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2023 Driest Year in Over Three Decades for Rivers Around the World: WMO
The surge in extreme hydrological events has been influenced by naturally occurring climate conditions including the transition from La Niña to El Niño weather...
Climate change
Climate Finance Missing to Deliver on Global Stocktake
A year on from the ‘Global Stocktake’ on climate action, there are few signs of progress as climate adaptation remains ‘fragmented, uneven’. Experts say...
Features
Nations Vow to Cut Deaths From Drug-Resistant Bacteria
4.95 million deaths a year are associated with antimicrobial resistance. The problem is global but disproportionately affects the poorest. World leaders have met at...
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UNFPA Reports 35 Per Cent of Women in Sri Lanka Lack Contraceptive Access
In Sri Lanka, the contraceptive prevalence rate stands at 65 per cent, with only 54 per cent of users relying on modern methods, according...
Climate change
Greenpeace India Welcomes India’s Leadership in signing the Historic UN Ocean Treaty
This year, India has again suffered from extreme weather events causing too many casualties, meanwhile industrial overfishing, pollution and climate change impacts, such as...
Child Rights
Summit of the Future: Time to Rethink ‘Outdated and Ineffective’ International Financial Architecture
Only 44 delegations were present when the IMF was founded, compared to the current IMF membership of 190 nations. Yet developed countries continue to...
Civil society
At UN ‘Summit of the Future’, Civil Society Demand Radical Changes to International Financial Architecture
Currency devaluations have raised the cost of servicing external debt, in many instances, while governments have been forced by conditionalities imposed by international institutions...
Climate change
Ozone Layer on Track for Recovery, Says WMO
According to the WMO, the ozone layer could recover to pre-1980 levels by around 2066 over the Antarctic if current policies remain in place....
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End ‘Collective Amnesia’ Over COVID-19, Says WHO
Coronaviruses like COVID, influenza and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) “must be taken seriously” as they are particularly dangerous for...
Strengthening Rural Economy: Insights from NABARD’s NAFIS 2021-22
The NAFIS data revealed a notable increase in financial savings among rural households, with annual average savings rising to...
India’s Renewable Energy Revolution a Beacon of Hope in Global Energy Transition, Says IEA Report
By 2024, solar power is projected to account for nearly 60 per cent of India's renewable energy capacity, significantly...
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End ‘Collective Amnesia’ Over COVID-19, Says WHO
Coronaviruses like COVID, influenza and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV)...
Strengthening Rural Economy: Insights from NABARD’s NAFIS 2021-22
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