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US' solar alliance pull-out throws spanner in works for ties with IndiaUnited States has withdrawn from the International Solar Alliance. This move could impact the agency's aim to attract solar investments. Th...- Madhav Gadgil, legendary ecologist who transformed Western Ghats conservation, passes away at 83Madhav Gadgil passes away: Renowned Indian ecologist Madhav Gadgil, celebrated for his pivotal work on the Western Ghats, has passed away a...
- International Mountain Day 2023: Date, theme, history, significance and key factsMountains are vital for human existence and livelihoods as they provide essential resources like freshwater, energy, and food. Conserving t...
- World losing high-stakes fight against alien speciesInvasive species that wreck crops, ravage forests, spread disease, and upend ecosystems are spreading ever faster across the globe, and hum...
- UN 'survival guide' report an urgent warning on climate
- The next ESG frontier is genetically modified foodThe need to feed an expanding population while cutting agriculture’s high greenhouse gas emissions means farming must become more efficient.
- COP27: Talks on carbon market rules off to slow startCarbon offsets allow countries or companies to pay others to cut greenhouse gas emissions to offset their own. While companies are already ...
- France back in coronavirus lockdown as US surges to daily recordFrom midnight, France's 65 million population were largely confined to their homes, needing written statements to leave, in the latest dras...
- India to host key meet on conservation of migratory species of wild animalsThe thirteenth meeting of the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS COP13) being hosted by India is the ...
- Improving material use and resource efficiency can reduce greenhouse gas emissions: UN science panelAccording to the International Resource Panel, emissions from the production of materials as a share of global greenhouse gas emissions inc...
- World comes together to slow down land degradation and desertificationThe fortnight long meeting will focus on practical measures to recover degraded land areas, critical gaps in land management and planning.
- Making planet Earth's greenland mainstreamThe report makes clear that human beings are responsible for wrecking the very ecosystems that sustain life on earth.
- Ministries pooling data to account for environmental damage in GDPThe work has just started on the system which can eventually yield benchmarks such as sustainability index and biodiversity index.
- Environmental loss in Sundarbans worth Rs 1290 crore: World BankUN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) projects an increase in sea level and intensification of present climatic variability.
- UN-sponsored meeting: Countries likely to promise fulfilling biodiversity targetsThe UN-sponsored meeting on biodiversity may agree on a political statement that all countries are committed towards fulfilling biodiversit...
- Government resists UN pressure on Western Ghats; not to implement Unesco report, a must for heritage tagThe government has warded off pressure from Unesco to implement the controversial Western Ghats report as a pre-condition to the ‘World Her...
- 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.
- Losing wild species at rapid pace, warns UNThe world is failing to stop the alarming loss of the Earth's species and habitat, a UN summit was warned on Wednesday amid multinational b...
- Climate negotiations at Cancun headed nowhere: RameshIndia said that the international community should not expect much from the upcoming Climate Change summit in Cancun and underlined that th...
- Many Species, One Planet, One FutureAddressing a national seminar on International Biodiversity Day in New Delhi, Jairam Ramesh said, "We need to bring about convergence betwe...
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