Dr. Arvind Kumar* The triple planetary crisis of climate change, nature and biodiversity loss and pollution and waste is upon us and bearing down harder e ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* Climate scientists predicted that April 2024 will likely be the hottest April ever recorded globally. This would make it the 9th consecu ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* There is no food security without peace, and no peace without food security, it is no coincidence that half of the world’s hungry people ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* Water is a basic human right of every individual inhabiting the planet, without water life is impossible. Access to safe water is impera ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* Rivers are the lifeline of every country, similarly for millions of Indians through millennia. It’s a country which also derives its mod ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* On the face of the triple planetary crisis of climate change, biodiversity loss and pollution, the world has not just an environment to ...
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26TH February - 1st March, 2024, Nairobi, Kenya By Shweta Tyagi* OPENING: The sixth session of the UN Environment Assembly (UNEA-6) began on Monday, Febru ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar, Editor, Focus Global Reporter conducted an interview with Mr. Kapil NARULA, Ph.D., Senior Analyst Breakthrough Agenda, Climate Champions ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* Human rights reflect shared values and apply to every human being regardless of the specific laws that their country may hold. Such valu ...
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Dr Eric Tardieu* Dr Eric Tardieu As water resource management at the basin level is increasingly recognized as an essential component in effectively addre ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar, Editor, Focus Global Reporter conducted an interview with Mr. Takayuki Hagiwara, FAO Representative in India, Food and Agriculture Organ ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar, Editor, Focus Global Reporter conducted an interview with Dr. Pema Gyamtsho, Director General of ICIMOD. Excerpts from the Interview are ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* Agriculture contributes 16% of the overall GDP and accounts for employment of approximately 52% of the Indian population. Rapid growth i ...
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6-9th February 2024, Goa Ms. Shweta Tyagi* India is not only embracing but also leading changes with its vast resources, booming economy, and progressive ...
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Ms. Shweta Tyagi, Associate Editor, Focus Global Reporter conducted an interview with Dr. Sandeep Tripathi, IEM, Central Vigilance Commission, Govt. of In ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* The United Nations Environment Assembly is the world’s highest-level decision-making body for matters related to the environment. It set ...
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Shri B. P. PATI* & Shri SUNIL BHAWARIA** Coal/Lignite PSUs have spearheaded commendable efforts in leveraging mine water to alleviate water scarcity, ...
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Mr. Jaideep N. Malaviya a professional in solar energy since 1996 is Founder-Secretary General of Solar Thermal Federation of India and also Managing Dire ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* In an era of planetary crises and increasing environmental challenges, finding innovative and sustainable solutions to safeguard t ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* Our planet is heading for a scorching three-degree increase in global temperatures. Droughts, storms, fires and floods are pummeling cou ...
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By FGR Bureau MoEF&CC has submitted three nominations from India for Wetland City Accreditation (WCA) of Indore (Madhya Pradesh), Bhopal (Madhya Prade ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* In 2023 most of the planet including the oceans experienced above-average or record-breaking heat, with more intense rainfall and catast ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* Economic corridors are infrastructure projects designed to enhance connectivity and facilitate economic development between different re ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* Agriculture represents a crucial sector that underpins our population growth and well-being. It has been providing nourishment for gener ...
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30th November-12th December 2023, Dubai Ms. Shweta Tyagi* “The UN warns of an alarming path toward catastrophic global heating, the world witnesses the br ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* The 28th edition of the Conference of the Parties (COP 28) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) unfolde ...
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By FGR Bureau 14 December, New Delhi: The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), which is a comprehensive list of inalienable human rights agr ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* In an agreement on a loss and damage fund to help developing countries cope with the effects of climate change, COP28 began with a histo ...
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Message of UN Secretary-General António Guterres Seventy-five years ago, in the wake of the horrors of the Holocaust, States adopted the Convention on the ...
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Message of UN Secretary-General António Guterres “All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights.” The iconic opening sentence of the Univ ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* A landmark deal to help the world’s poorest and most vulnerable countries pay for the irreversible impacts of climate disaster was agree ...
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by FGR Bureau Message of UN Secretary-General António Guterres This first World Sustainable Transport Day reminds us that the road to a better future depe ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* Human rights are rights we have simply because we exist as human beings - they are not granted by any state. These universal rights are ...
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By FGR Bureau Message of UN Secretary-General António Guterres Violence against women is a horrific violation of human rights, a public health crisis and ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* Summer 2023’s record-setting temperatures aren’t just a set of numbers – they result in dire real-world consequences. From sweltering te ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* Our planet is buckling under the weight of intertwined environmental crises: conflict, climate change, biodiversity loss and pollution. ...
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Shweta Tyagi* An Overview of the Third World Food Forum (WFF) Event Agrifood systems are a major contributor to climate change, but they also have the pot ...
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By Dr. Arvind Kumar* Air pollution, stemming from the introduction of noxious agents such as gases, particles, and biological compounds, can inflict sever ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* At this time of year like the advent of festival season the annual ritual of Air Pollution also arrives in Delhi. Its air is increasingl ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* Agrifood systems are a major contributor to climate change, but they also have the potential to be part of the solution. Being the compl ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* The 54th regular session of the UN Human Rights Council (HRC), which was held from September 11 to October 13, 2023, was a meeting of th ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* The world is facing increasingly complex climate-related challenges that are reducing our resilience to climate shocks and increasing ou ...
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https://youtu.be/IgSWYjdTBGU Side event on Linguistic Minorities and Human Rights in India organised by Sindhi Adhikar Manch on 25th September 2023 at the ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* Europe is experiencing some of the hottest temperatures of summer 2023 so far, as a ‘heat dome’ expands over the southern half of the co ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* Is the Political Declaration at the UN SDG Summit 2023 actually a transformative action or just old wine in new bottle? A fundamental sh ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* Under the theme of ‘Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam’ the G20 leaders met at a defining moment in history where the decisions made will determine t ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* 2023 mark the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration on Human Rights (UNDHR). The Human Rights Council is known as the most open ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* India’s G20 presidency has been regarded by experts across the world as an exceptional and unprecedented opportunity with immense scope ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* One of the clearest trends the world witnessed in 2022 was the accelerating eastward shift in global economic power. For almost 80 years ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* Scorching heat gripped parts of Europe, Asia, and North America, bringing with it record-breaking temperatures, driving wildfires, and p ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* There has been increased attention put on the financial resources needed to help developing countries mitigate and adapt to climate chan ...
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10th -19th July 2023 By Dr. Arvind Kumar “Unless we act now, the 2030 Agenda will become an epitaph for a world that might have been” said UN Secretary-Ge ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* Since systematic scientific assessments began in the 1970s, the influence of human activity on the warming of the climate system has evo ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* Artificial Intelligence is rapidly shaping the future of humanity across nearly every industry. It is already the main driver of emergin ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* The world is crying out for high-level political action. Actions to make the Sustainable Development Goals a reality for everyone, every ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* The summer monsoon brings South Asia 70-80% of its annual rainfall, as well as death and destruction due to flooding and landslides. Dur ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* The recent visit of Amina Mohammed UN Deputy Secretary General focused on a range of critical topics, including India’s ongoing G20 pres ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* India is a diverse country with a large population that faces various challenges related to poverty, healthcare, education, infrastructu ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* We are left in an interesting — and concerning — place these past couple of years. The world’s pandemic proved it was far from over, sic ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* We are in a race against time in this climate emergency. Governments must use the time and opportunity to prepare for an ambitious outco ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* Everybody agrees that we are living through unprecedented times. The nature and scale of what the triple planetary crisis has led to is ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* The triple planetary crisis of climate change, nature and biodiversity loss and pollution and waste is upon us and bearing down harder e ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* IPCC has warned that India—home to 20 percent of the world’s population—could face multiple climate change-induced disasters in the nex ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* The choice for the first set of single-use plastic items for the ban was based on "difficulty of collection, and therefore recycling. Wh ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* The loss of biodiversity can have significant impacts on human health if we do not guarantee that the ecosystem services it provides are ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* The format of Mann ki Baat is a monologue by the Prime Minister, where he shares his thoughts, experiences, and ideas on a wide range of ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* The overall human impact due to overpopulation on the environment is causing overconsumption, excessive pollution, and proliferation of ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* India's Presidency of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) has come at a time when the global economy and landscape is facing sig ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar From the vehicle you ride to the television you watch; plastics are everywhere around us… quite literally! Most plastic items never fully ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* The discussions all throughout the year from South Asia Forum on sustainable development to the Asia Pacific Forum for sustainable devel ...
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Report: Travelogue Dr. Arvind Kumar* The ten day sojourn from Delhi- New York- Incheon- Bangkok-Delhi was almost 40 hours of intermittent flying. Landing ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* The UN 2023 Water Conference was convened from 22-24th March2023 in New York on the theme of water was after 44 years since 1977 and ope ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* Civil20 not only represents the voice of civil society in the G20 countries, but also globally, including in the southern hemisphere. Gi ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* While the world was grappling with the adverse socio-economic impacts caused by the triple planetary crisis of pollution, climate change ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* The cooperation and alignment are necessary, need to be scaled up, and require commitment and strong leadership. By promoting cooperatio ...
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ANALYSIS:G20 Dr. Arvind Kumar* The Migration and Mobility Partnership Agreement, which was inked in December 2022, will strengthen this cooperation even m ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* The world is currently experiencing the disastrous effects of climate change, including storms, floods, heat waves, wildfires, cyclones, ...
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Shweta Tyagi* Hazards always come as a surprise but are also inevitable. The tragic events in Syria and Turkey are virtually identical. They were caused b ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* The world faces multiple challenges of war, energy, food shortages, viruses, and recession therefore a global response is needed. The im ...
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A report on India Energy Week 2023 Shweta Tyagi* The first major event under India’s G20 Presidency the India Energy Week 2023 India held in Bengaluru fro ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* As inevitable climate hazards worsen, the rate of global warming is outpacing attempts to protect billions of people. Get ready for a gr ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* The main asset in the modern period is energy and unquestionably necessary for a developing economy like India because it is the backbon ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* Wetlands' vulnerability will undoubtedly rise as a result of climate change and its associated drivers and pressures. The conservation a ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* From COVID-19 pandemic to violent conflicts, forced displacement and climate change, humanity is badly affected. We have to work towards ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* There are significant lessons that must be learned in order to navigate the future as the globe recovers from the challenges that the Co ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* With the announcements coming from the European Union, Kazakhstan, Namibia, Egypt, Oman, and Kenya, green hydrogen took a centre stage a ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* The G20 India’s focus to cater to range of development challenges for the world has aroused global citizenry to actively look towards th ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* Experts on disaster management suggest the adoption of integrated watershed management by advocating coordinated development planning at ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* Without a common international regulatory framework, we will not be able to address the global and increasing challenge of plastic pollu ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* Participants in the WG meetings also discussed potential global benefit-sharing systems for the use of digital sequence information (DSI ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* This accord may be our final opportunity to stop the degradation of nature. As businesses and governments destroy our forests and prairi ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* Shouldn’t the negotiations held during the Conference of the Parties meetings present an opportunity to adapt existing agreements to bet ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* Now more than ever, the topic of climate change has been receiving global attention and is at the forefront of many conversations. In ad ...
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Dr Arvind Kumar* The G20 has no parallel among intergovernmental forums that comprises of major developed as well as developing economies, thus offering a ...
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ANALYSIS Dr. Arvind Kumar* Set against a difficult geopolitical backdrop, COP27 resulted in countries delivering a package of decisions that reaffirmed th ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* To reach the Net Zero destination, countries should plan large-scale interventions in 6 sectors i.e. energy and electricity, transport, ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* The renewed political and financial commitment towards forest climate action shown at COP27 is creating a new momentum for REDD+. We nee ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* Estimates suggest circular economy adoption in India will bring an annual benefit to a tune of Rs 40 lakh crore ($624 billion) in 2050 a ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar The climate emergency continues to challenge existing norms and ways of working. The recent IPCC reports and the Global Assessment R ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* Governments are more focused on energy security in the short-term, relying on low-hanging but risky alternatives, such as looking for ne ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* Biodiversity is vital to life on our planet. It is essentially the life support system for humanity. The biodiversity we see today is th ...
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OPINION 1.3 billion people still live in multidimensional poverty with almost half of them children and youth. Statistics show that 1.77 million Indians a ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* The world has witnessed climate change impacts in the form of rising temperatures, receding glaciers, drying rivers, reduction in wetlan ...
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SPECIAL REPORT Dr. Arvind Kumar* Metaphorically, the UN may well be “First among Equals”,its successes are indeed young relative to the colossal challenge ...
