India to act on climate change on its own volition: Javadekar
India will take action on climate change not “at somebody’s dictation” but on its own volition, Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar has said. Prime Minister Narendra Modi is “very much interested in
View ArticleCargill in deforestation pledge as part of UN summit
Cargill has made one of the broadest commitments to environmental protection ever by a large agricultural company. The company says it wants to root out deforestation in all of its agricultural supply
View ArticleRich nations must put money where their mouth is on climate change: Prakash...
Sending a strong signal to rich nations that India will not dilute its position while negotiating for a climate deal, India has told the UN Climate Summit that it was the West's fossil fuelled model of
View Article'Build bridges for Lima climate talks'
UN climate chief Christiana Figueres urges delegates to work towards achieving a historic pact in Paris in 2015. The UN’s climate chief urged country negotiators on Monday to “build bridges” at talks in
View ArticleEurope emission targets 'will fail to protect climate'
Europe’s leaders are about to consign the Earth to the risk of dangerous climate change, a UN expert says. Prof Jim Skea, a vice-chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, says the EU’s plan
View ArticleFlexible or toothless?
TO GET to the tent city in the grounds of Peru’s defence ministry, where UN climate talks are being held between December 1st and 12th, delegates and hangers-on must pass an assault course. Its obstacles
View ArticleProtecting mangroves can lower disaster risks, offer cash: experts
Better protecting the world's fast-disappearing mangroves could have big economic, social and environmental benefits, experts said at the U.N. climate talks in Lima this week. Besides protecting...
View ArticleDeveloping states left in dark on 2020 climate finance goal
Major questions persist over how rich countries will boost funding for poorer nations to tackle climate change in the next five years, after U.N. climate talks failed to decide on clear plans. Back in
View ArticleSela made off limits to all vessels
The team of experts from the United Nations arrived at the Sundarbans on Monday to investigate the place of the oil spill. The government yesterday sealed the navigation route through the Sela River in
View ArticleModi govt. shifted gears on climate change’
A goal of 100 GW in solar energy is a bold undertaking, says U.N. official. While India has been an active participant and leader in global climate discussions for many years, the Narendra Modi government
View ArticlePublic sector can’t deliver New Urban Agenda alone, World Economic Forum warns
Citing an infrastructure project that rendered all of New York city as a Wi-Fi hotspot, the World Economic Forum says public-private partnerships are key to implementing the United Nations’ goals to...
View ArticleSouth Sudan declares famine in Unity State
A famine has been declared in parts of South Sudan, the first to be announced in any part of the world in six years. The government and the United Nations report that some 100,000 people are facing...
View ArticleSouth African Child Gauge 2017
The thematic focus of the South African Child Gauge 2017 – survive, thrive, transform – is at the heart of South Africa’s obligations under international law. The African Charter on the Rights and Welfare
View ArticleIreland to stump up with 5.73 million euro for GEF
DUBLIN, Ireland – The Irish government is to contribute millions of euro to the replenishment of the Global Environment Facility Trust Fund (GEF). Ireland will contribute €5.73 million, paid in annual
View ArticleYemen crisis: 85,000 children 'dead from malnutrition'
An estimated 85,000 children under the age of five may have died from acute malnutrition in three years of war in Yemen, a leading charity says. The number is equivalent to the entire under-five...
View ArticleDrax starts pilot of Europe’s first bioenergy carbon capture project
Britain’s Drax (DRX.L) has started a pilot project to capture and store carbon dioxide emissions at its biomass plant, the first of its kind in Europe, Drax said on Monday. Carbon capture and storage...
View ArticleClimate cash for developing world set to meet UN 2020 goal
Cash from wealthy countries to help the developing world tackle climate change has risen substantially in recent years, putting them on track to meet a politically important 2020 UN target to go green
View ArticleUN report says fragile climate puts food security at risk
Feeding a hungry planet is growing increasingly difficult as climate change and depletion of land and other resources undermine food systems, the U.N. Food and Agricultural Organization said Wednesday
View ArticleKenya drafting policy to track achievement of SDGs
Kenya is drafting a policy to track achievement of United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), officials said on Tuesday. Julius Muia, principal secretary in the ministry of national treasury
View Article39 million people blind globally –- UN
The United Nations has estimated that about 39 million people are blind globally, while another 1.3 billion people live with some form of near vision impairment. The UN said this in a statement to mark
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