MDG final report highlights the success of strategic intervention
Human society has achieved several milestones on all eight goals: Report
World Health Assembly adopts resolution to prevent drowning
First-of-its-kind alliance, global status report to asses worldwide impact
Fridays for Future: It isn’t too late, say young activists demanding climate reparations, justice
Demands for loss & damage finance raised across the world 6 weeks ahead of CoP27
Every country exceeds new PM2.5 annual limit set by WHO: Report
The concentration in 93 per cent of the cities was 10 times the new guidelines
Global supply chains major user of child labour: UN report
Asian region has highest child labour in global supply chains
UNCCD COP14: Desertification, land degradation hit poor hardest
Climate change drives migration but many can’t even move out: Report
Modi bats for South-South ties, plastic ban at UNCCD meet
PM raises land reclamation target to 26 mln hectares by 2030
The history of climate change negotiations
A quick summary of climate change negotiations over the years
Hunger and poverty trigger most of the conflicts, says FAO official
Ongoing conflicts is Africa and West Asia could be seen as closest examples
UNEA-6: Report raises concern on India’s reliance on single-use plastics; cites study to support reuse systems
The Zero Waste Europe-NHF study cited encompassed the perspectives of street vendors, customers and policy makers across Kolkata, Mumbai, Delhi …
UNEA-6: Over a third of global population living with solid waste, reveals report
World needs to integrate the principles of just transition to a circular economy to better manage waste, says lead author
CMS COP14: Expect listing of new species, action plans for conservation at Samarkand summit
Parties are expected to discuss draft to protect and conserve number of species and their habitats
Dummy’s guide to how trade rules affect access to COVID-19 vaccines
The WTO is considering whether to temporarily waive certain rules about TRIPS, to allow more countries access to vaccines, drugs needed to …
Shift towards sustainable fisheries in Mediterranean, Black Sea region: Report
While 75% of fish stocks was subjected to overfishing, this percentage fell by more than 10% between 2014 and 2018
Antonio Guterres unveils action agenda on Internal Displacement
The Action Agenda sets out 31 commitments by the UN system to better resolve, prevent and address internal displacement crises
Africa’s Sahel has the highest rate of child marriage globally: Report
Around 5 million children in the central Sahel face a growing humanitarian crisis, according to a new report
Extreme weather events in India made women, children more vulnerable to modern slavery, flags report
Cyclones in India, particularly in the Sundarbans, made locals vulnerable to traffickers and drove them into forced labour, the report …
Green innovation steals the show at SEED Awards
An Indian enterprise and 27 African ventures win prize for sustainable business models empowering communities
India removed from annual UN list of countries where children are impacted by armed conflict
India has taken measures to protect children, especially in Jammu and Kashmir, according to the UN
Developed countries received most from crisis funds, poorest got the least: UN chief
Guterres advocates for sustainable development goals simulus to give a boost to the poorest nations
India slipping on way to meeting UN-mandated SDGs: CSE-DTE
Country facing challenges in 11 of the 17 SDGs; states’ individual performances ranked as well
2030 Agenda: We need to champion sustainability in Asia and the Pacific despite adversities
National plans must align with the agenda for UN-mandated sustainable development goals to guide development
International Mother Language Day 2023: How an education module in tribal dialects became a game changer in Odisha
An experiment in mother language based education for children from the Kolha tribe showed how developing text books and primers in tribal …
Discord from beginning: First round of talks for a global plastic treaty was not a success; here is why
Industry representatives attended the event, even as civil society was often not allowed at most closed door meetings
Life of Plastic: Uruguay meet concludes; implicitly endorses CSE’s position on polymer pollution
Current trends need to be replaced by a circular economy which forms basis of solutions to global plastic pollution problem, the meet concluded &…