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*Dr. Arvind Kumar By 2050 the number of people living in cities will have nearly doubled, from 3.6 billion in 2011 to more than 6 billion. Yet the world’s ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* Air pollution harms our health, economies and the planet and is a global scale problem and one of the biggest contributors to climate ch ...
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AGENDA Dr. Arvind Kumar* Assumption of the Indian presidency of the G20 and Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) in 2023 and that of the UN Security Co ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* Water scarcity has particularly emerged as a highly critical and contentious issue within South Asia, one of the world’s most dynamic re ...
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REGIONAL COOPERATION-REPORT Dr. Arvind Kumar* The SCO declaration 2022 was a set of a mine run and promises and the proceedings were also banal. Yet, Indi ...
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REPORT Shweta Tyagi* “Almost half of the world’s human population relies heavily on groundwater for survival, and as that population continues to grow, ma ...
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BLOG (COP 27) Dr. Arvind Kumar* Hence, it’s a Hobson’s choice to initiate a paradigm shift in agricultural development approaches and practices through re ...
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Shweta Tyagi* The first half of this decade will be apparently remembered for deadly climate related catastrophes, among them, the great fires in Europe, ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* An era comes to an end as Queen Elizabeth passes away and leaves behind an unmatched legacy. Ironically the UK’s longest serving monarch ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* India’s assumption of the G20 presidency entails both challenges and opportunitiesand the present leadership of India is capable of meet ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* When the world was recuperating from the damages done by the corona virus on our health and economy another scare of monkey pox is at ou ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* Undeniably, the formation of I2 U2 with India joining it along with Israel, the UAE and the US is a welcome development and the location ...
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By Shweta Tyagi* The recently concluded G7 meet in Germany evince why the West may be adapting to accommodate the global South, particularly India. These ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* Plastic particles have not just pervaded throughout the environment, but are pervading our bodies too. A recent Dutch study examined blo ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* Accelerating extreme events largely due to destabilised climate systems are something India will have to deal with head on - even if it ...
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World Environment Day - States/ UTs and Urban Local Bodies across the country will swing into campaign mode, in a bid to make the country free of single u ...
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A report on UNCCDCOP-15 Shweta Tyagi* 15th Session of the Conference of the Parties of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) - L ...
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*Deepak Lakahnpal & Dr. S.K. Sharma Abstract A multi-stage process is recommendable towards determining economic feasibility of potential MAR projects ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* In a world increasingly impacted by geostrategic shifts, ideological rivalry and fractured power has the pragmatic foreign policy of PM ...
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The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi addressed the inaugural session of the fourth edition of the International Conference on Disaster Resilient Infrast ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* Water is fundamental to all biotic life, including human life, on Earth, despite it being a finite and irreplaceable resource, and is on ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* Rural development is often construed in terms of a procedure of facilitating improvement in the quality of life and economic well-being ...
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Ms. Neha Chaudhary, IRS* "Climate change is the defining crisis of our time and it is happening even more quickly than we feared" states the United Nation ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* Sri Lanka, an island nation inhabited by 22 million people with having tourism-based economy is currently in the throes of a worsening e ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* The close linguistic, marital, religious and cultural ties at people-to-people level between India and Nepal have remain there since tim ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* The release of the IPCC’s latest report on April 4, the third and final part of the IPCC’s thorough review of climate science, has sugge ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* The latest report of the IPCC endeavours to tackle the ticklish question of how humankind is expected to join hands as a species to fix ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* Recently-held 5th BIMSTEC Summit (29-30 March), apart from adopting a charter has also concurred on enhancing mutual cooperation in seve ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* Wildfires are wreaking havoc on the environment, wildlife, human health, and infrastructure from Australia to Canada, the United States ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* The current and rapidly evolving geopolitical global situation, especially in the aftermath of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, has seem ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* On average, 1,000,000 plastic bottles are bought every minute worldwide, and less than half of all plastic bottles end up getting recycl ...
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The Indian government is participating in a big way at the 9th World Water Forum. The Prime Minister is being represented by a high-level delegation under ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* Safari is a Swahili word· meaning ‘Journey’ which has become· synonymous with Big Game viewing in both Africa and In ...
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The Webinar will discuss the initiatives of the Government of India in the energy and resources sector including the Budget 2022 announcements and to elic ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* Even if emissions are cut as promised in the Paris Agreement levels, there is the likelihood that many parts of northern and coastal Ind ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* Trans-boundary Cooperation It is worth mentioning here that the Indus Water Treaty, signed between India and Pakistan in 1960, allocates ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* The ongoing Ukrainian crisis does not augur well for global peace and security because its geopolitical and geo-economic implications en ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* High hopes are often pegged at increased budgetary allocations each time as and when a budget is presented and in an eventuality of decr ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* With Ukraine and Taiwan hogging limelight as the most dangerous hotspots entailing the potential of triggering the Third World War becau ...
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Dr Arvind Kumar* Plenty of optimism seemingly lurks in the Economic Survey 2021-2022 tabled by the union finance minister in Parliament on 31 January proj ...
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DISCUSSION Dr Arvind Kumar* Utterances in the global forums like COP26 or Davos 2022 call for innovative and pragmatically feasible ideas, some of which m ...
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OPINION Dr. Arvind Kumar* [This is a necessitated reform for a Democracy like India where the need for stable government would definitely bring Developmen ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* People of Afghanistan are reeling under woeful plight in socio-economic, political, and security terms since the hasty withdrawal of US- ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* Women constitute half of total global population and they entail the potential of playing pivotal role in furthering growth and the goal ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* India is the land of villages as rightly said by Mahatma Gandhi “I would say that if the village perishes India will perish too. India w ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* Cities are fast emerging as the major hub of sustainable development activities and are destined to play very important role in the real ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* (Image Courtesy: Freepik) The fashion value chain is of global importance, with millions of jobs attached to it, generating foreign exch ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* Prime Minister Modi’s clarion call to the farming community to adopt natural farming is very timely. Asserting that maximum benefits fro ...
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*Dr. Arvind Kumar Image 1-Courtesy: India Water Foundation The rugged landscapes and dramatic scenery, striking landmarks and freezing weather are what gi ...
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Editor's Desk* Dr. Arvind Kumar A pall of uncertainty that had descended on the inaugural day of the commencement of COP26 in the absence of clear-cut an ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* Higher expectations and lofty aspirations are always at place prior to the convening of a global conference like the Conference Of Parti ...
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FGR Bureau Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi availed of the occasion of his visit to Rome, Italy, where he had gone to participate in the 16th Summit Meet ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* Group of Twenty or G20 is an intergovernmental forum comprising 19 countries and the European Union that aims at improving international ...
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Latest UNEP Emissions Gap Report finds new and updated Nationally Determined Contributions only take 7.5% off predicted 2030 emissions, while 55% is neede ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar, Editor, Focus Global Reporter Geopolitics in the Indo-Pacific region in general and South Asia in particular has undergone tremendous tr ...
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Dr Arvind Kumar On road to COP-26 India has been participating in the COPs actively and adhering to the decisions taken at each COP and making sincere eff ...
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By Dr. Arvind Kumar, President, India Water Foundation Image Courtesy: marca.com Glasgow (UK) is going to be the focal point of attention and attraction w ...
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By Dr. Arvind Kumar, President, India Water Foundation In the ‘New Normal’ that has come to prevail in the wake of subsiding of the adverse impacts of COV ...
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By Dr Arvind Kumar The Indo-Pacific region is characterized by the emergence of Quad and now coming into being of the AUKUS, also designated as Asian NATO ...
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By India Water Foundation This report presents the global status on transboundary cooperation and acceleration needed to achieve target 6.5 by 2030, based ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar, President, India Water Foundation Dr. Arvind Kumar The IUCN World Conservation Congress, the world’s largest and most inclusive environm ...
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The water community plays a central role in nature conservation efforts. On the occasion of the World Conservation Congress, which brings together world l ...
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By Dr Arvind Kumar, President, India Water Foundation Picturesque and enchanting, Kashmir is cradled high in the lofty green Himalayas and hailed all over ...
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*Dr. K. Balachandra Kurup[1] *Dr. Balan is a Governance and institutional development expert with more than four decades of working experience in Policy, ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar, President, India Water Foundation The G20 recently held Ministerial Meetings at the end of July, 2021. Italy currently holds the Preside ...
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The Indian states with the highest fertility rates also have the lowest socioeconomic indicators. As India’s population crossed 1390 million population as ...
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*Dr. Arvind Kumar, President, India Water Foundation Only in India we are liberal with the health concerns, Will you eat this Wheat? the Supreme Court ask ...
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https://aippnet.org/emrip14-item-8-draft-report-efforts-implement-united-nations-declaration-rights-indigenous-peoples-indigenous-peoples-right-self-deter ...
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According to the draft, the government will offer fiscal incentives for EV buyers. This will be based on the model of vehicles. By Sudhir Suryawanshi | Ex ...
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PIB: BRICS Nations have unanimously agreed on an innovation co-operation at the 11th BRICS S&T Steering Committee Meeting. The proposal put forward by ...
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PIB: Snow and glaciers are melting rapidly in the Himalayan range due to climate change, altering water supplies in the rivers like Indus, Ganga and Brahm ...
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IUCN NEWS: IUCN, the official advisor on nature to the UNESCO World Heritage Committee, recommends adding four natural sites to the List of World Heritage ...
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by Dr. Arvind Kumar, President, India Water Foundation Picture credit: Wikipedia India’s geographical setting render it a key player in the South-East Asi ...
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Member (Health), NITI Aayog, Dr. V. K. Paul has informed that India has administered nearly 81 lakh vaccine doses, on the first day when the Revised Guide ...
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Sh. Narendra Modi PIB: On the occasion of seventh International yoga day, The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra talked of Yoga’s role during the pandemic. H ...
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Shri Narendra Modi The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi delivered a keynote address at the UN “High-Level Dialogue on Desertification, Land Degradation ...
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Land degradation from climate change and the expansion of agriculture, cities and infrastructure “undermines the well-being of 3.2 billion people”, the UN ...
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PIB: The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs chaired by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, has approved the proposal of Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES ...
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By Dr. Arvind Kumar, President, India Water Foundation Dr. Arvind Kumar While we can successfully restore biodiversity, structure, and function to a degra ...
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Proud moment for #IndiaWaterFoundation to be showcased as one of the four best civil societies in the world for their #climateactionstory ...
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3 - 7 June 2021 https://ipbes.net/ipbes-8/stakeholderdays/e-posters Link: https://ipbes.net/ipbes-8/stakeholderdays/e-posters ...
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by Shweta Tyagi, Chief Functionary, India Water Foundation Ms. Shweta Tyagi Biodiversity (biological diversity), is the abundance of living things that ma ...
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By Prof Ajit Tyagi, Honorary Patron & Chairman of the Committee on Climate Change, India Water Foundation Prof. Ajit Tyagi Prof. Ajit Tyagi is Honorar ...
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By Afroz Ahmad* Formerly Advisor to the Government of Maharashtra & Formerly Member (Environment and Rehabilitation), Narmada ...
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United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) The 2021 World Water Development Report on “Valuing Water” assesses the current ...
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United Nations Environmental Programme This report provides the bedrock for hope. By bringing together the latest scientific evidence showing the impacts ...
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United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) As water is the most disruptive element in the ongoing climate crisis, how land is managed pla ...
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United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) The establishment of a global target on LDN within the SDG framework is also expected. This wi ...
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Food and Agriculture organisation (FAO) This report constitutes a further step towards bridging persistent knowledge gaps and fostering a better understan ...
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United Nations Environmental Programme Sanitation, Wastewater Management and Sustainability: From Waste Disposal to Resource Recovery offers a new concept ...
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United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) The Global Methane Assessment is working to better characterize the benefits of methane reductions with state- ...
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By Dr S. K. Sharma1, 1 Retd. Member,Central Ground Water Board, Government of India, Consultant, WAPCOS and Principal Advisor, India Water Found ...
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By Mr. M Mehta, Former Commissioner, Ministry of Water Resources Govt. of India, New Delhi Mr. M. Mehta More than 46 years of experience in planning ...
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By Ms. Kavita Prasad Kavita is a documentation consultant and an experienced environmental science writer.She is the Founder of KGenesis and Chemeric Biot ...
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By Ananya Malik, Junior Researcher , India Water Foundation Turtles are reptiles that have been roaming the earth for over 150 million years. Turtles have ...
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By FGR Bureau There is no need to explain the importance of trees in our lives. History shows that the best of Indian cultures originated in the forests. ...
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By Shweta Tyagi, Chief Functionary India Water Foundation Figure 1 Eco-sensitive zones, Source: Project TIGER Eco-Sensitive Zones or Ecologically Fragile ...
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UN Newsभारत में संयुक्त राष्ट्र की रैज़िडेण्ट कोऑर्डिनेटर, रेनाटा डेज़ालिएन. UN NEWS (26 May 2021, Health): भारत में संयुक्त राष्ट्र की रैज़िडेण्ट कोऑर्डि ...
