Richest 1% emit twice as much carbon as poorest 50%: Oxfam report

The richest 10% accounted for 46% of emissions growth; the poorest 50% accounted for 6%  

Early breastfeeding practices in India: Backwardness cuts through social spectrum

Children born in Goa (75.4 per cent) had the highest rate of early breastfeeding in the country, followed by Sikkim (69.7 per cent) and Odisha (68.…

Immunisation coverage reaches 84% globally, Africa and South-East Asia worst performers

Estimates short of goal of 90 per cent coverage for all vaccines by 2020

Climate negotiations moving at a slow pace, but seemingly in the right direction

Loss and damage continues to be a contentious issue while multiple spin-offs have slowed down the process

Children demand inclusion in water and sanitation programmes at UNICEF forum

More than 50 children from across the world participated at the two-day conference in Tajikistan

Mediterranean Sea accumulating plastic debris

Plastic remnants have been found in the stomach of small fish, seabirds, turtles and sperm whales which abound its waters

Mexico submits national contributions, says it will peak its emissions by 2026

Mexico is the first developing country to submit the Intended Nationally Determined Contributions ahead of Paris summit

Countries pledge US $9.3 billion to Green Climate Fund

Though the pledges were hailed as a trust-building development, many challenges still need to be addressed

UNEP chooses Nigeria to lead action to combat marine pollution in Africa

Country will be in charge of coordination efforts of 22 nations

Gaza Strip faces acute water crisis amid air strikes by Israel

Water is being used as a war of weapon in countries like Syria and Iraq

UN climate talks: G77 and China stage walk-out over Loss and Damage

Developed countries want the matter be discussed only after 2015

Health millennium goals neglected in Asia-Pacific region: UN report

3 million children below five died in 2010 alone

World leaders should choose people over profit

Rising hunger, inequality, loss of livelihoods, climate change, environmental degradation, war and vaccine inequality pushed excluded people to …

Only 15% COVID-19 vaccine doses pledged by countries have materialised: WHO chief

Around 50 countries, mostly in Africa, will lag behind the global target of vaccinating 10% population in each country by September

Glacier melting in Hindu Kush: 2 billion people may face food, water shortage by 2100

Hindu Kush Himalayan mountain ranges could lose up to two-third of its ice by 2100, according to UNDP

'Female health workers played a critical role in making Africa wild polio-free'

Tunji Funsho, who led the effort to make Nigeria wild polio-free, says COVID-19 is a setback to the last mile of polio eradication

UN report flags changes in food system to boost climate action

Addding diet and food loss to climate change plans can improve mitigation and adaptation contributions towards food systems by as much as 25%

COVID-19: Worst economic performance by very poor countries in 30 years

43 least developed countries are experiencing a fall in their average income levels, says UNCTAD report

COVID-19 can reverse decades of progress in eliminating child deaths: UN

Almost 68% of 77 countries surveyed reported at least some disruption in health checks and immunisation services, which may lead to increase in …

Microplastics, microbeads: What you did not know about self-care products

Bureau of Indian Standards in 2017 proposed a ban on raw materials not recognised safe for use in cosmetics from 2020. The status of the ban is&…

COVID-19: Asia-Pacific countries must act against recession-induced hunger

Sub-Saharan Africa, home to the world’s highest hunger rates, must now brace for its first recession in a quarter of a century

US won't backtrack on climate commitments, says John Kerry at Marrakech

The US has suffered climate-related losses worth $27 billion this year so far

The world is approaching ‘peak youth’ point

A UN report calls on governments to draft policies to realise the demographic dividend before the proportion of young population starts declining

Malnutrition threatens 120 UN member nations, says global report

India performs well on under-5 stunting, but sanitation continues to be the biggest stumbling block

UN felicitates Odisha for its disaster management model during Phailin

State first in Southeast Asia to get a thumbs up by the international body