Talking in riddles
A recent protocol on compensation to victims of hazardous waste permits the generators to go scot-free
Run-up to Ottawa: New study shows how global plastic waste trade evolved recently & ways for responsible management
A most significant shift in global plastic waste trade landscape has been the decline in exports to China & Hong Kong
Regulations on shisham trade hit rosewood artisans
The reason for the dip, claims India, is the decision to include the entire Dalbergia genus under Appendix II of CITES
How do lethal PFA chemicals enter your body? (Hint: look in the kitchen)
The hazardous chemical PFA, generally found in non-stick cookware, is still unregulated in India
Climate change threatens the rights of children. The UN just outlined the obligations states have to protect them
Indigenous children, their communities particularly vulnerable to climate change
Lateral Thoughts: Where is the money for biodiversity?
The amendments have reduced the scope of access and benefit sharing and new thinking is needed ensure that communities are not sidelined
Can Montreal help communities: DTE’s coverage on access and benefit-sharing in the run-up to COP15
Benefits arising from the use of biodiversity have not been shared equitably with communities who have protected it for centuries
Ivory Coast declares first Ebola outbreak in 26 years; 3rd African country to do so in 2021
Great concern that outbreak declared in capital city Abidjan, a metropolis of more than 4 million people: WHO
Karnataka’s Pavagada shows a way amid criticism for solar power at UNCCD COP14
Solar most land-hungry among green power sources, claims report released at Delhi event to fight desertification
Only positive intervention can undo losses humans have caused to Earth: Javadekar
India's environment minister calls for a ‘Delhi Declaration’ at the end of UNCCD CoP14
Zimbabwe’s gold rush leaves small-scale miners vulnerable to mercury poisoning
The highly toxic substance used to extract gold from ore leads to a number of complications
Southerners win the Rio round
For many southern groups, the greater cause at Rio was to align with their governments against the West's "green imperialism"
UN report warns of effects of urban expansion on biodiversity
Urban areas set to triple by 2030; population to touch 4.9 billion
Trading the environment
What's on the agenda of WTO's Trade and Environment Committee
Water in a sieve
Don’t confine global resources to national boundaries
Breach of trust
The world’s premier rice research institute tilts towards intellectual property rights
Environet
This column will bring you an update on various groups and individuals working in fields related to environment, development and the sciences. …
Green signals from cellphone companies
Manufacturers sign declaration at the Sixth Conference of Parties (CoP-6) to the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of …
Green politics
Is your government signing away your future rights to the world's natural resources?
'Plastics should be classified as hazardous'
Current rate of production may add 33 billion tonnes of plastic by 2050; classification can help reduce this amount to four billion tonnes, says …
Bonn Climate Conference 2024: 3rd Glasgow dialogue flags need for loss & damage cooperation
Global South voices lead call for clearer coordination, stronger mechanisms
Only Ramsar site in Bihar neglected and on verge of drying up
Bird hunting, land acquisition threaten Kawar lake even as state government proposes other sites for declaration
World Wetlands Day 2022: What is the significance of wetlands in the climate change era
If we protect wetlands, we also protect our planet and ourselves
Simply put: Green Climate Fund
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