Need early reform of key multilateral bodies, including UNSC: President MurmuPresident Droupadi Murmu stressed the urgent need for reform in multilateral bodies, like the UN Security Council, to reflect modern global...
06 Feb, 2025, 04.44 PM IST
India bats for designing regional ocean observations to better understand deep ecosystemsIndia, at the 2024 Ocean Decade Conference in Barcelona, emphasised the need for tailored ocean observations to predict climate impacts. It...
21 Apr, 2024, 02.34 PM IST
How could a COP28 climate deal advance protection of nature?As the U.N. climate talks enter their final week in Dubai, Colombia and Germany called in an open letter for the U.N. climate summit's outc...
07 Dec, 2023, 08.43 PM IST
'No end in sight' to rising greenhouse gases, says UN weather agencyThe World Meteorological Organization (WMO) reported that greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere reached a record high in 2022, wi...
15 Nov, 2023, 04.25 PM IST
UN weather agency: Greenhouse gases reach new record in 2021Of the three main types of heat-trapping greenhouse gases - carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide - the biggest jump from 2020 to 2021 ...
26 Oct, 2022, 09.06 PM IST
India plans network of marine research stations in Pacific Island nationsSingh told the conference that India has well established collaboration and partnerships with UN agencies and research institutions for bri...
29 Jun, 2022, 04.07 PM IST
India committed to protect 30 per cent of world's land and ocean by 2030: Minister at Lisbon conferenceDelivering the India statement at the UN Ocean Conference at Lisbon in Portugal, Earth Sciences Minister Jitendra Singh said efforts were o...
29 Jun, 2022, 12.21 AM IST
National selfishness delaying global oceans deal: UN chief Antonio GuterresThe U.N. chief was with senior officials and scientists from more than 120 countries attending a five-day U.N. Ocean Conference in Lisbon, ...
27 Jun, 2022, 07.41 PM IST
To combat coral bleaching, Kenya turns to reef nurseriesThe marine area, jointly managed by the foundation and the island's community, has been planting over 8,000 corals a year since 2012 and pl...
27 Jun, 2022, 09.05 AM IST
UN plans to drastically expand plastic waste management in IndiaThe UNDP programme, which began in 2018, has so far collected 83,000 metric tonne of plastic waste. India generates about 3.4 million tonne...
03 Dec, 2021, 12.09 PM IST
What is COP? Key facts and terms at climate summit explainedThe U. N. climate summit, known as COP26 this year, brings officials from almost 200 countries to Glasgow to haggle over the best measures ...
31 Oct, 2021, 04.02 PM IST
Climate report: Africa's rare glaciers soon to disappearMassive displacement, hunger and increasing climate shocks such droughts and flooding are in the future, and yet the lack of climate data i...
19 Oct, 2021, 03.03 PM IST
To curtail global warming, you must do more: United Nations to world leadersFor the second time in four days, this time out of U.N. headquarters in New York, leaders will hear pleas to make deeper cuts of emissions ...
20 Sep, 2021, 01.01 PM IST
Putin to join Modi led initiative on maritime security at UNSC on Monday"V.V. Putin will participate in a video conference within the framework of the UN Security Council on the subject of ‘Enhancing Maritime Se...
08 Aug, 2021, 09.18 PM IST
Can't allow our seas to turn into zones of contention: IndiaThe rapid economic growth across oceans is proof that the world's economic engines are purring to a new tune in the 21st century. We must t...
09 Jun, 2017, 01.52 PM IST
- IMO signs 5 stragetic pacts with UN agencies and EU
International Maritime Organization (IMO) has signed five strategic partnerships with a host of UN agencies and the EU.
21 May, 2012, 08.47 AM IST
- Planet's future at stake; delegates gather in Bali
The future of the planet may be at stake. Delegates from 190 countries gather on the resort island of Bali over the next two week.
01 Dec, 2007, 12.00 PM IST