Equity remains absent from draft climate change agreement

Draft is a disappointment for developing countries like India which have been asking developed nations to take greater responsibility for their …

UN climate chief urges scaling up support for climate action in developing countries

'Climate agreement to be signed in 2015 must meet adaptation needs of vulnerable communities'

Brokering carbon

The world urgently needs a comprehensive approach that considers responsibility, capability and development indicators towards dividing the …

FAO in partnership with wholesale union to reduce food waste

World is losing 1.3 billion tonnes of food worth $1 trillion every year

Economic potential of carbon-rich mangroves untapped: report

Policy interventions and carbon finance mechanisms needed to restore conservation

Access to justice still elusive for women

A UN report says 35 per cent women in India face physical violence

Please don’t preach Mr Kerry, act at home

US secretary of state John Kerry has a 'one solar panel, one bulb' solution for India’s energy challenge, and is no different from his …

Angola’s peatlands trap carbon and clean the region’s water — how we mapped this newly found landscape

High quality peatland extent data are only available for a small selection of countries and regions

Climate finance for Small Island Developing States slumped to 2017 levels in 2019: OECD

Small Island Developing States are vulnerable to increased risk of storm surges, sea-level rise and altered rainfall patterns

‘See Afghans as brothers and sisters with whom we have ties since Mahabharata, not some distant aliens’

The second and final part of DTE’s interview with former ambassador Gautam Mukhopadhaya, where he discusses the situation in Afghanistan, …

Gender-based violence plagues Odisha despite govt efforts

Odisha reported the highest cases of assault against women in the country, according to 2018 NCRB data

World Food Programme wins Nobel Peace Prize

Organisation awarded not just for its previous humanitarian record but also for the role it will play in the post-COVID-19 world

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 …