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UN NEWS Humanity is “waging a war on nature”, threatening biodiversity loss, climate disruption and escalating pollution, the UN chief said on Friday. “W ...
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Dr. Harsh Vardhan, Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare, Science & Technology and Earth Sciences, Government of India #UnitedNations75andBeyon ...
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UN NEWS Countries are on track to miss the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) relating to environmental protection, two UN entities warn in new report i ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar, President, India Water Foundation Dr. Arvind Kumar, President, India Water Foundation With the world still combating the most unpreceden ...
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WHO NEWS: https://www.who.int/news/item/17-05-2021-long-working-hours-increasing-deaths-from-heart-disease-and-stroke-who-ilo Long working hours led to 74 ...
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International Development and IWRM Expert Dr. Julie Ladel Dr. Julie LADEL has completed her PhD in Applied Hydrology from Paris University and is the dire ...
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Principal Chief Conservator of Forests & Head of Forest Force | Odisha Dr. Sandeep Tripathi, IFS A Natural Resource Management Professional belonging ...
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Secretary General | International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage (ICID) Sh. Ashwin B. Pandya Shri A.B. Pandya, in his long distinguished service en ...
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A report on the concluded Leaders Summit on Climate “Mother Nature is not waiting; we need a green planet — but the world is on red alert.” Said UN Secret ...
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Executive Director | United Nations Global Compact Network India Ms. Shabnam Siddiqui Ms. Shabnam Siddiqui is Officiating Executive Director at the United ...
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Director and Advisory Board Secretary | Climate Technology Centre & Network Dr. Rose Mwebaza (PhD) Dr. Rose Mwebaza (PhD) is the Director of CTCN and ...
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Dr. Shalini Dhyani1,2 Increased frequencies of extreme climate events are alarming for the entire South Asia region that is sensitive to ongoing climate c ...
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File photos of Joe Biden and Narendra Modi. News 18 India : Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday pitched for concrete action at a “high speed" and on ...
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Director General | International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) Dr. Pema Gyamtsho Dr. Pema Gyamtsho is the Director General of the In ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar, President, India Water Foundation Don’t you feel in addition to socio-economic determinants of human health, the impact of environmental ...
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UN Assistant Secretary-General and Head of New York Office at UNEP |Secretary of the UN Environment Management Group Mr. Satya S. Tripathi Mr. Satya S. Tr ...
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Secretary | DST |Ministry of Science & Technology, Government of India Prof. Ashutosh Sharma Mr. Ashutosh Sharma is Secretary to the Government of Ind ...
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Head | UN Environment Country Office, India Mr. Atul Bagai Mr. Atul Bagai joined UN Environment’s Ozone Action programme under the Montreal Protocol as th ...
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WMO/Boris JordanWind farms, like this one in Belgium, are a key source of sustainable energy. UNNEWS: The world is “a long way off” from meeting the goals ...
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Chief of Development Operations | JICA India Office | New Delhi| Mr. M. P. Singh Mr. M P Singh, Chief of Development Operations, JICA India Office was for ...
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Director & Head | South and South-West Asia Office | United Nations ESCAP Dr. Arvind Kumar Dr. Nagesh Kumar is Director and Head of South and South-We ...
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UN NEWS: Climate change and loss of biodiversity is seen as the most pressing challenge over the decade, according to the World in 2030 Survey report publ ...
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Secretary |Ministry of Women and Child Development | Government of India Mr. R. M. Mishra, IAS Mr. Ram Mohan Mishra, Secretary to the Government of India, ...
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President | World Water Council Mr. Loïc Fauchon is President of the World Water Councilsince 2018 after having previously served two mandates from 2005 t ...
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Executive Secretary | Convention on Biological Diversity Ms. Elizabeth MarumaMrema, is the Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity. ...
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Director General |NMCG | Ministry of Jal Shakti | Government of India Mr. Rajiv Ranjan Mishra, IAS, DG, NMCG, Ministry of Jal Shakti, GOI Mr. Rajiv Ranjan ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar, President, India Water Foundation Dr. Arvind Kumar In the last three decades alone, nearly one-third of natural wetlands have been lost ...
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Born on 27th January 1978, Dr. Conrad K. Sangma is the 12th Chief Minister of Meghalaya. His vision for Meghalaya was shaped extensively by the ...
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Nairobi, 23 February 2021 –Ministers of environment and other leaders from more than 150 nations today concluded a two-day online meeting of the ...
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Delhi receives at least 232 MGD (million gallons per day) water through the Nangal channel, which helps meet the city’s 25% water requirement, which is es ...
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UNDP Zambia Sylvia Chiinda has boosted her income by farming goats. 20 February 2021 | SDGs UN NEWS: In Zambia, where the climate crisis is making it incr ...
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By Shweta Tyagi, Chief Functionary, India Water Foundation Footage shows the flood in Chamoli, Uttarakhand, on Saturday.Reuters In a tragic turn of events ...
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Post Source/Credit: ETV Bharat, Published on: Feb 2021, 10:59 PM IST Having taken notes from the Uttarakhand disaster, Bihar State Pollution Control Board ...
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National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG), Ministry of Jal Shakti and India Water Foundation (IWF), celebrated World Wetland Day 2021, to raise awareness ab ...
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Analysis by Shweta Tyagi, Chief Functionary, India Water Foundation and Amritha J, Intern, India Water Foundation INTRODUCTION The COVID 19 virus has caus ...
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Each year the World Economic Forum publishes a report looking ahead to the short term and long term risks facing organizations around the world. The 2021 ...
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Though countries have made progress in planning for climate change adaptation, there are significant financing shortfalls in getting them to the stage whe ...
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By Abraham Thomas PUBLISHED ON Hindustan Times, JAN 14, 2021 05:18 AM IST High levels of ammonia in the Yamuna had prompted the Delhi Jal Board (DJB) to r ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar, President, India Water Foundation “The goal is to find the most appropriate blend of green and blue investments to maximize benefits and ...
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WASHINGTON DC, December 15, 2020 — The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors today approved a $400 million projectto support India’s efforts at provid ...
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While lakhs of poultry were reported dead from Haryana, migratory birds died in Himachal Pradesh. In Madhya Pradesh, hundreds of crows were found dead in ...
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https://www.cifor.org/knowledge/publication/7819/ The global food system is causing large‐scale environmental degradation and is a major contributor to cl ...
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Digital Ocean is a big step towards Digital India, will help expand ‘Blue Economy’ and promote Atmanirbhar Bharat: Dr Harsh Vardhan PIB: The Minister of E ...
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UNEP: Pixabay / 17 Dec 2020 Nairobi/Colombo, 17 December 2020 - From source to sea, our waters are contaminated by a plastics scourge. A new study by the ...
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Nehru Yuva Kendra Sangthan to undertake ‘Catch the Rain’ awareness campaign covering 623 districts across the nation from December 2020 to March 2021. PIB ...
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#SDGAction37039 Description of Acceleration Action Objectives: Promoting Water as a socio-economic connector in everyday lives, utilization of science and ...
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DESCRIPTION OF GOOD PRACTICE Introduction The Integrated Basin Development and Livelihood Promotion (IBDLP) Programme was launched by the Government of Me ...
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India figured in the bottom third for most development indicators, including quality of health and education and an adverse sex ratio, according to the re ...
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The Gwalior Fort occupies a sandstone plateau overlooking the city and is accessed via a winding road lined with sacred Jain statues. Source The Tribune B ...
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About this contentKaren McVeigh@karenmcveigh1Mon 7 Dec 2020 09.12 GMT Companies accused of “zero progress” on reducing plastic waste, with Coca-Cola ranke ...
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Dechen Palmo Updated: Dec 05, 2020, 20:46 IST The new dam’s ability to generate hydropower could be three times that of central China’s Three Gorges Dam ( ...
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A staggering two-thirds of world’s school-aged children – 1.3 billion children aged 3-17 – do not have internet connection in their homes, preventing them ...
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New Delhi, Dec 2 (PTI) Delhi's air quality was in the upper end of the very poor category Wednesday morning, while pollution levels have already ente ...
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UNEP (2020-06-24) India Water Foundation of Potential response options pursuant to subparagraph 10 (d) of UNEA resolution 3/7 MEETING REPORT/PROCEEDI ...
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Summary of Takeaways to be incorporated within the framework of climate change https://unfccc.int/documents/254231 The need for vigorous incorporation of ...
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Striking lack of progress on environmental SDGs in Asia-Pacific, reveals new UN report There is overwhelming evidence that the Asia-Pacific region needs t ...
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By Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana, United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Executive Secretary of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacif ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* The triple planetary crisis of climate change, nature and biodiversity loss and pollution and waste is upon us and bearing down harder e ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* Climate scientists predicted that April 2024 will likely be the hottest April ever recorded globally. This would make it the 9th consecu ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* There is no food security without peace, and no peace without food security, it is no coincidence that half of the world’s hungry people ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* Water is a basic human right of every individual inhabiting the planet, without water life is impossible. Access to safe water is impera ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* Rivers are the lifeline of every country, similarly for millions of Indians through millennia. It’s a country which also derives its mod ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* On the face of the triple planetary crisis of climate change, biodiversity loss and pollution, the world has not just an environment to ...
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26TH February - 1st March, 2024, Nairobi, Kenya By Shweta Tyagi* OPENING: The sixth session of the UN Environment Assembly (UNEA-6) began on Monday, Febru ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar, Editor, Focus Global Reporter conducted an interview with Mr. Kapil NARULA, Ph.D., Senior Analyst Breakthrough Agenda, Climate Champions ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* Human rights reflect shared values and apply to every human being regardless of the specific laws that their country may hold. Such valu ...
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Dr Eric Tardieu* Dr Eric Tardieu As water resource management at the basin level is increasingly recognized as an essential component in effectively addre ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar, Editor, Focus Global Reporter conducted an interview with Mr. Takayuki Hagiwara, FAO Representative in India, Food and Agriculture Organ ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar, Editor, Focus Global Reporter conducted an interview with Dr. Pema Gyamtsho, Director General of ICIMOD. Excerpts from the Interview are ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* Agriculture contributes 16% of the overall GDP and accounts for employment of approximately 52% of the Indian population. Rapid growth i ...
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6-9th February 2024, Goa Ms. Shweta Tyagi* India is not only embracing but also leading changes with its vast resources, booming economy, and progressive ...
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Ms. Shweta Tyagi, Associate Editor, Focus Global Reporter conducted an interview with Dr. Sandeep Tripathi, IEM, Central Vigilance Commission, Govt. of In ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* The United Nations Environment Assembly is the world’s highest-level decision-making body for matters related to the environment. It set ...
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Shri B. P. PATI* & Shri SUNIL BHAWARIA** Coal/Lignite PSUs have spearheaded commendable efforts in leveraging mine water to alleviate water scarcity, ...
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Mr. Jaideep N. Malaviya a professional in solar energy since 1996 is Founder-Secretary General of Solar Thermal Federation of India and also Managing Dire ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* In an era of planetary crises and increasing environmental challenges, finding innovative and sustainable solutions to safeguard t ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* Our planet is heading for a scorching three-degree increase in global temperatures. Droughts, storms, fires and floods are pummeling cou ...
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By FGR Bureau MoEF&CC has submitted three nominations from India for Wetland City Accreditation (WCA) of Indore (Madhya Pradesh), Bhopal (Madhya Prade ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* In 2023 most of the planet including the oceans experienced above-average or record-breaking heat, with more intense rainfall and catast ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* Economic corridors are infrastructure projects designed to enhance connectivity and facilitate economic development between different re ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* Agriculture represents a crucial sector that underpins our population growth and well-being. It has been providing nourishment for gener ...
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30th November-12th December 2023, Dubai Ms. Shweta Tyagi* “The UN warns of an alarming path toward catastrophic global heating, the world witnesses the br ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* The 28th edition of the Conference of the Parties (COP 28) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) unfolde ...
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By FGR Bureau 14 December, New Delhi: The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), which is a comprehensive list of inalienable human rights agr ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* In an agreement on a loss and damage fund to help developing countries cope with the effects of climate change, COP28 began with a histo ...
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Message of UN Secretary-General António Guterres Seventy-five years ago, in the wake of the horrors of the Holocaust, States adopted the Convention on the ...
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Message of UN Secretary-General António Guterres “All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights.” The iconic opening sentence of the Univ ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* A landmark deal to help the world’s poorest and most vulnerable countries pay for the irreversible impacts of climate disaster was agree ...
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by FGR Bureau Message of UN Secretary-General António Guterres This first World Sustainable Transport Day reminds us that the road to a better future depe ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* Human rights are rights we have simply because we exist as human beings - they are not granted by any state. These universal rights are ...
