Environment
350.org urges World Bank & IMF to deliver cli...
April 19, 2024
As world leaders convened in Washington this week for the World Bank and IMF Spring meetings, civil society organisations have called for urgent action to fix the world’s broken financial systems that are responsible for climate breakdown and entrenching inequality. To solve t...
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Clouded leopards face uphill battle for survival
April 18, 2024
Clouded Leopards or Neofelis nebulosa are called as such due to the the large, blotchy, cloud-like markings on their body, head, legs and tail. Their yellow-brown bodies are rather long and slim and their hind legs are noticeably longer than their front and the tail, about 1 m ...
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1 billion meals wasted daily in 2022: UNEP
March 29, 2024
Global food crisis continued to worsen in 2022 as disparities within societies led to an increase in the spread of chronic hunger amidst rising food wastage around the world. These are some of the findings of a report published by the United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP)...
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India 3rd most polluted country in world: IQAir re...
March 28, 2024
India emerged as the third worst air quality out of 134 countries in 2023 with an average annual PM 2.5 concentration of 54.4 micrograms per cubic after Bangladesh (79.9 micrograms per cubic metre) and Pakistan (73.7 micrograms per cubic metre), according to the World Air Quality...
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Year 2024: Hottest elections trapped in triple cri...
March 25, 2024
The year 2024 is all about voting. As many as 76 of the 196 countries in the world will be engaged in the national elections in which people citizens across the world will decide who will govern them for next few years. The elections, called festivals of democracy, are spread t...
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Water crisis threatens world peace, says UNESCO
March 23, 2024
The 2024 United Nations World Water Development Report, published by UNESCO on behalf of UN-Water, highlights that tensions over water are exacerbating conflicts worldwide. In a press statement, UNESCO says that report reveals that 2.2 billion people lack access to safely managed...
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Global e-waste generation rising 5 times faster th...
March 21, 2024
The world’s electronic waste generation is increasing five times faster than documented e-waste recycling. The United Nations‘ fourth Global E-waste Monitor (GEM) report reveals that waste generation is surging at an alarming rate. In 2022 alone, 62 million tonnes of e-wa...
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CMSCOP14: Birdwatching can help humans cope with c...
February 12, 2024
‘Nature knows no borders’ is the slogan for the most important UN wildlife conference this year. The 14th Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Migratory Species of Wild Animals CMSCoP14 will be hosted by the Government of Uzbekistan in the historic ...
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Wahter ties up with Scrapbuddy for ambitious recyc...
February 9, 2024
In an attempt to arrest the rising plastic pollution in the National Capital Region, packaged water company significant move towards environmental sustainability, Wahter, a leading force in the packaged water sector, has joined hands with Scrapbuddy, a plastic scrap recycling fir...
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Self-eating rocket could boost UK space programme
January 12, 2024
In what could turn out to be a major boost to the capabilities of the space industry in the United Kingdom, a team of engineers at the University of Glasgow has built and fired the first unsupported ‘autophage’ rocket engine which consumes parts of its own body for fuel. Acco...
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