Environment
Clyde flood risk grows with sea rise: University o...
June 27, 2025
A study by the University of Glasgow is warning that large estuaries like the Clyde, spanning 120 sq km, will require much greater and more targetted flood management strategies as climate change accelerates sea level rise and extreme weather events. In a press statement, Univers...
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Climate crisis in India: Extreme weather forces mi...
June 26, 2025
In recent years, India has witnessed a sharp increase in climate-induced disasters, with floods, droughts, cyclones and extreme heat events uprooting millions of people from their homes. Vulnerable regions such as low-lying coastal areas and drought-prone inland states are partic...
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Climate activists urge COP30 Presidency to set bol...
June 24, 2025
In a charged press conference today, leading voices from the global climate justice movement responded to the COP30 Presidency’s plenary session at the ongoing United Nations climate talks in German city of Bonn. The event, organised by a coalition of civil society and Indigeno...
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COP30 President’s proposed climate agenda reform...
June 21, 2025
President of 30th Conference of Parties or COP30, André Corrêa do Lago, released his fourth letter to governments on Friday, outlining proposed reforms to the United Nations climate summit’s action agenda. The move, intended to accelerate implementation of the Global Stocktak...
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Paris Peace Forum to hold Spring Meeting in Sevill...
June 21, 2025
As the world’s most influential leaders prepare to convene for the 4th International Conference on Financing for Development (FfD4), the Paris Peace Forum is set to host its 2025 Spring Meeting at Seville in Spain on June 30 and July 1. In a press statement, the officials of Pa...
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80 pc people support taxing fossil fuel firms for ...
June 20, 2025
An unprecedented global consensus has emerged, with an overwhelming majority of people supporting new taxes on oil, gas and coal corporations to fund compensation for climate-related loss and damage. A global survey jointly commissioned by Greenpeace International and Oxfam Inter...
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NGO takes French government to court over UN Ocean...
June 15, 2025
Days after a United Nations Summit on protection of the oceans hosted by France in Nice, a French ecological organisation has accused the French Government of deception and fiasco at the crucial meeting attended by delegations from around the world. In a press statement, Bloom sa...
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UN announces 1st World Restoration Flagships at Oc...
June 11, 2025
To advance the restoration of five million hectares of marine ecosystems, an area roughly equal to the size of Costa Rica, the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) and the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) have announced 1st World Restoration Flagships at the 3rd UN Ocean Confer...
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World Environment Day: India’s Perennial Plastic...
June 5, 2025
A 2024 study published in Nature, a scientific journal, revealed that India is now the world’s largest plastic waste producer, accounting for nearly 20 pc of the global total. According to the study, India generates approximately 9.3 million tonnes of plastic waste annually, mo...
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Study calls for natural corridors for black rhinos...
June 4, 2025
A study by University of Glasgow suggests that allowing black rhinos to move freely across their natural habitats, rather than confining them to fenced sanctuaries, could be the best way to protect these critically endangered animals from the hidden genetic dangers of inbreeding....
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