Plastic-free planet: Members struggle to reach consensus on rules of procedure

INC-2 decides Open-Ended Working Group; may delay negotiations

Pandemic accord: 7th deliberative session concludes with differences on patents

The Intergovernmental Negotiating Body has to present the pandemic agreement to the next World Health Assembly in May 2024

GEF A tale of beggars and frauds

More questions than answers

Wars of the green kind

Blurred vision

Costly dodge

USA faces up to the biodiversity challenge

The US President reiterates that the one world, one environment theme is the only way to protect the planet.

Mekong's miseries

A new regional treaty to usher in dams on the Mekong river has drawn flak from environmental groups

The great nuke snobbery

France obstinately plans to ahead with nuclear testings in the South Pacific just after the NPT conference held by the Big 5

Desertification control lacks efficiency

PERHAPS no environmental problem affects the poor of the world as much as desertification. The UN Environmental Programme (UNEP) says this has …

Antarctica may hold the key to regulating mining in space

If we're going to mine asteroids, then we need an international treaty to prevent it becoming a wild west. …

Plastic-free planet: Geopolitics slows progress on Day 1 of Paris meet

No consensus on election of representatives left little time to discuss draft rules 

CSE-DTE at Ottawa: Poor progress at INC-4 as it fails to address the elephant in the room

Many provisions of substantive elements do not make it to textual negotiations; like-minded groups dominate Closing Plenary

Plastic-free planet: 3Rs of managing waste, addressing plastic pollution crisis at source come up at INC-3

Sharing of technology between developed and developing countries among concerns raised

Nuked into submission

Trampling opposition, the nuclear armed nations succeeded in extending the NPT

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Will multinational corporations take over the UN?

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Will Trump’s trade war with China ever end?

It has become increasingly clear that the trade war is hurting the economies of both countries. Neither will emerge from this conflict unscathed.

South wangles funds, with strings attached

The Beijing conference saw discussions on the second phase of the Global Environment Facility, which is expected to finance implementation of the …

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 …