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Brics collaborate to build global order with a commitment to multipolarity: EAM JaishankarExternal affairs minister S Jaishankar emphasized the significance of Brics, highlighting its role in making global discussions more inclus...- Can UN summits save the planet? A faltering year of talks brings up questions about the processGlobal environmental talks are facing a crisis, with recent UN negotiations on climate change, plastic pollution, biodiversity loss, and de...
- Drought resilience dominates final days of UNCCD talks in RiyadhAt COP16 in Riyadh, nations debated a global drought resilience regime. While a universal agreement exists on the need for action, disagree...
- Earth's lands are drying out. Nations are trying to address it in talks this weekA UN report reveals a growing global land drying crisis, exacerbated by climate change and human activities. This aridification threatens b...
- Unsustainable farming, forest loss driving Earth to 'precipice': UNUnsustainable farming and deforestation are endangering the planet's ability to support human life. This issue is causing severe feedback l...
- The world is quietly losing the land it needs to feed itselfIronically, one of the biggest challenges in the fight against land degradation is universal: We need to eat. About 40% of the planet’s lan...
- How COP28 failed the world's small islandsThe COP28 presidency declared unity and action, but the Alliance of Small Island States was confused as the UAE consensus was approved with...
- COP15: India calls for new, dedicated fund for biodiversity conservationSo far, the Global Environment Facility which caters to multiple conventions, including the UNFCCC and UN Convention to Combat Desertificat...
- G20 make commitments on climate neutrality, coal financingAccording to the final communique, the Group of 20 leaders also agreed to end public financing for coal-fired power generation abroad, but ...
- G20 work to finalize commitments ahead of Glasgow UN meetCharles, a longtime environmental activist, said public-private partnerships were the only way to achieve the trillions of dollars in annua...
- Road to COP 26: India may pledge to ‘30by30’ to conserve land, ocean waterThough it has not officially committed to the cause espoused by the West, including the administration of US President Joe Biden, India has...
- India "walking the talk" on climate change commitments, says Prakash Javadekar at COP 25Speaking at a high-level meeting at the ongoing UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) COP 25 in Madrid, the minister presented...
- India to restore 50 lakh hectare of degraded land by 2030: JavadekarIndia is hosting the Conference of Parties (COP) 14 of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) from September 2-13.
- Rio+20: What transpired in the summit, and what it means for companies & citizensAfter 20 years of more words than action, when the world assembled there again, not much had changed. Many words were exchanged, but not en...
- Rio+20: Country's economy relies on environment, its national accounts don't reflect thisRio+20 is not about climate change alone; it is a revisiting of the 1992 first Earth Summit to reassess priorities and formulate action to ...
- Green groups worried as Rio+20 pact is dilutedThe draft deal put forward by the summit hosts "is a more streamlined text, more likely to be agreed, less likely to deliver sustainable de...
- Rio Summit: Consumption driving 'unprecedented' environment damage, says UNPopulation growth and unsustainable consumption are driving Earth towards "unprecedented" environmental destruction, the UN said in a repor...
- 'Desertification, climate change hinder development'United Nations Secretary- General Ban Ki-moon has warned that the twin scourges of desertification and climate change are impeding the achi...
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