UN high seas treaty: It is a step in the right direction. But there are concerns, say experts

There are concerns that the treaty may not protect the ocean from overfishing, shipping and deep-sea mining

UNEA 5.2: Excitement, jubilation as resolution to end plastic pollution by 2024 adopted

The treaty called for “sovereignty of states to work for public good”

Antarctica provides at least $276 billion a year in economic benefits to the world, new research finds

Antarctic research may have prevented significant damage to livelihoods and infrastructure across the world

Water wars

Thirst pangs lead to violence in various states

Books for visually impaired to be widely available

New international agreement, being described as 'miracle' treaty, needs to be ratified by 20 countries for it to come into effect

Belated resurrection

Indus water row resurfaces

If we can change our mindsets, let’s make a heaven here… Why go elsewhere?

Wing Commander (retired) Rakesh Sharma recently completed 35 years of being the first Indian to have ever set foot in space. He talked to Down To …

Does a year in space make you older or younger?

How space travel and long-duration missions might change the human body, and whether those changes are permanent or reversible once astronauts …

All about agreements

THE IMPLEMENTATION AND EFFECTIVENESS OF INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL COMMITMENTS, THEORY AND PRACTICE·Edited by DG Victor, K Raustiala and …

Space Race 2.0: Is this democratisation of space or a high-tech coup?

A handful of billionaires are working hard to make space colonisation a reality. In the process they are reviving a sector that had stagnated for …

Plastic-free planet: Protecting sanitation workers & wastepickers, just transition discussed on Day 2 of INC-3

UN chief underlines role of plastics in fuelling climate crisis

Alliance on emissions

Australia inks pact with the US outside the Kyoto Protocol

In Short

Blues for the big cats

Everyone knows of the tiger's endangered status, but the government seems unwilling to face the reality. So far, it has tried to resolve the …

Detergents threaten India's waterbodies

Narinder K Kaushik, professor emeritus at the University of Guleph, Ontario, Canada, speaks to Nitin Sethi on the dangers of phosphate content …

Modified treaty

The Biosafety Protocol has finally been adopted in the hope that it will bring some transparency into the trade in genetically-modified products. …

Who's in and out?

Ready to renege

Heading for showdown

Even as the US accuses the EU of rewriting prior agreements, the later agrees on a common approach to limiting flexible mechanisms for …

Compromise on climate

Nations manage to resuscitate the Kyoto Protocol by a watered-down agreement

Talking in riddles

A recent protocol on compensation to victims of hazardous waste permits the generators to go scot-free

MIAMI GROUP VS rest of the world

Are genetically modified organisms a miracle that will solve the world's hunger problems or a menace that will threaten human health, environment …

Trading the environment

What's on the agenda of WTO's Trade and Environment Committee

Plastic-free planet: Evolution of Global Plastics Treaty

UNEP gathered in Paris ahead of the INC-2 that can set the stage for negotiatons on the treaty