Countries must treat refugees as assets; aid to them can be seen as investment
The refugees must be given the opportunities to become self-reliant and contribute to their host countries
UN report forecasts positive growth outlook for India; pegs 2016 growth at 7.6 per cent
Report, however, warns that high levels of stressed bank assets and fragile business confidence could constrain investment growth
Small island states seek additional funds
Small island countries will test, at a 1994 world conference, the sincerity of Western nations' promise about aiding development, which they made …
Team break-up may turn tables
With many members of India's much appreciated delegation to the 1992 Earth Summit being posted to other duties, lndia needs to plan now to face …
Sustainability and the southern perspective
European environmentalists tackle Third World concerns of irresponsible overconsumption by northern countries
Symbolic solution?
In the recent discussion about reforming the international environmental governance structure, there have been calls for a World Environment …
Making a killing
Only poachers profit from rules and regulations that alienate local people from natural resources
Former Finnish minister on environment concerns
Satu Hassi, the former environment minister of Finland and now a member of the European parliament, speaks to Ritu Gupta on the business of CDM
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 …
Foresters warned
Greening WTO
Delegates from 130 countries debate linkages between trade and environment
Who rules your world?
The Union minister for external affairs says ecology should not be an elitist issue
Gas price
Will Pakistan's Kirthar National Park survive multinationals' gas exploration efforts?
Fashion industry may use quarter of world’s carbon budget by 2050
Emissions from this sector are to rise by more than 60 per cent by 2030
World NGO Day: Role of partnerships in building an inclusive, resilient post-pandemic India
NGOs stepped in where governments couldn’t during the pandemic
Tears, no funds, for the poor
The chapter on poverty was adopted, but the US voiced its objections loud and clear
CHINA
Irresponsible minority
India approves Kyoto ratification
The world loves a rogue
Children of war: the real casualties are the poor and the marginalised
Keeping track
Following up on sustainable development summits
News snippets
SDG Summit 2023: World needs investment of over $6 trillion to transform food systems, end hunger by 2030
Estimates for transforming food systems are among key findings of new UNCTAD analysis on cost of achieving sustainable development targets from …