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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...
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...
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...
'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...
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 ...
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...
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...
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, ...
Dolphins in Lisbon river show benefits of protecting natureThe number of dolphins swimming from the Atlantic Ocean into the mouth of the River Tagus at Lisbon has increased significantly in recent t...
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...
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...
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 ...
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...
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 ...
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...
- 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.
- 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.