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By FGR Bureau Message of UN Secretary-General António Guterres Violence against women is a horrific violation of human rights, a public health crisis and ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* Summer 2023’s record-setting temperatures aren’t just a set of numbers – they result in dire real-world consequences. From sweltering te ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* Our planet is buckling under the weight of intertwined environmental crises: conflict, climate change, biodiversity loss and pollution. ...
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Shweta Tyagi* An Overview of the Third World Food Forum (WFF) Event Agrifood systems are a major contributor to climate change, but they also have the pot ...
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By Dr. Arvind Kumar* Air pollution, stemming from the introduction of noxious agents such as gases, particles, and biological compounds, can inflict sever ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* At this time of year like the advent of festival season the annual ritual of Air Pollution also arrives in Delhi. Its air is increasingl ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* Agrifood systems are a major contributor to climate change, but they also have the potential to be part of the solution. Being the compl ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* The 54th regular session of the UN Human Rights Council (HRC), which was held from September 11 to October 13, 2023, was a meeting of th ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* The world is facing increasingly complex climate-related challenges that are reducing our resilience to climate shocks and increasing ou ...
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https://youtu.be/IgSWYjdTBGU Side event on Linguistic Minorities and Human Rights in India organised by Sindhi Adhikar Manch on 25th September 2023 at the ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* Europe is experiencing some of the hottest temperatures of summer 2023 so far, as a ‘heat dome’ expands over the southern half of the co ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* Is the Political Declaration at the UN SDG Summit 2023 actually a transformative action or just old wine in new bottle? A fundamental sh ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* Under the theme of ‘Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam’ the G20 leaders met at a defining moment in history where the decisions made will determine t ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* 2023 mark the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration on Human Rights (UNDHR). The Human Rights Council is known as the most open ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* India’s G20 presidency has been regarded by experts across the world as an exceptional and unprecedented opportunity with immense scope ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* One of the clearest trends the world witnessed in 2022 was the accelerating eastward shift in global economic power. For almost 80 years ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* Scorching heat gripped parts of Europe, Asia, and North America, bringing with it record-breaking temperatures, driving wildfires, and p ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* There has been increased attention put on the financial resources needed to help developing countries mitigate and adapt to climate chan ...
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10th -19th July 2023 By Dr. Arvind Kumar “Unless we act now, the 2030 Agenda will become an epitaph for a world that might have been” said UN Secretary-Ge ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* Since systematic scientific assessments began in the 1970s, the influence of human activity on the warming of the climate system has evo ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* Artificial Intelligence is rapidly shaping the future of humanity across nearly every industry. It is already the main driver of emergin ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* The world is crying out for high-level political action. Actions to make the Sustainable Development Goals a reality for everyone, every ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* The summer monsoon brings South Asia 70-80% of its annual rainfall, as well as death and destruction due to flooding and landslides. Dur ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* The recent visit of Amina Mohammed UN Deputy Secretary General focused on a range of critical topics, including India’s ongoing G20 pres ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* India is a diverse country with a large population that faces various challenges related to poverty, healthcare, education, infrastructu ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* We are left in an interesting — and concerning — place these past couple of years. The world’s pandemic proved it was far from over, sic ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* We are in a race against time in this climate emergency. Governments must use the time and opportunity to prepare for an ambitious outco ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* Everybody agrees that we are living through unprecedented times. The nature and scale of what the triple planetary crisis has led to is ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* The triple planetary crisis of climate change, nature and biodiversity loss and pollution and waste is upon us and bearing down harder e ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* IPCC has warned that India—home to 20 percent of the world’s population—could face multiple climate change-induced disasters in the nex ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* The choice for the first set of single-use plastic items for the ban was based on "difficulty of collection, and therefore recycling. Wh ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* The loss of biodiversity can have significant impacts on human health if we do not guarantee that the ecosystem services it provides are ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* The format of Mann ki Baat is a monologue by the Prime Minister, where he shares his thoughts, experiences, and ideas on a wide range of ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* The overall human impact due to overpopulation on the environment is causing overconsumption, excessive pollution, and proliferation of ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* India's Presidency of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) has come at a time when the global economy and landscape is facing sig ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar From the vehicle you ride to the television you watch; plastics are everywhere around us… quite literally! Most plastic items never fully ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* The discussions all throughout the year from South Asia Forum on sustainable development to the Asia Pacific Forum for sustainable devel ...
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Report: Travelogue Dr. Arvind Kumar* The ten day sojourn from Delhi- New York- Incheon- Bangkok-Delhi was almost 40 hours of intermittent flying. Landing ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* The UN 2023 Water Conference was convened from 22-24th March2023 in New York on the theme of water was after 44 years since 1977 and ope ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* Civil20 not only represents the voice of civil society in the G20 countries, but also globally, including in the southern hemisphere. Gi ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* While the world was grappling with the adverse socio-economic impacts caused by the triple planetary crisis of pollution, climate change ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* The cooperation and alignment are necessary, need to be scaled up, and require commitment and strong leadership. By promoting cooperatio ...
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ANALYSIS:G20 Dr. Arvind Kumar* The Migration and Mobility Partnership Agreement, which was inked in December 2022, will strengthen this cooperation even m ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* The world is currently experiencing the disastrous effects of climate change, including storms, floods, heat waves, wildfires, cyclones, ...
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Shweta Tyagi* Hazards always come as a surprise but are also inevitable. The tragic events in Syria and Turkey are virtually identical. They were caused b ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* The world faces multiple challenges of war, energy, food shortages, viruses, and recession therefore a global response is needed. The im ...
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A report on India Energy Week 2023 Shweta Tyagi* The first major event under India’s G20 Presidency the India Energy Week 2023 India held in Bengaluru fro ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* As inevitable climate hazards worsen, the rate of global warming is outpacing attempts to protect billions of people. Get ready for a gr ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* The main asset in the modern period is energy and unquestionably necessary for a developing economy like India because it is the backbon ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* Wetlands' vulnerability will undoubtedly rise as a result of climate change and its associated drivers and pressures. The conservation a ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* From COVID-19 pandemic to violent conflicts, forced displacement and climate change, humanity is badly affected. We have to work towards ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* There are significant lessons that must be learned in order to navigate the future as the globe recovers from the challenges that the Co ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* With the announcements coming from the European Union, Kazakhstan, Namibia, Egypt, Oman, and Kenya, green hydrogen took a centre stage a ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* The G20 India’s focus to cater to range of development challenges for the world has aroused global citizenry to actively look towards th ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* Experts on disaster management suggest the adoption of integrated watershed management by advocating coordinated development planning at ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* Without a common international regulatory framework, we will not be able to address the global and increasing challenge of plastic pollu ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* Participants in the WG meetings also discussed potential global benefit-sharing systems for the use of digital sequence information (DSI ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* This accord may be our final opportunity to stop the degradation of nature. As businesses and governments destroy our forests and prairi ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* Shouldn’t the negotiations held during the Conference of the Parties meetings present an opportunity to adapt existing agreements to bet ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* Now more than ever, the topic of climate change has been receiving global attention and is at the forefront of many conversations. In ad ...
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Dr Arvind Kumar* The G20 has no parallel among intergovernmental forums that comprises of major developed as well as developing economies, thus offering a ...
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ANALYSIS Dr. Arvind Kumar* Set against a difficult geopolitical backdrop, COP27 resulted in countries delivering a package of decisions that reaffirmed th ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* To reach the Net Zero destination, countries should plan large-scale interventions in 6 sectors i.e. energy and electricity, transport, ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* The renewed political and financial commitment towards forest climate action shown at COP27 is creating a new momentum for REDD+. We nee ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* Estimates suggest circular economy adoption in India will bring an annual benefit to a tune of Rs 40 lakh crore ($624 billion) in 2050 a ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar The climate emergency continues to challenge existing norms and ways of working. The recent IPCC reports and the Global Assessment R ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* Governments are more focused on energy security in the short-term, relying on low-hanging but risky alternatives, such as looking for ne ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* Biodiversity is vital to life on our planet. It is essentially the life support system for humanity. The biodiversity we see today is th ...
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OPINION 1.3 billion people still live in multidimensional poverty with almost half of them children and youth. Statistics show that 1.77 million Indians a ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* The world has witnessed climate change impacts in the form of rising temperatures, receding glaciers, drying rivers, reduction in wetlan ...
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SPECIAL REPORT Dr. Arvind Kumar* Metaphorically, the UN may well be “First among Equals”,its successes are indeed young relative to the colossal challenge ...
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*Dr. Arvind Kumar By 2050 the number of people living in cities will have nearly doubled, from 3.6 billion in 2011 to more than 6 billion. Yet the world’s ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* Air pollution harms our health, economies and the planet and is a global scale problem and one of the biggest contributors to climate ch ...
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AGENDA Dr. Arvind Kumar* Assumption of the Indian presidency of the G20 and Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) in 2023 and that of the UN Security Co ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* Water scarcity has particularly emerged as a highly critical and contentious issue within South Asia, one of the world’s most dynamic re ...
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REGIONAL COOPERATION-REPORT Dr. Arvind Kumar* The SCO declaration 2022 was a set of a mine run and promises and the proceedings were also banal. Yet, Indi ...
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REPORT Shweta Tyagi* “Almost half of the world’s human population relies heavily on groundwater for survival, and as that population continues to grow, ma ...
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BLOG (COP 27) Dr. Arvind Kumar* Hence, it’s a Hobson’s choice to initiate a paradigm shift in agricultural development approaches and practices through re ...
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Shweta Tyagi* The first half of this decade will be apparently remembered for deadly climate related catastrophes, among them, the great fires in Europe, ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* An era comes to an end as Queen Elizabeth passes away and leaves behind an unmatched legacy. Ironically the UK’s longest serving monarch ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* India’s assumption of the G20 presidency entails both challenges and opportunitiesand the present leadership of India is capable of meet ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* When the world was recuperating from the damages done by the corona virus on our health and economy another scare of monkey pox is at ou ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* Undeniably, the formation of I2 U2 with India joining it along with Israel, the UAE and the US is a welcome development and the location ...
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By Shweta Tyagi* The recently concluded G7 meet in Germany evince why the West may be adapting to accommodate the global South, particularly India. These ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* Plastic particles have not just pervaded throughout the environment, but are pervading our bodies too. A recent Dutch study examined blo ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* Accelerating extreme events largely due to destabilised climate systems are something India will have to deal with head on - even if it ...
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World Environment Day - States/ UTs and Urban Local Bodies across the country will swing into campaign mode, in a bid to make the country free of single u ...
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A report on UNCCDCOP-15 Shweta Tyagi* 15th Session of the Conference of the Parties of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) - L ...
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*Deepak Lakahnpal & Dr. S.K. Sharma Abstract A multi-stage process is recommendable towards determining economic feasibility of potential MAR projects ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* In a world increasingly impacted by geostrategic shifts, ideological rivalry and fractured power has the pragmatic foreign policy of PM ...
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The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi addressed the inaugural session of the fourth edition of the International Conference on Disaster Resilient Infrast ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* Water is fundamental to all biotic life, including human life, on Earth, despite it being a finite and irreplaceable resource, and is on ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* Rural development is often construed in terms of a procedure of facilitating improvement in the quality of life and economic well-being ...
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Ms. Neha Chaudhary, IRS* "Climate change is the defining crisis of our time and it is happening even more quickly than we feared" states the United Nation ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* Sri Lanka, an island nation inhabited by 22 million people with having tourism-based economy is currently in the throes of a worsening e ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* The close linguistic, marital, religious and cultural ties at people-to-people level between India and Nepal have remain there since tim ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* The release of the IPCC’s latest report on April 4, the third and final part of the IPCC’s thorough review of climate science, has sugge ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* The latest report of the IPCC endeavours to tackle the ticklish question of how humankind is expected to join hands as a species to fix ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* Recently-held 5th BIMSTEC Summit (29-30 March), apart from adopting a charter has also concurred on enhancing mutual cooperation in seve ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* Wildfires are wreaking havoc on the environment, wildlife, human health, and infrastructure from Australia to Canada, the United States ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* The current and rapidly evolving geopolitical global situation, especially in the aftermath of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, has seem ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* On average, 1,000,000 plastic bottles are bought every minute worldwide, and less than half of all plastic bottles end up getting recycl ...
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The Indian government is participating in a big way at the 9th World Water Forum. The Prime Minister is being represented by a high-level delegation under ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* Safari is a Swahili word· meaning ‘Journey’ which has become· synonymous with Big Game viewing in both Africa and In ...
