Under siege

India, seen as a dumpyard by the developed countries for toxic wastes, is under pressure not to ratify the Basel Ban

Drawing the waste-line

The national committee to look into the management of hazardous wastes met for the first time in New Delhi

Toxic ships

Retiring ships to be regulated by hazardous wastes treaty

Another ammunition cache in Ghaziabad

There will be many more if we don't clean up

Deadly generosity

Eighty-four nations may have 'agreed' to ban the export of poisonous wastes, but major players in the trade like Germany could ruin the …

Kept at bay

In the dumps

Despite international regulations and campaigning by environmentalists, hazardous waste continues to be dumped in India

Cautious waste disposal

TOGO

Youth's demand for climate action an 'unmistakable message': UN climate chief

At the ongoing UNFCCC conference in Bonn, UN Climate Change Executive Secretary Patricia Espinosa asked everyone to take part in this 'fight of …

The politics of climate change: COP 21 and emerging economies

While top 10 emitters contribute 72 per cent of global greenhouse gases, the lowest 100 emitters contribute even less than 3 per cent

Tokyo

Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework: ‘Implementation needs more resources’

All ASEAN countries face challenges in achieving the two sustainable development goals on biodiversity, leaders said in final session …

Many protected migratory species declining: Report

73 per cent of Appendix I and 48 per cent of Appendix II species of the Convention on Migratory Species are diminishing, it says, with …

A bill for biodiversity

CoP-11 has an urgent agenda: to look for money to fund new targets

Use me

How industrialised countries tried to make Africa the biggest dumping destination

Keeping E-Waste at bay

China imposes restrictions on electronic junk imports

Record number of chemicals reviewed by UN committee

The review is to list chemicals into the Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions' annexes to push for a pollution-free planet

Looking back at Stockholm 1972: What Indira Gandhi said half a century ago on man & environment

The then prime minister of India delivered this speech June 14, 1972 at plenary session of UN Conference on Human Environment  

Push to strengthen Basel Convention regional centres

Centres in turn will assist in ratifying ban on toxic exports from rich nations to the poor

Alang: India's graveyard for ships

First GBFF council meeting takes baby steps for biodiversity

Operational matters discussed, but nothing on resource mobilisation

Over 100 countries sign Kunming Declaration on biodiversity conservation

It calls upon the parties to “mainstream” biodiversity protection in decision-making 

Breakthrough in impasse over toxic export ban

Parties take a step forward to make it easy to enforce Basel Ban Amendment

Should we play weather god?

Debate continues despite consensus to ban geoengineering