World Environment Day 2021: Why we need to restore contaminated land
Even after 21 years of waste management legislation, a majority of urban local bodies do not have an engineered landfill for disposal …
New COVID-19 variants have changed the game, and vaccines will not be enough. We need global ‘maximum suppression’
At least 3 documented SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern can reinfect recovered patients and vaccinated individuals
Valuing water a challenge in Africa, says UN report
Lack of data on water a major limitation to fulfilling United Nations-mandated sustainable development goals, the report flagged
Japan has rolled out a bevy of projects to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050. Are they enough?
Achieving the net-zero emissions target would require a major push to build clean energy infrastructure
A good way to be kinder to elephants is to stop riding them
When animal tourism resumes in Bali after COVID-19, there is an opportunity to do better by the lives of animals
G7 sets renewables target, no timeline for fossil fuel phase out
Gas investments and nuclear energy remain in play while urgent action is needed to phase out fossil fuels
COVID-19, war and hunger: Yemen’s humanitarian crisis is becoming worse
Over 10 million are on the brink of famine; as many as 400,000 children are at the risk of dying, according to UN
What does Boris Johnson’s plan to ban fuel-powered vehicles mean for UK
Several other countries may follow suit in the coming years to phase out petrol- and diesel-run vehicles
Tropical crops at risk from pollinator loss due to climate change, shift in land use, finds study
Number of insects that pollinate tropical plants declined by 61%
Worst cholera outbreak since 2017 affecting children in Congo: UNICEF
DRC reported more cholera cases in the first seven months of 2023 than all of 2022
UK announces ‘Energy Price Guarantee’, supports shale gas & oil
UK will become a net energy exporter by 2040, Prime Minister Liz Truss says
Sizzling Europe: Several countries face high temperatures, wildfires
UN funds insufficient to help victims of climate disasters: Oxfam
UN humanitarian aid appeals increased 819% in 20 years
United Nations Environment Assembly 5.2: Five aspects of plastic pollution that needs focus
The 5th meeting of UNEA will be held February 28, 2022 in Nairobi, Kenya.
Deaths, hospitalisation can go up due to Omicron, warns Europe’s health agency
A ‘stealth’ version of Omicron can raise risks of virus spread
COVID-19 impacted global migration trend in 2020: UN report
The number of emigrants increased to 281 million in 2020 from 272 million in 2019
Economic price for neglecting mental health of children is $387.2 billion a year: UNICEF
More than 13% adolescents aged 10-19 live with a diagnosed mental disorder globally
Pentagon report says UFOs can't be explained, and this admission is a big deal
The report does not, as many were hoping, conclude UFOs are alien spacecraft.
Good health, reduction of poverty, hunger rated as today’s top priorities in Ipsos poll
Half of respondents said their government was not doing enough to achieve SDGs
UN praises Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik again for saving lives during Cyclone Yaas
The UN had earlier praised Naveen Patnaik after Cyclone Phailin had hit Odisha in 2013
Is the development of green intellectual property paving the way to environmental sustainability in India?
About 13% of India’s high-value patents are related to green tech
January 2021 ninth-warmest month for US on record: NOAA
Below-average precipitation experienced in several regions; peak ice coverage declined
Coronavirus update: Delhi Metro resumes even as India keeps adding more than 90,000 cases a day
India added 90,802 new cases in the last 24 hours, overtakes Brazil in total case tally
From restoring forests to river basins, seven conservation initiatives across continents recognised by UN
Award makes the projects eligible for technical and financial support from United Nations
On the precipice
A collapse of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation may put other climate systems at risk