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The Webinar will discuss the initiatives of the Government of India in the energy and resources sector including the Budget 2022 announcements and to elic ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* Even if emissions are cut as promised in the Paris Agreement levels, there is the likelihood that many parts of northern and coastal Ind ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* Trans-boundary Cooperation It is worth mentioning here that the Indus Water Treaty, signed between India and Pakistan in 1960, allocates ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* The ongoing Ukrainian crisis does not augur well for global peace and security because its geopolitical and geo-economic implications en ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* High hopes are often pegged at increased budgetary allocations each time as and when a budget is presented and in an eventuality of decr ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* With Ukraine and Taiwan hogging limelight as the most dangerous hotspots entailing the potential of triggering the Third World War becau ...
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Dr Arvind Kumar* Plenty of optimism seemingly lurks in the Economic Survey 2021-2022 tabled by the union finance minister in Parliament on 31 January proj ...
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DISCUSSION Dr Arvind Kumar* Utterances in the global forums like COP26 or Davos 2022 call for innovative and pragmatically feasible ideas, some of which m ...
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OPINION Dr. Arvind Kumar* [This is a necessitated reform for a Democracy like India where the need for stable government would definitely bring Developmen ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* People of Afghanistan are reeling under woeful plight in socio-economic, political, and security terms since the hasty withdrawal of US- ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* Women constitute half of total global population and they entail the potential of playing pivotal role in furthering growth and the goal ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* India is the land of villages as rightly said by Mahatma Gandhi “I would say that if the village perishes India will perish too. India w ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* Cities are fast emerging as the major hub of sustainable development activities and are destined to play very important role in the real ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* (Image Courtesy: Freepik) The fashion value chain is of global importance, with millions of jobs attached to it, generating foreign exch ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* Prime Minister Modi’s clarion call to the farming community to adopt natural farming is very timely. Asserting that maximum benefits fro ...
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*Dr. Arvind Kumar Image 1-Courtesy: India Water Foundation The rugged landscapes and dramatic scenery, striking landmarks and freezing weather are what gi ...
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Editor's Desk* Dr. Arvind Kumar A pall of uncertainty that had descended on the inaugural day of the commencement of COP26 in the absence of clear-cut an ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* Higher expectations and lofty aspirations are always at place prior to the convening of a global conference like the Conference Of Parti ...
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FGR Bureau Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi availed of the occasion of his visit to Rome, Italy, where he had gone to participate in the 16th Summit Meet ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* Group of Twenty or G20 is an intergovernmental forum comprising 19 countries and the European Union that aims at improving international ...
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Latest UNEP Emissions Gap Report finds new and updated Nationally Determined Contributions only take 7.5% off predicted 2030 emissions, while 55% is neede ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar, Editor, Focus Global Reporter Geopolitics in the Indo-Pacific region in general and South Asia in particular has undergone tremendous tr ...
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Dr Arvind Kumar On road to COP-26 India has been participating in the COPs actively and adhering to the decisions taken at each COP and making sincere eff ...
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By Dr. Arvind Kumar, President, India Water Foundation Image Courtesy: marca.com Glasgow (UK) is going to be the focal point of attention and attraction w ...
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By Dr. Arvind Kumar, President, India Water Foundation In the ‘New Normal’ that has come to prevail in the wake of subsiding of the adverse impacts of COV ...
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By Dr Arvind Kumar The Indo-Pacific region is characterized by the emergence of Quad and now coming into being of the AUKUS, also designated as Asian NATO ...
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By India Water Foundation This report presents the global status on transboundary cooperation and acceleration needed to achieve target 6.5 by 2030, based ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar, President, India Water Foundation Dr. Arvind Kumar The IUCN World Conservation Congress, the world’s largest and most inclusive environm ...
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The water community plays a central role in nature conservation efforts. On the occasion of the World Conservation Congress, which brings together world l ...
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By Dr Arvind Kumar, President, India Water Foundation Picturesque and enchanting, Kashmir is cradled high in the lofty green Himalayas and hailed all over ...
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*Dr. K. Balachandra Kurup[1] *Dr. Balan is a Governance and institutional development expert with more than four decades of working experience in Policy, ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar, President, India Water Foundation The G20 recently held Ministerial Meetings at the end of July, 2021. Italy currently holds the Preside ...
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The Indian states with the highest fertility rates also have the lowest socioeconomic indicators. As India’s population crossed 1390 million population as ...
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*Dr. Arvind Kumar, President, India Water Foundation Only in India we are liberal with the health concerns, Will you eat this Wheat? the Supreme Court ask ...
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https://aippnet.org/emrip14-item-8-draft-report-efforts-implement-united-nations-declaration-rights-indigenous-peoples-indigenous-peoples-right-self-deter ...
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According to the draft, the government will offer fiscal incentives for EV buyers. This will be based on the model of vehicles. By Sudhir Suryawanshi | Ex ...
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PIB: BRICS Nations have unanimously agreed on an innovation co-operation at the 11th BRICS S&T Steering Committee Meeting. The proposal put forward by ...
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PIB: Snow and glaciers are melting rapidly in the Himalayan range due to climate change, altering water supplies in the rivers like Indus, Ganga and Brahm ...
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IUCN NEWS: IUCN, the official advisor on nature to the UNESCO World Heritage Committee, recommends adding four natural sites to the List of World Heritage ...
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by Dr. Arvind Kumar, President, India Water Foundation Picture credit: Wikipedia India’s geographical setting render it a key player in the South-East Asi ...
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Member (Health), NITI Aayog, Dr. V. K. Paul has informed that India has administered nearly 81 lakh vaccine doses, on the first day when the Revised Guide ...
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Sh. Narendra Modi PIB: On the occasion of seventh International yoga day, The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra talked of Yoga’s role during the pandemic. H ...
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Shri Narendra Modi The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi delivered a keynote address at the UN “High-Level Dialogue on Desertification, Land Degradation ...
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Land degradation from climate change and the expansion of agriculture, cities and infrastructure “undermines the well-being of 3.2 billion people”, the UN ...
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PIB: The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs chaired by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, has approved the proposal of Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES ...
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By Dr. Arvind Kumar, President, India Water Foundation Dr. Arvind Kumar While we can successfully restore biodiversity, structure, and function to a degra ...
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Proud moment for #IndiaWaterFoundation to be showcased as one of the four best civil societies in the world for their #climateactionstory ...
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3 - 7 June 2021 https://ipbes.net/ipbes-8/stakeholderdays/e-posters Link: https://ipbes.net/ipbes-8/stakeholderdays/e-posters ...
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by Shweta Tyagi, Chief Functionary, India Water Foundation Ms. Shweta Tyagi Biodiversity (biological diversity), is the abundance of living things that ma ...
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By Prof Ajit Tyagi, Honorary Patron & Chairman of the Committee on Climate Change, India Water Foundation Prof. Ajit Tyagi Prof. Ajit Tyagi is Honorar ...
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By Afroz Ahmad* Formerly Advisor to the Government of Maharashtra & Formerly Member (Environment and Rehabilitation), Narmada ...
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United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) The 2021 World Water Development Report on “Valuing Water” assesses the current ...
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United Nations Environmental Programme This report provides the bedrock for hope. By bringing together the latest scientific evidence showing the impacts ...
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United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) As water is the most disruptive element in the ongoing climate crisis, how land is managed pla ...
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United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) The establishment of a global target on LDN within the SDG framework is also expected. This wi ...
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Food and Agriculture organisation (FAO) This report constitutes a further step towards bridging persistent knowledge gaps and fostering a better understan ...
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United Nations Environmental Programme Sanitation, Wastewater Management and Sustainability: From Waste Disposal to Resource Recovery offers a new concept ...
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United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) The Global Methane Assessment is working to better characterize the benefits of methane reductions with state- ...
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By Dr S. K. Sharma1, 1 Retd. Member,Central Ground Water Board, Government of India, Consultant, WAPCOS and Principal Advisor, India Water Found ...
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By Mr. M Mehta, Former Commissioner, Ministry of Water Resources Govt. of India, New Delhi Mr. M. Mehta More than 46 years of experience in planning ...
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By Ms. Kavita Prasad Kavita is a documentation consultant and an experienced environmental science writer.She is the Founder of KGenesis and Chemeric Biot ...
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By Ananya Malik, Junior Researcher , India Water Foundation Turtles are reptiles that have been roaming the earth for over 150 million years. Turtles have ...
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By FGR Bureau There is no need to explain the importance of trees in our lives. History shows that the best of Indian cultures originated in the forests. ...
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By Shweta Tyagi, Chief Functionary India Water Foundation Figure 1 Eco-sensitive zones, Source: Project TIGER Eco-Sensitive Zones or Ecologically Fragile ...
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UN Newsभारत में संयुक्त राष्ट्र की रैज़िडेण्ट कोऑर्डिनेटर, रेनाटा डेज़ालिएन. UN NEWS (26 May 2021, Health): भारत में संयुक्त राष्ट्र की रैज़िडेण्ट कोऑर्डि ...
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UN NEWS Humanity is “waging a war on nature”, threatening biodiversity loss, climate disruption and escalating pollution, the UN chief said on Friday. “W ...
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Dr. Harsh Vardhan, Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare, Science & Technology and Earth Sciences, Government of India #UnitedNations75andBeyon ...
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UN NEWS Countries are on track to miss the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) relating to environmental protection, two UN entities warn in new report i ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar, President, India Water Foundation Dr. Arvind Kumar, President, India Water Foundation With the world still combating the most unpreceden ...
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WHO NEWS: https://www.who.int/news/item/17-05-2021-long-working-hours-increasing-deaths-from-heart-disease-and-stroke-who-ilo Long working hours led to 74 ...
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International Development and IWRM Expert Dr. Julie Ladel Dr. Julie LADEL has completed her PhD in Applied Hydrology from Paris University and is the dire ...
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Principal Chief Conservator of Forests & Head of Forest Force | Odisha Dr. Sandeep Tripathi, IFS A Natural Resource Management Professional belonging ...
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Secretary General | International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage (ICID) Sh. Ashwin B. Pandya Shri A.B. Pandya, in his long distinguished service en ...
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A report on the concluded Leaders Summit on Climate “Mother Nature is not waiting; we need a green planet — but the world is on red alert.” Said UN Secret ...
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Executive Director | United Nations Global Compact Network India Ms. Shabnam Siddiqui Ms. Shabnam Siddiqui is Officiating Executive Director at the United ...
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Director and Advisory Board Secretary | Climate Technology Centre & Network Dr. Rose Mwebaza (PhD) Dr. Rose Mwebaza (PhD) is the Director of CTCN and ...
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Dr. Shalini Dhyani1,2 Increased frequencies of extreme climate events are alarming for the entire South Asia region that is sensitive to ongoing climate c ...
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File photos of Joe Biden and Narendra Modi. News 18 India : Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday pitched for concrete action at a “high speed" and on ...
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Director General | International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) Dr. Pema Gyamtsho Dr. Pema Gyamtsho is the Director General of the In ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar, President, India Water Foundation Don’t you feel in addition to socio-economic determinants of human health, the impact of environmental ...
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UN Assistant Secretary-General and Head of New York Office at UNEP |Secretary of the UN Environment Management Group Mr. Satya S. Tripathi Mr. Satya S. Tr ...
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Secretary | DST |Ministry of Science & Technology, Government of India Prof. Ashutosh Sharma Mr. Ashutosh Sharma is Secretary to the Government of Ind ...
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Head | UN Environment Country Office, India Mr. Atul Bagai Mr. Atul Bagai joined UN Environment’s Ozone Action programme under the Montreal Protocol as th ...
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WMO/Boris JordanWind farms, like this one in Belgium, are a key source of sustainable energy. UNNEWS: The world is “a long way off” from meeting the goals ...
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Chief of Development Operations | JICA India Office | New Delhi| Mr. M. P. Singh Mr. M P Singh, Chief of Development Operations, JICA India Office was for ...
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Director & Head | South and South-West Asia Office | United Nations ESCAP Dr. Arvind Kumar Dr. Nagesh Kumar is Director and Head of South and South-We ...
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UN NEWS: Climate change and loss of biodiversity is seen as the most pressing challenge over the decade, according to the World in 2030 Survey report publ ...
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Secretary |Ministry of Women and Child Development | Government of India Mr. R. M. Mishra, IAS Mr. Ram Mohan Mishra, Secretary to the Government of India, ...
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President | World Water Council Mr. Loïc Fauchon is President of the World Water Councilsince 2018 after having previously served two mandates from 2005 t ...
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Executive Secretary | Convention on Biological Diversity Ms. Elizabeth MarumaMrema, is the Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity. ...
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Director General |NMCG | Ministry of Jal Shakti | Government of India Mr. Rajiv Ranjan Mishra, IAS, DG, NMCG, Ministry of Jal Shakti, GOI Mr. Rajiv Ranjan ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar, President, India Water Foundation Dr. Arvind Kumar In the last three decades alone, nearly one-third of natural wetlands have been lost ...
