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Environment Ministry Rebuts Environmental Performance Index 2022. Says Yale, Columbia Methods Are Unscientific
A statement released by the government rebutted the Environmental Performance index 2022 that placed India at the very bottom of the index, arguing that...
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Extreme Weather Events Killing More People Than Ever Before, Says CSE Report
Maharashtra suffered the most deaths due to extreme weather events in 2021 – says a state-wise analysis by the Centre for Science and Environment...
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If Women Don’t Lead, We’ll Lose the Battle Against Climate Crisis
The urgency of the climate emergency is creeping closer and closer to home. Oxfam’s recent report “Inequality kills” warned that 231,000 people each year...
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First Person: Sweet Taste of Modern Beekeeping
Beekeepers in the southern Haitian commune of Bonbon are creating a buzz around honey in an area recovering from an earthquake in 2021. Ilarion...
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Disaster Prevention, Risk Reduction, Critical to Sustainable Future: UN Deputy Chief
The World Meteorological Organization has been charged with the task of preparing and presenting an action plan aimed at ensuring that every person on...
Child Rights
Reclaiming Our Future
As ESCAP celebrates its 75th anniversary this year, we find ourselves facing our biggest shared test on the back of cascading and overlapping impacts...
Climate change
Climate Change-Made Early Heat Waves in India, Pakistan 30 Times More Likely
A full health and economic fallout, and cascading effects from the current heat wave will take months to determine, including excess deaths, hospitalisations, lost...
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By Deliberately Ignoring Risk, the World Is Bankrolling Its Own Destruction
The scale and intensity of disasters are increasing, with more people killed or affected by disasters in the last five years than in the...
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Bangladesh Garment Workers must Receive Rights-Based Compensation and Justice Immediately: Amnesty International
Garment workers are paid poverty wages and face innumerable obstacles including harassment, intimidation and violence, as well as legal hurdles when...
Attacks Target Afghanistan’s Hazaras
Like the previous Afghan government, Taliban authorities have not taken adequate measures to protect Hazaras and other communities at risk or provide...
Developing Asia and the Pacific Unprepared for Challenges of Aging Population
The number of people aged 60 and older in developing Asia and the Pacific is set to nearly double...
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Bangladesh Garment Workers must Receive Rights-Based Compensation and Justice Immediately: Amnesty International
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Attacks Target Afghanistan’s Hazaras
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