Uncertainty increases over convention terms
As it comes under increasing scrutiny, the biodiversity convention signed last year is proving to be neither good nor bad -- just uncertain. Key …
Dutch to pay ecological debts
The Netherlands is negotiating with Bhutan, Costa Rica and Benin a long-term reciprocal development treaty that is based on Dutch assumption that …
Delegates stall action on greenhouse gases
Little was achived at the December climate meeting in Geneva by way of setting schedules for future sessions,mainly because of stalling tactics …
CFC phaseout timing sparks North-South row
The recent conference in Geneva, held to discuss moving up the date set for phasing out CFCs, got stuck over the question of aid to developing …
Row over investments
Down to Earth begins a series of previews of the Fifth WTO Ministerial Conference 2003 in Cancun, Mexico
Plastic, the forever pollutant
From production to usage to disposal, it is a threat to those who come in its contact
Whales and dolphins now have legal personhood in the Pacific — but one treaty won’t be enough to protect them
The treaty was formed by Pacific Indigenous leaders from Cook Islands, French Polynesia, Aotearoa (New Zealand) & Tonga
Plastic-free planet: No consensus on intersessional work on INC-3 last day; revised zero draft to form basis of next session
INC-4 to be hosted by Ottawa, Canada in a few months; INC-5 by Busan, South Korea in November 2024
New treaty to protect the world’s oceans may hurt vulnerable African fisheries
The treaty needs clear regulations; subsidies for distant water vessels can encourage overexploitation of vulnerable species.
Simply Put: NASA to reset to planetary defence programme
Fissures in France
Media games
ARGENTINA
Clean air can wait!
A diverse bill
It is important to generate a national debate on the Biological Diversity Bill
United Nations
Baglihar, round 2
Plant treaty: Ways to benefit custodians of agricultural biodiversity in focus
Treaty calls on nations to protect, promote their rights to save and use traditional seeds
UN General Assembly 2023: Political declaration on pandemics approved, critics call it 'rhetoric'
Demands of developing countries ignored, pathway to equitable access to quality health services not defined, say experts
Plastic-free planet: ‘No ambition coalition’ hijacks Paris meet on Day 2
Oil, gas and polymer producing countries were successful in severely delaying discussions on substance
India can build hydroelectric projects on Jhelum, Chenab tributaries: World Bank
The World Bank called a meeting in an attempt to resolve a dispute over India's Kishanganga and Ratle hydroelectricity projects
Tanakpur treaty to come up for ratification
The sharing of waters between India and Nepal has always been a contentious issue. If the latest agreement is any different, it is only because …
Joint venture
Southeast Asian nations ink pact that transcends borders to tackle haze pollution caused by land and forest fires
Plastic-free planet: Like-minded group of countries demand changes to zero draft
First day did not progress to contact group discussions
How India’s lunar landing shapes future of space exploration, geopolitics — an expert explains
The question is, how will the rival super-space powers progress their ambitions?