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Born on 27th January 1978, Dr. Conrad K. Sangma is the 12th Chief Minister of Meghalaya. His vision for Meghalaya was shaped extensively by the ...
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Nairobi, 23 February 2021 –Ministers of environment and other leaders from more than 150 nations today concluded a two-day online meeting of the ...
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Delhi receives at least 232 MGD (million gallons per day) water through the Nangal channel, which helps meet the city’s 25% water requirement, which is es ...
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UNDP Zambia Sylvia Chiinda has boosted her income by farming goats. 20 February 2021 | SDGs UN NEWS: In Zambia, where the climate crisis is making it incr ...
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By Shweta Tyagi, Chief Functionary, India Water Foundation Footage shows the flood in Chamoli, Uttarakhand, on Saturday.Reuters In a tragic turn of events ...
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Post Source/Credit: ETV Bharat, Published on: Feb 2021, 10:59 PM IST Having taken notes from the Uttarakhand disaster, Bihar State Pollution Control Board ...
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National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG), Ministry of Jal Shakti and India Water Foundation (IWF), celebrated World Wetland Day 2021, to raise awareness ab ...
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Analysis by Shweta Tyagi, Chief Functionary, India Water Foundation and Amritha J, Intern, India Water Foundation INTRODUCTION The COVID 19 virus has caus ...
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Each year the World Economic Forum publishes a report looking ahead to the short term and long term risks facing organizations around the world. The 2021 ...
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Though countries have made progress in planning for climate change adaptation, there are significant financing shortfalls in getting them to the stage whe ...
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By Abraham Thomas PUBLISHED ON Hindustan Times, JAN 14, 2021 05:18 AM IST High levels of ammonia in the Yamuna had prompted the Delhi Jal Board (DJB) to r ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar, President, India Water Foundation “The goal is to find the most appropriate blend of green and blue investments to maximize benefits and ...
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WASHINGTON DC, December 15, 2020 — The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors today approved a $400 million projectto support India’s efforts at provid ...
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While lakhs of poultry were reported dead from Haryana, migratory birds died in Himachal Pradesh. In Madhya Pradesh, hundreds of crows were found dead in ...
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https://www.cifor.org/knowledge/publication/7819/ The global food system is causing large‐scale environmental degradation and is a major contributor to cl ...
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Digital Ocean is a big step towards Digital India, will help expand ‘Blue Economy’ and promote Atmanirbhar Bharat: Dr Harsh Vardhan PIB: The Minister of E ...
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UNEP: Pixabay / 17 Dec 2020 Nairobi/Colombo, 17 December 2020 - From source to sea, our waters are contaminated by a plastics scourge. A new study by the ...
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Nehru Yuva Kendra Sangthan to undertake ‘Catch the Rain’ awareness campaign covering 623 districts across the nation from December 2020 to March 2021. PIB ...
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#SDGAction37039 Description of Acceleration Action Objectives: Promoting Water as a socio-economic connector in everyday lives, utilization of science and ...
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DESCRIPTION OF GOOD PRACTICE Introduction The Integrated Basin Development and Livelihood Promotion (IBDLP) Programme was launched by the Government of Me ...
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India figured in the bottom third for most development indicators, including quality of health and education and an adverse sex ratio, according to the re ...
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The Gwalior Fort occupies a sandstone plateau overlooking the city and is accessed via a winding road lined with sacred Jain statues. Source The Tribune B ...
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About this contentKaren McVeigh@karenmcveigh1Mon 7 Dec 2020 09.12 GMT Companies accused of “zero progress” on reducing plastic waste, with Coca-Cola ranke ...
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Dechen Palmo Updated: Dec 05, 2020, 20:46 IST The new dam’s ability to generate hydropower could be three times that of central China’s Three Gorges Dam ( ...
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A staggering two-thirds of world’s school-aged children – 1.3 billion children aged 3-17 – do not have internet connection in their homes, preventing them ...
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New Delhi, Dec 2 (PTI) Delhi's air quality was in the upper end of the very poor category Wednesday morning, while pollution levels have already ente ...
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UNEP (2020-06-24) India Water Foundation of Potential response options pursuant to subparagraph 10 (d) of UNEA resolution 3/7 MEETING REPORT/PROCEEDI ...
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Summary of Takeaways to be incorporated within the framework of climate change https://unfccc.int/documents/254231 The need for vigorous incorporation of ...
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Striking lack of progress on environmental SDGs in Asia-Pacific, reveals new UN report There is overwhelming evidence that the Asia-Pacific region needs t ...
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By Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana, United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Executive Secretary of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacif ...
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Dr Arvind Kumar**President, India Water Foundation, New Delhi (India).Broadly speaking, there are more than two billion people worldwide who are currently ...
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If the pandemic has brought extraordinary challenges to the achievement of the SDGs, it also raised ‘new normal’ opportunities to realize the decade. 2020 ...
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By Dr. Arvind Kumar, President, India Water Foundation “The world has long benefited from the strong, collaborative engagement with the government and the ...
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Concern that new strategy, which also includes protecting primeval forests, ‘lacks tools’ The European commission will launch a sweeping effort to tackle ...
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By Syl Kacapyr | May 18, 2020 Within the Colorado River basin, management laws dictate how water is allocated to farms, businesses and homes. Those laws, ...
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Sustainability and development go hand-in-hand. There is a dire need for the industry to increasingly adopt sustainable practices to safeguard ecological ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* The United Nations Environment Assembly is the world’s highest-level decision-making body for matters related to the environment. It set ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* The triple planetary crisis of climate change, nature and biodiversity loss and pollution and waste is upon us and bearing down harder e ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* Climate scientists predicted that April 2024 will likely be the hottest April ever recorded globally. This would make it the 9th consecu ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* There is no food security without peace, and no peace without food security, it is no coincidence that half of the world’s hungry people ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* Water is a basic human right of every individual inhabiting the planet, without water life is impossible. Access to safe water is impera ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* Rivers are the lifeline of every country, similarly for millions of Indians through millennia. It’s a country which also derives its mod ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* On the face of the triple planetary crisis of climate change, biodiversity loss and pollution, the world has not just an environment to ...
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26TH February - 1st March, 2024, Nairobi, Kenya By Shweta Tyagi* OPENING: The sixth session of the UN Environment Assembly (UNEA-6) began on Monday, Febru ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar, Editor, Focus Global Reporter conducted an interview with Mr. Kapil NARULA, Ph.D., Senior Analyst Breakthrough Agenda, Climate Champions ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* Human rights reflect shared values and apply to every human being regardless of the specific laws that their country may hold. Such valu ...
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Dr Eric Tardieu* Dr Eric Tardieu As water resource management at the basin level is increasingly recognized as an essential component in effectively addre ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar, Editor, Focus Global Reporter conducted an interview with Mr. Takayuki Hagiwara, FAO Representative in India, Food and Agriculture Organ ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar, Editor, Focus Global Reporter conducted an interview with Dr. Pema Gyamtsho, Director General of ICIMOD. Excerpts from the Interview are ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* Agriculture contributes 16% of the overall GDP and accounts for employment of approximately 52% of the Indian population. Rapid growth i ...
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6-9th February 2024, Goa Ms. Shweta Tyagi* India is not only embracing but also leading changes with its vast resources, booming economy, and progressive ...
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Ms. Shweta Tyagi, Associate Editor, Focus Global Reporter conducted an interview with Dr. Sandeep Tripathi, IEM, Central Vigilance Commission, Govt. of In ...
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Shri B. P. PATI* & Shri SUNIL BHAWARIA** Coal/Lignite PSUs have spearheaded commendable efforts in leveraging mine water to alleviate water scarcity, ...
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Mr. Jaideep N. Malaviya a professional in solar energy since 1996 is Founder-Secretary General of Solar Thermal Federation of India and also Managing Dire ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* In an era of planetary crises and increasing environmental challenges, finding innovative and sustainable solutions to safeguard t ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* Our planet is heading for a scorching three-degree increase in global temperatures. Droughts, storms, fires and floods are pummeling cou ...
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By FGR Bureau MoEF&CC has submitted three nominations from India for Wetland City Accreditation (WCA) of Indore (Madhya Pradesh), Bhopal (Madhya Prade ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* In 2023 most of the planet including the oceans experienced above-average or record-breaking heat, with more intense rainfall and catast ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* Economic corridors are infrastructure projects designed to enhance connectivity and facilitate economic development between different re ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* Agriculture represents a crucial sector that underpins our population growth and well-being. It has been providing nourishment for gener ...
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30th November-12th December 2023, Dubai Ms. Shweta Tyagi* “The UN warns of an alarming path toward catastrophic global heating, the world witnesses the br ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* The 28th edition of the Conference of the Parties (COP 28) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) unfolde ...
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By FGR Bureau 14 December, New Delhi: The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), which is a comprehensive list of inalienable human rights agr ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* In an agreement on a loss and damage fund to help developing countries cope with the effects of climate change, COP28 began with a histo ...
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Message of UN Secretary-General António Guterres Seventy-five years ago, in the wake of the horrors of the Holocaust, States adopted the Convention on the ...
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Message of UN Secretary-General António Guterres “All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights.” The iconic opening sentence of the Univ ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* A landmark deal to help the world’s poorest and most vulnerable countries pay for the irreversible impacts of climate disaster was agree ...
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by FGR Bureau Message of UN Secretary-General António Guterres This first World Sustainable Transport Day reminds us that the road to a better future depe ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* Human rights are rights we have simply because we exist as human beings - they are not granted by any state. These universal rights are ...
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By FGR Bureau Message of UN Secretary-General António Guterres Violence against women is a horrific violation of human rights, a public health crisis and ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* Summer 2023’s record-setting temperatures aren’t just a set of numbers – they result in dire real-world consequences. From sweltering te ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* Our planet is buckling under the weight of intertwined environmental crises: conflict, climate change, biodiversity loss and pollution. ...
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Shweta Tyagi* An Overview of the Third World Food Forum (WFF) Event Agrifood systems are a major contributor to climate change, but they also have the pot ...
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By Dr. Arvind Kumar* Air pollution, stemming from the introduction of noxious agents such as gases, particles, and biological compounds, can inflict sever ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* At this time of year like the advent of festival season the annual ritual of Air Pollution also arrives in Delhi. Its air is increasingl ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* Agrifood systems are a major contributor to climate change, but they also have the potential to be part of the solution. Being the compl ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* The 54th regular session of the UN Human Rights Council (HRC), which was held from September 11 to October 13, 2023, was a meeting of th ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* The world is facing increasingly complex climate-related challenges that are reducing our resilience to climate shocks and increasing ou ...
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https://youtu.be/IgSWYjdTBGU Side event on Linguistic Minorities and Human Rights in India organised by Sindhi Adhikar Manch on 25th September 2023 at the ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* Europe is experiencing some of the hottest temperatures of summer 2023 so far, as a ‘heat dome’ expands over the southern half of the co ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* Is the Political Declaration at the UN SDG Summit 2023 actually a transformative action or just old wine in new bottle? A fundamental sh ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* Under the theme of ‘Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam’ the G20 leaders met at a defining moment in history where the decisions made will determine t ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* 2023 mark the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration on Human Rights (UNDHR). The Human Rights Council is known as the most open ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* India’s G20 presidency has been regarded by experts across the world as an exceptional and unprecedented opportunity with immense scope ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* One of the clearest trends the world witnessed in 2022 was the accelerating eastward shift in global economic power. For almost 80 years ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* Scorching heat gripped parts of Europe, Asia, and North America, bringing with it record-breaking temperatures, driving wildfires, and p ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* There has been increased attention put on the financial resources needed to help developing countries mitigate and adapt to climate chan ...
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10th -19th July 2023 By Dr. Arvind Kumar “Unless we act now, the 2030 Agenda will become an epitaph for a world that might have been” said UN Secretary-Ge ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* Since systematic scientific assessments began in the 1970s, the influence of human activity on the warming of the climate system has evo ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* Artificial Intelligence is rapidly shaping the future of humanity across nearly every industry. It is already the main driver of emergin ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* The world is crying out for high-level political action. Actions to make the Sustainable Development Goals a reality for everyone, every ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* The summer monsoon brings South Asia 70-80% of its annual rainfall, as well as death and destruction due to flooding and landslides. Dur ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* The recent visit of Amina Mohammed UN Deputy Secretary General focused on a range of critical topics, including India’s ongoing G20 pres ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* India is a diverse country with a large population that faces various challenges related to poverty, healthcare, education, infrastructu ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* We are left in an interesting — and concerning — place these past couple of years. The world’s pandemic proved it was far from over, sic ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* We are in a race against time in this climate emergency. Governments must use the time and opportunity to prepare for an ambitious outco ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* Everybody agrees that we are living through unprecedented times. The nature and scale of what the triple planetary crisis has led to is ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* The triple planetary crisis of climate change, nature and biodiversity loss and pollution and waste is upon us and bearing down harder e ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* IPCC has warned that India—home to 20 percent of the world’s population—could face multiple climate change-induced disasters in the nex ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* The choice for the first set of single-use plastic items for the ban was based on "difficulty of collection, and therefore recycling. Wh ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* The loss of biodiversity can have significant impacts on human health if we do not guarantee that the ecosystem services it provides are ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* The format of Mann ki Baat is a monologue by the Prime Minister, where he shares his thoughts, experiences, and ideas on a wide range of ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* The overall human impact due to overpopulation on the environment is causing overconsumption, excessive pollution, and proliferation of ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* India's Presidency of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) has come at a time when the global economy and landscape is facing sig ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar From the vehicle you ride to the television you watch; plastics are everywhere around us… quite literally! Most plastic items never fully ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* The discussions all throughout the year from South Asia Forum on sustainable development to the Asia Pacific Forum for sustainable devel ...
