final report highlights the success of strategic intervention

Human society has achieved several milestones on all eight goals: Report

Fruits of doing nothing

Two young farmers of Karnataka prosper by overcoming tiller instinct  

Compiling information

Community enterprise unlimited

Amartya Sen right prize for the wrong work?

Sen's manner of addressing poverty issues has left many questions unanswered

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Banking on water

The Union government earmarks Rs 500 crore for augmentation of traditional water sources

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Eco-wisdom

Two Tamil Nadu Villages protect their natural wealth and prosper

Filtered effluents

Australian scientists have developed a new technique to treat industrial and farm effluents

The right to develop

A UNDP report links democracy with a better human development scenario

People's participation

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Jharkhand tribals build their own government homes

The paradox of nature and balanced accounts

Western institutions and the United Nations are keen protagonists of natural resource accounting but it may still not be a useful policy tool for …

Developed countries received most from crisis funds, poorest got the least: UN chief

Guterres advocates for sustainable development goals simulus to give a boost to the poorest nations

India slipping on way to meeting UN-mandated SDGs: CSE-DTE

Country facing challenges in 11 of the 17 SDGs; states’ individual performances ranked as well