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

Indigenous people not given their due for conserving forests: UNCCD report

The report says that despite them being the best custodians of forests globally, indigenous people are criminalised and intimidated

305 million African children will be living in extreme poverty by 2030: Report

New British think tank report suggests cash transfers, access to basic services and redistributive public finance can help in curtailing child poverty

Digital solutions could be key to end hunger in Africa: Report

Digitalisation for agriculture can increase agricultural output, raise employment opportunities

Air pollution causes 7 million premature deaths every year: UN expert

David Boyd, special rapporteur on human rights and environment, urges countries to beat pollution and hence not violate people’s rights to …

UN Environment Assembly focuses on moving faster towards Sustainable Development Goals

Ministers and delegates from 170 countries put their minds together to set global Green agenda

Big business, children join Oceans Day celebration

The presence of big business representatives at the conference is significant to ensure their participation in ocean protection

UN says disruption of internet access human rights violation; India opposes

India wanted the UN to delete a passage in the resolution that condemned measures to prevent or disrupt access to internet

Laws to protect breastfeeding inadequate in most countries: new report

The report has been prepared by WHO, UNICEF and International Baby Food Action Network (IBFAN)

‘Transport industry’s contribution crucial to tackling environmental crime’

Wide-reaching global intelligence exchange among police and non-governmental organisations also needed to promote environmental security

To achieve sustainable goals, world must learn from MDGs

Effective use of data can help galvanise development efforts, highlights last Millennium Development Goal report

34% of environmental indicators under SDGs lack standards

Lack of standards means there is no benchmark from which to calculate the Sustainable Development Goals

UN Crime Congress adopts Doha declaration on combatting wildlife crimes

International Consortium on Combating Wildlife Crime calls on members to recognise wildlife and forest crime as a transnational organised crime …

Direct cash transfers reduce risk of exposure to HIV, says UNDP report

Cash payments help tackle poverty and improve access to education and healthcare

UNESCO bats for more AI in Indian education; Will it work?

UN body recommends ethical, responsible use of artificial intelligence for quality education, experts point to digtal divide

A climate change: An unstoppable movement takes hold

The United Nations Secretary-General writes on the most pressing world issue

Turkey-Syria earthquake: 78 aftershocks and the cataclysm continues

This is Turkey’s most powerful earthquake recorded since 1939

Investment in care services can generate 234 million jobs for women by 2035, says ILO

An annual investment of $5.4 trillion will be required to generate these jobs

COVID-19: A generation interrupted

Children born today might be the next development challenge for the world

COVID-19 added over $290 billion to the global cost of TB deaths: Study

South Asia incurred the highest losses due to TB deaths in 2020

Asia-Pacific may achieve just 10% targets of sustainable development goals: UN report

Only 9 / 104 targets achievable by 2030 at current pace: UN report

Simply put: Green Climate Fund

UN human rights unit faces financial crisis as 149 countries don’t pay dues

This has made six of the UN’s 10 treaty bodies cancel their sessions this year

One in four children in conflict zones are out of school: report

South Sudan, Niger, Sudan and Afghanistan are worst affected

UNEA-6 delegates want more action on plastics, Paris Agreement

Some countries complained final Ministerial Declaration doesn't explicitly call for expedited reaching of the much anticipated legally …