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Report: Travelogue Dr. Arvind Kumar* The ten day sojourn from Delhi- New York- Incheon- Bangkok-Delhi was almost 40 hours of intermittent flying. Landing ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* The UN 2023 Water Conference was convened from 22-24th March2023 in New York on the theme of water was after 44 years since 1977 and ope ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* Civil20 not only represents the voice of civil society in the G20 countries, but also globally, including in the southern hemisphere. Gi ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* While the world was grappling with the adverse socio-economic impacts caused by the triple planetary crisis of pollution, climate change ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* The cooperation and alignment are necessary, need to be scaled up, and require commitment and strong leadership. By promoting cooperatio ...
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ANALYSIS:G20 Dr. Arvind Kumar* The Migration and Mobility Partnership Agreement, which was inked in December 2022, will strengthen this cooperation even m ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* The world is currently experiencing the disastrous effects of climate change, including storms, floods, heat waves, wildfires, cyclones, ...
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Shweta Tyagi* Hazards always come as a surprise but are also inevitable. The tragic events in Syria and Turkey are virtually identical. They were caused b ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* The world faces multiple challenges of war, energy, food shortages, viruses, and recession therefore a global response is needed. The im ...
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A report on India Energy Week 2023 Shweta Tyagi* The first major event under India’s G20 Presidency the India Energy Week 2023 India held in Bengaluru fro ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* As inevitable climate hazards worsen, the rate of global warming is outpacing attempts to protect billions of people. Get ready for a gr ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* The main asset in the modern period is energy and unquestionably necessary for a developing economy like India because it is the backbon ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* Wetlands' vulnerability will undoubtedly rise as a result of climate change and its associated drivers and pressures. The conservation a ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* From COVID-19 pandemic to violent conflicts, forced displacement and climate change, humanity is badly affected. We have to work towards ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* There are significant lessons that must be learned in order to navigate the future as the globe recovers from the challenges that the Co ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* With the announcements coming from the European Union, Kazakhstan, Namibia, Egypt, Oman, and Kenya, green hydrogen took a centre stage a ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* The G20 India’s focus to cater to range of development challenges for the world has aroused global citizenry to actively look towards th ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* Experts on disaster management suggest the adoption of integrated watershed management by advocating coordinated development planning at ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* Without a common international regulatory framework, we will not be able to address the global and increasing challenge of plastic pollu ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* Participants in the WG meetings also discussed potential global benefit-sharing systems for the use of digital sequence information (DSI ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* This accord may be our final opportunity to stop the degradation of nature. As businesses and governments destroy our forests and prairi ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* Shouldn’t the negotiations held during the Conference of the Parties meetings present an opportunity to adapt existing agreements to bet ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* Now more than ever, the topic of climate change has been receiving global attention and is at the forefront of many conversations. In ad ...
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Dr Arvind Kumar* The G20 has no parallel among intergovernmental forums that comprises of major developed as well as developing economies, thus offering a ...
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ANALYSIS Dr. Arvind Kumar* Set against a difficult geopolitical backdrop, COP27 resulted in countries delivering a package of decisions that reaffirmed th ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* To reach the Net Zero destination, countries should plan large-scale interventions in 6 sectors i.e. energy and electricity, transport, ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* The renewed political and financial commitment towards forest climate action shown at COP27 is creating a new momentum for REDD+. We nee ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* Estimates suggest circular economy adoption in India will bring an annual benefit to a tune of Rs 40 lakh crore ($624 billion) in 2050 a ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar The climate emergency continues to challenge existing norms and ways of working. The recent IPCC reports and the Global Assessment R ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* Governments are more focused on energy security in the short-term, relying on low-hanging but risky alternatives, such as looking for ne ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* Biodiversity is vital to life on our planet. It is essentially the life support system for humanity. The biodiversity we see today is th ...
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OPINION 1.3 billion people still live in multidimensional poverty with almost half of them children and youth. Statistics show that 1.77 million Indians a ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* The world has witnessed climate change impacts in the form of rising temperatures, receding glaciers, drying rivers, reduction in wetlan ...
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SPECIAL REPORT Dr. Arvind Kumar* Metaphorically, the UN may well be “First among Equals”,its successes are indeed young relative to the colossal challenge ...
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*Dr. Arvind Kumar By 2050 the number of people living in cities will have nearly doubled, from 3.6 billion in 2011 to more than 6 billion. Yet the world’s ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* Air pollution harms our health, economies and the planet and is a global scale problem and one of the biggest contributors to climate ch ...
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AGENDA Dr. Arvind Kumar* Assumption of the Indian presidency of the G20 and Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) in 2023 and that of the UN Security Co ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* Water scarcity has particularly emerged as a highly critical and contentious issue within South Asia, one of the world’s most dynamic re ...
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REGIONAL COOPERATION-REPORT Dr. Arvind Kumar* The SCO declaration 2022 was a set of a mine run and promises and the proceedings were also banal. Yet, Indi ...
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REPORT Shweta Tyagi* “Almost half of the world’s human population relies heavily on groundwater for survival, and as that population continues to grow, ma ...
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BLOG (COP 27) Dr. Arvind Kumar* Hence, it’s a Hobson’s choice to initiate a paradigm shift in agricultural development approaches and practices through re ...
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Shweta Tyagi* The first half of this decade will be apparently remembered for deadly climate related catastrophes, among them, the great fires in Europe, ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* An era comes to an end as Queen Elizabeth passes away and leaves behind an unmatched legacy. Ironically the UK’s longest serving monarch ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* India’s assumption of the G20 presidency entails both challenges and opportunitiesand the present leadership of India is capable of meet ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* When the world was recuperating from the damages done by the corona virus on our health and economy another scare of monkey pox is at ou ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* Undeniably, the formation of I2 U2 with India joining it along with Israel, the UAE and the US is a welcome development and the location ...
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By Shweta Tyagi* The recently concluded G7 meet in Germany evince why the West may be adapting to accommodate the global South, particularly India. These ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* Plastic particles have not just pervaded throughout the environment, but are pervading our bodies too. A recent Dutch study examined blo ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* Accelerating extreme events largely due to destabilised climate systems are something India will have to deal with head on - even if it ...
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World Environment Day - States/ UTs and Urban Local Bodies across the country will swing into campaign mode, in a bid to make the country free of single u ...
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A report on UNCCDCOP-15 Shweta Tyagi* 15th Session of the Conference of the Parties of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) - L ...
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*Deepak Lakahnpal & Dr. S.K. Sharma Abstract A multi-stage process is recommendable towards determining economic feasibility of potential MAR projects ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* In a world increasingly impacted by geostrategic shifts, ideological rivalry and fractured power has the pragmatic foreign policy of PM ...
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The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi addressed the inaugural session of the fourth edition of the International Conference on Disaster Resilient Infrast ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* Water is fundamental to all biotic life, including human life, on Earth, despite it being a finite and irreplaceable resource, and is on ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* Rural development is often construed in terms of a procedure of facilitating improvement in the quality of life and economic well-being ...
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Ms. Neha Chaudhary, IRS* "Climate change is the defining crisis of our time and it is happening even more quickly than we feared" states the United Nation ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* Sri Lanka, an island nation inhabited by 22 million people with having tourism-based economy is currently in the throes of a worsening e ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* The close linguistic, marital, religious and cultural ties at people-to-people level between India and Nepal have remain there since tim ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* The release of the IPCC’s latest report on April 4, the third and final part of the IPCC’s thorough review of climate science, has sugge ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* The latest report of the IPCC endeavours to tackle the ticklish question of how humankind is expected to join hands as a species to fix ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* Recently-held 5th BIMSTEC Summit (29-30 March), apart from adopting a charter has also concurred on enhancing mutual cooperation in seve ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* Wildfires are wreaking havoc on the environment, wildlife, human health, and infrastructure from Australia to Canada, the United States ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* The current and rapidly evolving geopolitical global situation, especially in the aftermath of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, has seem ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* On average, 1,000,000 plastic bottles are bought every minute worldwide, and less than half of all plastic bottles end up getting recycl ...
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The Indian government is participating in a big way at the 9th World Water Forum. The Prime Minister is being represented by a high-level delegation under ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* Safari is a Swahili word· meaning ‘Journey’ which has become· synonymous with Big Game viewing in both Africa and In ...
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The Webinar will discuss the initiatives of the Government of India in the energy and resources sector including the Budget 2022 announcements and to elic ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* Even if emissions are cut as promised in the Paris Agreement levels, there is the likelihood that many parts of northern and coastal Ind ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* Trans-boundary Cooperation It is worth mentioning here that the Indus Water Treaty, signed between India and Pakistan in 1960, allocates ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* The ongoing Ukrainian crisis does not augur well for global peace and security because its geopolitical and geo-economic implications en ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* High hopes are often pegged at increased budgetary allocations each time as and when a budget is presented and in an eventuality of decr ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* With Ukraine and Taiwan hogging limelight as the most dangerous hotspots entailing the potential of triggering the Third World War becau ...
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Dr Arvind Kumar* Plenty of optimism seemingly lurks in the Economic Survey 2021-2022 tabled by the union finance minister in Parliament on 31 January proj ...
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DISCUSSION Dr Arvind Kumar* Utterances in the global forums like COP26 or Davos 2022 call for innovative and pragmatically feasible ideas, some of which m ...
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OPINION Dr. Arvind Kumar* [This is a necessitated reform for a Democracy like India where the need for stable government would definitely bring Developmen ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* People of Afghanistan are reeling under woeful plight in socio-economic, political, and security terms since the hasty withdrawal of US- ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* Women constitute half of total global population and they entail the potential of playing pivotal role in furthering growth and the goal ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* India is the land of villages as rightly said by Mahatma Gandhi “I would say that if the village perishes India will perish too. India w ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* Cities are fast emerging as the major hub of sustainable development activities and are destined to play very important role in the real ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* (Image Courtesy: Freepik) The fashion value chain is of global importance, with millions of jobs attached to it, generating foreign exch ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* Prime Minister Modi’s clarion call to the farming community to adopt natural farming is very timely. Asserting that maximum benefits fro ...
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*Dr. Arvind Kumar Image 1-Courtesy: India Water Foundation The rugged landscapes and dramatic scenery, striking landmarks and freezing weather are what gi ...
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Editor's Desk* Dr. Arvind Kumar A pall of uncertainty that had descended on the inaugural day of the commencement of COP26 in the absence of clear-cut an ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* Higher expectations and lofty aspirations are always at place prior to the convening of a global conference like the Conference Of Parti ...
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FGR Bureau Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi availed of the occasion of his visit to Rome, Italy, where he had gone to participate in the 16th Summit Meet ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* Group of Twenty or G20 is an intergovernmental forum comprising 19 countries and the European Union that aims at improving international ...
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Latest UNEP Emissions Gap Report finds new and updated Nationally Determined Contributions only take 7.5% off predicted 2030 emissions, while 55% is neede ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar, Editor, Focus Global Reporter Geopolitics in the Indo-Pacific region in general and South Asia in particular has undergone tremendous tr ...
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Dr Arvind Kumar On road to COP-26 India has been participating in the COPs actively and adhering to the decisions taken at each COP and making sincere eff ...
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By Dr. Arvind Kumar, President, India Water Foundation Image Courtesy: marca.com Glasgow (UK) is going to be the focal point of attention and attraction w ...
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By Dr. Arvind Kumar, President, India Water Foundation In the ‘New Normal’ that has come to prevail in the wake of subsiding of the adverse impacts of COV ...
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By Dr Arvind Kumar The Indo-Pacific region is characterized by the emergence of Quad and now coming into being of the AUKUS, also designated as Asian NATO ...
