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Preparing for a riskier world is becoming a bigger part of climate talksCOP30 climate summit negotiators face challenges in agreeing on fossil fuel transition. This makes adaptation to a hotter world a crucial f...- Faith and climateThe UN Framework Convention on Climate Change is incorporating an appeal signed by representatives of world religions at COP28 in Dubai. Th...
- India to invest over $240 billion in water sector: Jal Shakti minister ShekhawatSustainable Development Goal 6 is about "clean water and sanitation for all". It is one of 17 Sustainable Development Goals established by ...
- View: Wrap it up, swachh from plasticThe UN Environment Programme finds the world adding 300 million tonnes of plastic waste every year to the accumulated pile of about 7 billi...
- LT Foods becomes first company to be certified by UN-backed Sustainable Rice PlatformA new ecolabel launched by the Sustainable Rice Platform (SRP) will help shoppers reduce their environmental impact by identifying rice tha...
- Guterres appoints Indian economist Ligia Noronha as Assistant SG & Head of UNEP NY OfficeNoronha will succeed fellow Indian and development economist Satya Tripathi to whom Secretary-General Guterres is "grateful for his leaders...
- View: Nature has to be central in the post-Covid economyThe current pandemic has made evident the extent of global interconnectness between our economies, health, environments and, more broadly, ...
- Indian MSMEs shunning Jugaad, embracing sustainability & inclusive development: UNIDOAccording to the IFC, informal firms are estimated to account for around 74% of all MSMEs in the world, and about 77% of all MSMEs are base...
- Narendra Modi, Emmanuel Macron selected for UN's highest environmental awardBoth Prime Minister Narendra Modi and French President Emmanuel Macron are selected in the Policy Leadership category for their pioneering ...
- TERI university signs pact with UN Environment ProgrammeTERI University has signed a pact with the UN Environment Programme to spread knowledge and skills for environmental conservation.
- Green nod for 900 projects in 20 months: Prakash JavadekarEnvironmental clearance has been given to 900 projects worth Rs 6 lakh crore in the last 20 months, Union Minister Prakash Javadekar said.
- India elected to four key subsidiary bodies of UN ECOSOCIndia was elected by acclamation, a form of election that does not use a ballot, to the subsidiary bodies of the UN Economic and Social Cou...
- China tops global consumption of materials, UN report saysFrom 1970 to 2008, China's per capita consumption of materials grew from one third to over one and a half times the world's average levels.
- CAG should offer suggestions to improve environment, Ansari saysVice-President Hamid Ansari on Saturday said CAG has an important role to play in efforts towards improving environment by not only comment...
- Indian project declared winner of Environment Day challengeA Chennai-based development organisation is among the five winners of this year's World Environment Day Challenge organised by the UN.
- India, China to account for over half of world's transport emissionsNoting that little progress has been made in stemming climate change, a UN report has pointed out that India and China will account for mor...
- India would do well in retooling its workforce for a green economyIndia would do well to take into account the priorities identified by the Foresight Process of the United Nations Environment Programme.
- United Nations launches TV channel on YouTubeThe United Nations has launched its television channel on YouTube, a popular video sharing web site, in an effort to reach a broader and yo...
- UN's India solar programme wins award for effectivenessA United Nations programme which has helped bring solar powered electricity to some 100,000 people across 18,000 rural Indian households ha...
- Inter-govt panel moots "predictable" carbon pricingPredictable carbon pricing is needed to direct world investment flows toward an economy that could minimise climate change, an inter-govern...
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