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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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University of Glasgow launches Glasgow Centre for Sustainable Energy
December 16, 2023
Focussed on supporting the accelerating global transition to sustainable, low-carbon energy systems, the University of Glasgow is launching a new research centre. In a press statement, the university says that the Glasgow Centre for Sustainable Energy brings together academics fr...
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Unprecedented planetary drought emergency, says ‘Global Drought Snapshot’
December 2, 2023
In a new report, the United Nations has warned that droughts are far more widespread and cause much more damage than previously thought and that human-induced droughts are leading to a global emergency. According to the report, ‘Global Drought Snapshot,’ launched by the UN C...
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Govts taking baby steps to curb emissions, warns UN report on climate change
November 14, 2023
A new report by the United Nations Climate Change finds national climate action plans remain insufficient to limit global temperature rise to 1.5°C and meet the goals of the Paris Agreement.Even with increased efforts by some countries, the report shows much more action is need...
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UNESCO dedicates 2023 International Day of Education to Afghan girls & women
January 22, 2023
Each year, January 24 is observed as the International Day of Education, as mandated by United Nations to highlight the importance of equal access to good quality education to every human being anywhere in the world. In order to highlight the plight of the women and girl children...
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350.org appeals for ambitious agreement on climate crisis at G7 Hiroshima Summit
December 27, 2022
The new year will see Germany pass on the mantle of G7 grouping of developed economies to Japan. With the world’s leading industrialised nations also responsible for an overwhelming share of the global carbon emissions, both historically and current, at least on per capita basi...
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IFF calls for withdrawal of revised draft on Digital Personal Data Protection
November 28, 2022
After it was forced to withdraw the Personal Data Protection Bill, 2019, which seeks to govern and safeguard the use of personal data, due to serious concerns of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Communication and Information Technology, the Ministry of Electronics and Info...
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India’s Purnima Devi Barman among UNEP Champions of the Earth
November 23, 2022
The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) has named its 2022 Champions of the Earth, with five persons, including a conservationist, an enterprise, an economist, a women’s rights activist, and a wildlife biologist for their transformative action to prevent, halt and reverse ecosystem...
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COP27 should be all about Climate Justice
October 31, 2022
Never in the history of UN’s Climate Change Conference African continent has been so well prepared. On the eve of the global meet, COP 27, to be held at Red Sea resort city of Sharm El Sheikh, in Egypt, in about a week, the delegates from African countries are well set to mak...
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Weeks before COP27, UN Climate Change says current plans not enough
October 26, 2022
A new report from UN Climate Change has asked countries to set far more ambitious targets for themselves for cutting their greenhouse gas emissions as the current efforts are not enough to limit global warming. The report released today shows that while some countries are managin...
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Cop-27 at Sharm El Sheikh is no guarantee for Africa
October 14, 2022
At the ongoing United Nations General Assembly’s annual sittings in New York, there are several issues that have been on the centre-stage, ranging from of course the ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine, the energy and food crisis which is partly linked to the conflict, ...
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India needs to stop whining over Jammu & Kashmir
October 11, 2022
In some senses, Pakistan has scored some brownie points against India in rapid succession. On October 4, the United States Ambassador David Blome undertook an unusually high-profile and rare visit to Muzaffarabad in Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir, meeting with the ‘Prime Minister’...
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