Hidden costs of food: UN suggests price restructuring to make healthy food affordable, sustainable
The omission of external costs destroys the environment, heightens food insecurity, health risks and festers social evils
CoP26 report card: Forests need implementation, not declarations alone
The fund pledged way below what is needed to achieve goals, 10 times being pumped into companies driving deforestation
COVID-19 widened the gap in universal access to energy, clean cooking fuel: UN report
In 2030, an estimated 2.4 billion will be without clean cooking fuel and 660 million people will still not have access to electricity
World Environment Day 2021: Why we need to restore contaminated land
Even after 21 years of waste management legislation, a majority of urban local bodies do not have an engineered landfill for disposal …
One-third of global business leaders don’t believe in integrating SDGs: UN study
Lack of knowledge and global economic slowdown major reasons behind this hesitance, found the UN Global Compact-Accenture Strategy CEO Study on …
WHO proposes plan to improve district health systems in Africa
The framework aims to provide essential health services to 80% per cent people in African countries by 2030
IMA slams the Lancet on Kashmir editorial
The medical journal has reacted to an internal administrative decision of India under the garb of concern for the health of Kashmiris, said the …
Earth's wildernesses are disappearing, and not enough of them are World Heritage-listed
Wilderness areas are vitally important, yet are largely overlooked by the United Nations' list of Natural World Heritage
Status quo
Political cooperation at multilateral organisations for the preservation of international peace and security will continue to be biased heavily …
India’s FCRA does not conform to international standards: UN Special Rapporteur
The restriction may prove detrimental to the advocacy group engaged in critical human rights work, government accountability and those …
One in nine people globally does not have enough food: UN agency
Sub-Saharan Africa has the highest percentage of population with lack of enough food
COVID-19, war and hunger: Yemen’s humanitarian crisis is becoming worse
Over 10 million are on the brink of famine; as many as 400,000 children are at the risk of dying, according to UN
Half the world’s economic output comes from middle-income countries: UN report
Study said to be the most extensive effort to measure Purchasing Power Parities ever
Energy in news on June 6
Here’s a round-up of today’s news reports and debates on energy
UN funds insufficient to help victims of climate disasters: Oxfam
UN humanitarian aid appeals increased 819% in 20 years
United Nations Environment Assembly 5.2: Five aspects of plastic pollution that needs focus
The 5th meeting of UNEA will be held February 28, 2022 in Nairobi, Kenya.
Worst cholera outbreak since 2017 affecting children in Congo: UNICEF
DRC reported more cholera cases in the first seven months of 2023 than all of 2022
Economic price for neglecting mental health of children is $387.2 billion a year: UNICEF
More than 13% adolescents aged 10-19 live with a diagnosed mental disorder globally
Good health, reduction of poverty, hunger rated as today’s top priorities in Ipsos poll
Half of respondents said their government was not doing enough to achieve SDGs
UN praises Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik again for saving lives during Cyclone Yaas
The UN had earlier praised Naveen Patnaik after Cyclone Phailin had hit Odisha in 2013
From restoring forests to river basins, seven conservation initiatives across continents recognised by UN
Award makes the projects eligible for technical and financial support from United Nations
UN lays down guidelines to protect children displaced by climate change
Nearly 10 million children were displaced due to weather-related shocks in 2020 alone, according to UN reports
CoP 26: ‘Every third child is severely exposed to water scarcity’
UN bodies red code the impact of climate change on water resources crippling overall development
Reduce human-caused methane emissions by 45% to avoid worst of climate change: UN
Urgent steps are needed to reduce human-caused methane emissions, according to a UNEP report
Climate change is real & an emergency: 64% people voted so
People living in small island developing states showed highest support for climate action