UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues: Progress towards protecting indigenous territories slow, say experts
Though the Indigenous Peoples have a crucial role in protecting land, they receive less than 1% of climate finance
Climate change, disruptions in supply chain due to geopolitical tensions threatening global economic growth: UNCTAD
Slower economic growth for third consecutive year; India’s growth expected to be marginally lower than 2023
US oil & gas lobby pushes massive ad campaign promoting fossil fuels
The “Lights on Energy” campaign pushes message that dependence on oil & natural gas is a matter of survival for Americans and …
Almost 5 million children died before their fifth birthday in 2022, finds UN report
A neonatal death happened every 14 seconds, one under five death every 6 seconds
World Cancer Day: Southeast Asia should strengthen diagnosis, treatment, palliative care tools
Cervical cancer is the second-most prevalent in southeast Asia
Heatwave grips US too, ‘excessive heat warning’ for some areas
Biden announces measures to combat climate change
Atlas of human suffering: IPCC report stresses on interconnections among climate, biodiversity, well-being
It warns of irreversible damages but also offers solutions
Head of UNAIDS unpacks the knock-on effects of COVID-19. And what needs to be done
AIDS remains a crisis and COVID-19 is making it worse, says Winnie Byanyima
African countries need to seize opportunities created by US-China tensions
This will require a great deal of imagination and courage
UNCCD CoP: Centre unclear how states are spending money allotted for forests
The 14th Finance Commission had given 7.5 per cent weightage to forest cover
Every 9th person in the world went hungry last year: UN report
Around 700 million were exposed to severe food insecurity in 2018
UNEA-6 to consider 12 draft resolutions on its final day
While the resolutions are a critical part of UNEA-6, they are not legally binding
Inger Andersen urges inclusion of ‘super pollutants’ such as methane and black carbon in NDCs
By addressing short-lived climate pollutants, the world can deliver climate action, improve air quality and human health, said Andersen at the …
International light pollution guidelines for migratory species prepared
Guidelines entail specific protocol for marine turtles, seabirds and bats
CMS COP14 ends in Samarkand; proposals listing 14 migratory species adopted
Countries join hands to protect migratory species in range states, assist migration and maintain populations
One month in, how Biden has changed disaster management and the US COVID-19 response
In direct contrast to his predecessor, US President Joe Biden is treating this as a national-scale crisis requiring a comprehensive national …
COP27: Global North governments want private sector to pay for loss and damage
Private sector companies’ understanding of climate adaptation and mitigation is limited, according to experts
Dramatic changes needed in global food systems to address nutrition disparity, poverty: IFAD
The report Transforming Food Systems for Rural Prosperity called for investment in rural farms and local small- and medium-size enterprises
At least 8 dead due to record rains in New York
A state of emergency has been declared across New York City after remnants of Hurricane Ida bring record rainfall to the US Northeast
Climate crisis putting a billion children at ‘extremely high risk,’ warns new UN report
Almost half of the world’s children are seriously threatened by the rapidly deteriorating global climate
COVID-19 no gamble: Physics-inspired simulations predict waves in these 4 countries
A physicist uses the Monte Carlo Simulation, commonly used in physics & fields as diverse as engineering and finance, to study endemicity
‘If AI goes wrong, it can go quite wrong’: Here’s ChatGPT CEO’s full testimony in US Congress
Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI that owns ChatGPT, testified in the oversight hearing of artificial intelligence
Cannabis-derived products have flooded US market — Two immunologists explain medicinal benefits and potential risks
Products like delta-8 THC and delta-10 THC are rapidly proliferating; there are many unknowns about their safety and psychoactive …
What makes one poor in India
Global Multidimensional Poverty Index 2022 shows lack of access to nutrition, fuel, housing and sanitation keeps millions in poverty
New York grapples with climate-driven deluge: Historic rainfall and flash floods are the new normal
September floods unfolded less than three months after a devastating storm in July that unleashed catastrophic flooding across New York’…