New Delhi: A study conducted by a magazine focussing on the environment has questioned India's earnestness in biodiversity conservation.
UN focus on plant health, crucial for boosting food security worldwide
New York: On the very first International Day of Plant Health, marked on Thursday, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has called for more investment in innovation to boost food security, especially for the billions worldwide living close to the bread line.
Push for ‘more caring, thoughtful’ relationship with nature: UN chief
New York: Everyone must commit to preserving the Earth’s “invaluable and irreplaceable wildlife,” the UN chief said on Wednesday in his message for World Wildlife Day.
UNESCO marks semi-centennial anniversary of biosphere preservation
New York: The UN cultural agency commemorated on Monday the 50th anniversary of its Man and the Biosphere Programme (MAB), which created in 1971, has been promoting a long-lasting connection between people and nature.
Most agricultural funding distorts prices, harms environment: UN report
New York: Around 87% of the $540 billion in total annual government support given worldwide to agricultural producers includes measures that are price distorting and that can be harmful to nature and health.
Improving air quality ‘key’ to confronting global environmental crises
New York: With environmental events becoming increasingly interconnected, a new global report on air pollution published by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) on Thursday underscores that improved air quality is “key to tackling the triple planetary crisis of climate change, biodiversity loss, and pollution and waste”.
IPCC report: ‘Code red’ for human driven global heating, warns UN chief
New York: Climate change is widespread, rapid, and intensifying, and some trends are now irreversible, at least during the present time frame, according to the latest much-anticipated Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report, released on Monday.
Lace up and join the UN to help win #TheHumanRace against climate change
New York: The United Nations is encouraging everyone across the world to participate in the literal race against the climate emergency.
Deadly flooding, heatwaves in Europe, highlight urgency of climate action
New York: Heavy rainfall that has triggered deadly and catastrophic flooding in several western European countries, is just the latest indicator that all nations need to do more to hold back climate change-induced disasters, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said on Friday.
UN body unveils new plan to end ecological destruction, ‘preserve and protect nature’
New York: Equitably “redirecting, repurposing or eliminating incentives” that harm biodiversity by at least $500 billion per year is just one of the 21 ambitious targets of a new draft agreement released by a UN body in the lead up to the landmark November climate conference, COP26, in the United Kingdom.
Conflict, climate change, COVID, forces more people into hunger
New York: Global hunger levels have skyrocketed because of conflict, climate change and the economic impact of COVID-19; and one in five children around the world is stunted, UN agencies warned on Monday.
WBCSD and businesses in India unveil policy report on large-scale adoption of electric vehicles
Geneva, Delhi/IBNS: Widespread adoption of electric vehicles (EV) is looked upon as a key factor in decarbonizing road transport and reducing environmental pollution in India, according to World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD).
Invasive pest spread another fallout from climate change, UN-backed study finds
New York: Climate change is making pests which ravage important agricultural crops even more destructive, heightening threats to global food security and the environment, a UN-backed study published on Wednesday has found.
Everyone will lose unless humanity makes ‘peace with the planet’, declares Guterres
New York: Humanity is “waging a war on nature”, threatening biodiversity loss, climate disruption and escalating pollution, the UN chief said on Friday.
Report reveals progress on environmentally protected areas, but quality must improve
New York: Although the world has made major progress toward a decade-long target for environmental protection areas, it has fallen far short on commitments regarding their quality, the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) and partners said in a report published on Wednesday.