World Wildlife Day: WWF urges stakeholders to save Europe’s last old-growth forests

These forests, home to the continent’s largest surviving carnivores and offering ecosystem services, were in danger of fragmentation, the …

Virtual war

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Simply Put: Becoming a Russian Bear

Everyone exposed to shock waves of war; largest cost-of-living crisis: UN

In South Asia, more than 0.5 billion affected by Russia-Ukraine war’s impacts on food, finance 

Russia-Ukraine conflict pushing world towards clean energy, finds World Energy Outlook 2022

Switch to renewables means natural gas no longer a viable transition fuel

Special trainings, aids for Ukraine health systems preparing for harsh winter amid war

Mental health of health workers, citizens also in focus

Will climate action be a casualty?

Have we learnt the lessons on the impact of burning fossil fuels yet?

Special Relationship: New Anglo-American energy partnership is Western fossil fuel hypocrisy at its best  

Instead of filling the gap left by Russian fossil fuels with renewables, the UK has signed a deal with its traditional transatlantic ally which …

FAO acknowledges Indian wheat exports helped in reducing April inflation

There has been some relief in inflation in April according to the Food Price Index of the FAO, released May 6; this relief has been seen in …

Measles cases triple in a year: WHO

More than 180 countries reported 364,808 measles cases between January 1 and July 31 2019. In the same period last year, 129,239 cases were …

About 1.3 million children and adults facing water crisis in Ukraine

Low rainfall, coupled with destroyed water-supply system, has worsened shortage in the conflict-hit European country

How India fared environmentally: State of India’s Environment 2023 In Figures

High fertiliser prices shock farmers even as ministry denies shortage reports

Farmers in different states have protested against unavailability of fertilisers

Chernobyl facts

Carbon trading in ERUs

Ireland is past its ‘Celtic Tiger’ days; economic growth is good and we want it to be sustainable: Roderic O’Gorman

Down To Earth talks to Irish Green Party politician and Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth, Roderic O’ …

Run-up to COP27: LDCs want clear process to bridge $100 billion fund gap, loss & damage finance structure

Manjeet Dhakal, advisor to the LDC chair, talks about challenges faced by disadvantaged countries & their agenda for CoP27

Only a piglet in Russia’s war on patents

Post-Ukraine, Russia has held back from appropriating intellectual property despite a law to punish unfriendly countries

Food for all to free for all: The collateral of Russia vs Ukraine

Russia-Ukraine war has razed global agriculture system, once sold as the magic formula. It led to concentration of food production in a few …

At least 750,000 children at risk of contracting water-borne diseases in Eastern Ukraine: UNICEF

Eastern Ukraine’s drinking water supply has been affected as vital water infrastructures are damaged due to the conflict

Number of people forcibly displaced crossed 100 million in 2022: UNDP

Climate change could displace over 200 million people by 2050

Unrelenting

Ukraine opens Bastroe canal despite stiff resistance

Record decline in wheat procurement: Will we have enough on the plate?

The heat in March-April and the export of Indian wheat means the country will be left with fewer stocks to feed itself

Quarter-billion people face extreme poverty in 2022 as the rich get richer: Oxfam

Inflation driven by Russia's invasion of Ukraine a major factors behind financial crisis

Africa got only 14% climate finance needed in 2020: Report

In 2019-2020, under 20 per cent of total climate finance to Africa came from private investors