Most African countries don’t have real-time air pollution monitors: Unicef
This includes Chad, Somalia and the Central African Republic where air pollution has reached emergency levels
WHA comes to an end with resolutions to improve universal health care
Members endorse improved access to safe water, sanitation and hygiene services in health facilities around the world
COP24: Nationally determined contributions and search for common time frames in Katowice
Time is running out and negotiators are still not happy. What will be the fate of the Paris Rule Book?
Andean Glacier and Water Atlas warns of ‘significant reduction in glacier mass’
UNESCO project highlights impact of shrinking glaciers on water availability and threat to water security for millions of people
IPCC Special Report: Climate adaptation needs multi-level support
Adaptation is a local process that needs involvement of local authorities and communities in designing and implementing adaptation policies
Globally supported agricultural insurance mechanism must for developing nations: CSE
Unaffordability is one of the main reasons why farmers are not warming up to the idea of agricultural insurance
Quick facts about the world’s livestock economy
A recent report reveals the world's dependence on livestock for food, economic security, trade, and inter-dependence with agriculture in both …
Is Urbanisation the best way to preserve the African environment?
A new report seems to suggest so
UN report forecasts positive growth outlook for India; pegs 2016 growth at 7.6 per cent
Report, however, warns that high levels of stressed bank assets and fragile business confidence could constrain investment growth
Water used as weapon of war in Syria, Gaza and Yemen
The conflict in Syria has worsened water crisis of the parched country; 30 million people affected, says Unicef
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
Bonn summit: Participants reach a consensus on forest protection
According to an IPCC report, deforestation is responsible for almost 10 per cent of global greenhouse gas emissions
UN asks nations to prepare climate plans by March
Christiana Figueres calls for achieving climate neutrality in the second half of the century
Reverse land use change to prevent zoonoses like COVID-19: UNCCD
Land use degradation creates ground for zoonotic disease like COVID-19 as the interaction and physical distance between animals and humans …
UN Security Council steps into climate change
Calls attention to potential threat of climate on international peace
Recognise, empower indigenous land tenure and title to achieve SDGs holistically: UN Report
Collection of more data according to ethnic identity and involvement of indigenous people in development of sustainable frameworks are other …
Scholarships alone are not enough to get more qualified female teachers into Nigeria’s schools
UNICEF estimates that over half of all girls are not in school in the north while under a third of all primary school teachers are women
From permafrost microbes to survivor songbirds: Research projects are also victims of COVID-19
Ornithologists are committed to determining why North America lost 3 bln birds in last 50 years, and seamless records of individual birds’ …
Why prudent, responsible use is needed to avert AMR crisis in Nigeria
The problem of AMR cuts across human, animal and environmental sectors and requires a multi-disciplinary and inter-sectoral approach
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CMS CoP 13 closes: Proposal to restrict trade in protected species diluted
Proposal to Article III of CMS dealing with trade of Appendix I species has been struck down
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भारत ने कहा है कि वह पेरिस समझौते के क्रियान्वयन पर पूरी तरह से ध्यान केंद्रित करना चाहता है
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झारखंड की जहां 68.98 फीसदी भूमि मरुस्थलीकरण की शिकार है वहीं, राजस्थान की 62.9 फीसदी जबकि दिल्ली में 60.6 फीसदी जमीन मरुस्थलीकरण की चपेट ...