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By India Water Foundation This report presents the global status on transboundary cooperation and acceleration needed to achieve target 6.5 by 2030, based ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar, President, India Water Foundation Dr. Arvind Kumar The IUCN World Conservation Congress, the world’s largest and most inclusive environm ...
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The water community plays a central role in nature conservation efforts. On the occasion of the World Conservation Congress, which brings together world l ...
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By Dr Arvind Kumar, President, India Water Foundation Picturesque and enchanting, Kashmir is cradled high in the lofty green Himalayas and hailed all over ...
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*Dr. K. Balachandra Kurup[1] *Dr. Balan is a Governance and institutional development expert with more than four decades of working experience in Policy, ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar, President, India Water Foundation The G20 recently held Ministerial Meetings at the end of July, 2021. Italy currently holds the Preside ...
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The Indian states with the highest fertility rates also have the lowest socioeconomic indicators. As India’s population crossed 1390 million population as ...
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*Dr. Arvind Kumar, President, India Water Foundation Only in India we are liberal with the health concerns, Will you eat this Wheat? the Supreme Court ask ...
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https://aippnet.org/emrip14-item-8-draft-report-efforts-implement-united-nations-declaration-rights-indigenous-peoples-indigenous-peoples-right-self-deter ...
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According to the draft, the government will offer fiscal incentives for EV buyers. This will be based on the model of vehicles. By Sudhir Suryawanshi | Ex ...
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PIB: BRICS Nations have unanimously agreed on an innovation co-operation at the 11th BRICS S&T Steering Committee Meeting. The proposal put forward by ...
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PIB: Snow and glaciers are melting rapidly in the Himalayan range due to climate change, altering water supplies in the rivers like Indus, Ganga and Brahm ...
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IUCN NEWS: IUCN, the official advisor on nature to the UNESCO World Heritage Committee, recommends adding four natural sites to the List of World Heritage ...
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by Dr. Arvind Kumar, President, India Water Foundation Picture credit: Wikipedia India’s geographical setting render it a key player in the South-East Asi ...
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Member (Health), NITI Aayog, Dr. V. K. Paul has informed that India has administered nearly 81 lakh vaccine doses, on the first day when the Revised Guide ...
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Sh. Narendra Modi PIB: On the occasion of seventh International yoga day, The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra talked of Yoga’s role during the pandemic. H ...
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Shri Narendra Modi The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi delivered a keynote address at the UN “High-Level Dialogue on Desertification, Land Degradation ...
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Land degradation from climate change and the expansion of agriculture, cities and infrastructure “undermines the well-being of 3.2 billion people”, the UN ...
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PIB: The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs chaired by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, has approved the proposal of Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES ...
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By Dr. Arvind Kumar, President, India Water Foundation Dr. Arvind Kumar While we can successfully restore biodiversity, structure, and function to a degra ...
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Proud moment for #IndiaWaterFoundation to be showcased as one of the four best civil societies in the world for their #climateactionstory ...
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3 - 7 June 2021 https://ipbes.net/ipbes-8/stakeholderdays/e-posters Link: https://ipbes.net/ipbes-8/stakeholderdays/e-posters ...
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by Shweta Tyagi, Chief Functionary, India Water Foundation Ms. Shweta Tyagi Biodiversity (biological diversity), is the abundance of living things that ma ...
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By Prof Ajit Tyagi, Honorary Patron & Chairman of the Committee on Climate Change, India Water Foundation Prof. Ajit Tyagi Prof. Ajit Tyagi is Honorar ...
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By Afroz Ahmad* Formerly Advisor to the Government of Maharashtra & Formerly Member (Environment and Rehabilitation), Narmada ...
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United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) The 2021 World Water Development Report on “Valuing Water” assesses the current ...
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United Nations Environmental Programme This report provides the bedrock for hope. By bringing together the latest scientific evidence showing the impacts ...
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United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) As water is the most disruptive element in the ongoing climate crisis, how land is managed pla ...
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United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) The establishment of a global target on LDN within the SDG framework is also expected. This wi ...
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Food and Agriculture organisation (FAO) This report constitutes a further step towards bridging persistent knowledge gaps and fostering a better understan ...
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United Nations Environmental Programme Sanitation, Wastewater Management and Sustainability: From Waste Disposal to Resource Recovery offers a new concept ...
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United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) The Global Methane Assessment is working to better characterize the benefits of methane reductions with state- ...
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By Dr S. K. Sharma1, 1 Retd. Member,Central Ground Water Board, Government of India, Consultant, WAPCOS and Principal Advisor, India Water Found ...
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By Mr. M Mehta, Former Commissioner, Ministry of Water Resources Govt. of India, New Delhi Mr. M. Mehta More than 46 years of experience in planning ...
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By Ms. Kavita Prasad Kavita is a documentation consultant and an experienced environmental science writer.She is the Founder of KGenesis and Chemeric Biot ...
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By Ananya Malik, Junior Researcher , India Water Foundation Turtles are reptiles that have been roaming the earth for over 150 million years. Turtles have ...
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By FGR Bureau There is no need to explain the importance of trees in our lives. History shows that the best of Indian cultures originated in the forests. ...
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By Shweta Tyagi, Chief Functionary India Water Foundation Figure 1 Eco-sensitive zones, Source: Project TIGER Eco-Sensitive Zones or Ecologically Fragile ...
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UN Newsभारत में संयुक्त राष्ट्र की रैज़िडेण्ट कोऑर्डिनेटर, रेनाटा डेज़ालिएन. UN NEWS (26 May 2021, Health): भारत में संयुक्त राष्ट्र की रैज़िडेण्ट कोऑर्डि ...
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UN NEWS Humanity is “waging a war on nature”, threatening biodiversity loss, climate disruption and escalating pollution, the UN chief said on Friday. “W ...
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Dr. Harsh Vardhan, Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare, Science & Technology and Earth Sciences, Government of India #UnitedNations75andBeyon ...
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UN NEWS Countries are on track to miss the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) relating to environmental protection, two UN entities warn in new report i ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar, President, India Water Foundation Dr. Arvind Kumar, President, India Water Foundation With the world still combating the most unpreceden ...
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WHO NEWS: https://www.who.int/news/item/17-05-2021-long-working-hours-increasing-deaths-from-heart-disease-and-stroke-who-ilo Long working hours led to 74 ...
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International Development and IWRM Expert Dr. Julie Ladel Dr. Julie LADEL has completed her PhD in Applied Hydrology from Paris University and is the dire ...
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Principal Chief Conservator of Forests & Head of Forest Force | Odisha Dr. Sandeep Tripathi, IFS A Natural Resource Management Professional belonging ...
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Secretary General | International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage (ICID) Sh. Ashwin B. Pandya Shri A.B. Pandya, in his long distinguished service en ...
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A report on the concluded Leaders Summit on Climate “Mother Nature is not waiting; we need a green planet — but the world is on red alert.” Said UN Secret ...
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Executive Director | United Nations Global Compact Network India Ms. Shabnam Siddiqui Ms. Shabnam Siddiqui is Officiating Executive Director at the United ...
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Director and Advisory Board Secretary | Climate Technology Centre & Network Dr. Rose Mwebaza (PhD) Dr. Rose Mwebaza (PhD) is the Director of CTCN and ...
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Dr. Shalini Dhyani1,2 Increased frequencies of extreme climate events are alarming for the entire South Asia region that is sensitive to ongoing climate c ...
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File photos of Joe Biden and Narendra Modi. News 18 India : Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday pitched for concrete action at a “high speed" and on ...
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Director General | International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) Dr. Pema Gyamtsho Dr. Pema Gyamtsho is the Director General of the In ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar, President, India Water Foundation Don’t you feel in addition to socio-economic determinants of human health, the impact of environmental ...
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UN Assistant Secretary-General and Head of New York Office at UNEP |Secretary of the UN Environment Management Group Mr. Satya S. Tripathi Mr. Satya S. Tr ...
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Secretary | DST |Ministry of Science & Technology, Government of India Prof. Ashutosh Sharma Mr. Ashutosh Sharma is Secretary to the Government of Ind ...
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Head | UN Environment Country Office, India Mr. Atul Bagai Mr. Atul Bagai joined UN Environment’s Ozone Action programme under the Montreal Protocol as th ...
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WMO/Boris JordanWind farms, like this one in Belgium, are a key source of sustainable energy. UNNEWS: The world is “a long way off” from meeting the goals ...
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Chief of Development Operations | JICA India Office | New Delhi| Mr. M. P. Singh Mr. M P Singh, Chief of Development Operations, JICA India Office was for ...
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Director & Head | South and South-West Asia Office | United Nations ESCAP Dr. Arvind Kumar Dr. Nagesh Kumar is Director and Head of South and South-We ...
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UN NEWS: Climate change and loss of biodiversity is seen as the most pressing challenge over the decade, according to the World in 2030 Survey report publ ...
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Secretary |Ministry of Women and Child Development | Government of India Mr. R. M. Mishra, IAS Mr. Ram Mohan Mishra, Secretary to the Government of India, ...
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President | World Water Council Mr. Loïc Fauchon is President of the World Water Councilsince 2018 after having previously served two mandates from 2005 t ...
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Executive Secretary | Convention on Biological Diversity Ms. Elizabeth MarumaMrema, is the Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity. ...
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Director General |NMCG | Ministry of Jal Shakti | Government of India Mr. Rajiv Ranjan Mishra, IAS, DG, NMCG, Ministry of Jal Shakti, GOI Mr. Rajiv Ranjan ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar, President, India Water Foundation Dr. Arvind Kumar In the last three decades alone, nearly one-third of natural wetlands have been lost ...
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Born on 27th January 1978, Dr. Conrad K. Sangma is the 12th Chief Minister of Meghalaya. His vision for Meghalaya was shaped extensively by the ...
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Nairobi, 23 February 2021 –Ministers of environment and other leaders from more than 150 nations today concluded a two-day online meeting of the ...
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Delhi receives at least 232 MGD (million gallons per day) water through the Nangal channel, which helps meet the city’s 25% water requirement, which is es ...
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UNDP Zambia Sylvia Chiinda has boosted her income by farming goats. 20 February 2021 | SDGs UN NEWS: In Zambia, where the climate crisis is making it incr ...
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By Shweta Tyagi, Chief Functionary, India Water Foundation Footage shows the flood in Chamoli, Uttarakhand, on Saturday.Reuters In a tragic turn of events ...
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Post Source/Credit: ETV Bharat, Published on: Feb 2021, 10:59 PM IST Having taken notes from the Uttarakhand disaster, Bihar State Pollution Control Board ...
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National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG), Ministry of Jal Shakti and India Water Foundation (IWF), celebrated World Wetland Day 2021, to raise awareness ab ...
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Analysis by Shweta Tyagi, Chief Functionary, India Water Foundation and Amritha J, Intern, India Water Foundation INTRODUCTION The COVID 19 virus has caus ...
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Each year the World Economic Forum publishes a report looking ahead to the short term and long term risks facing organizations around the world. The 2021 ...
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Though countries have made progress in planning for climate change adaptation, there are significant financing shortfalls in getting them to the stage whe ...
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By Abraham Thomas PUBLISHED ON Hindustan Times, JAN 14, 2021 05:18 AM IST High levels of ammonia in the Yamuna had prompted the Delhi Jal Board (DJB) to r ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar, President, India Water Foundation “The goal is to find the most appropriate blend of green and blue investments to maximize benefits and ...
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WASHINGTON DC, December 15, 2020 — The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors today approved a $400 million projectto support India’s efforts at provid ...
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While lakhs of poultry were reported dead from Haryana, migratory birds died in Himachal Pradesh. In Madhya Pradesh, hundreds of crows were found dead in ...
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https://www.cifor.org/knowledge/publication/7819/ The global food system is causing large‐scale environmental degradation and is a major contributor to cl ...
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Digital Ocean is a big step towards Digital India, will help expand ‘Blue Economy’ and promote Atmanirbhar Bharat: Dr Harsh Vardhan PIB: The Minister of E ...
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UNEP: Pixabay / 17 Dec 2020 Nairobi/Colombo, 17 December 2020 - From source to sea, our waters are contaminated by a plastics scourge. A new study by the ...
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Nehru Yuva Kendra Sangthan to undertake ‘Catch the Rain’ awareness campaign covering 623 districts across the nation from December 2020 to March 2021. PIB ...
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#SDGAction37039 Description of Acceleration Action Objectives: Promoting Water as a socio-economic connector in everyday lives, utilization of science and ...
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DESCRIPTION OF GOOD PRACTICE Introduction The Integrated Basin Development and Livelihood Promotion (IBDLP) Programme was launched by the Government of Me ...
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India figured in the bottom third for most development indicators, including quality of health and education and an adverse sex ratio, according to the re ...
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The Gwalior Fort occupies a sandstone plateau overlooking the city and is accessed via a winding road lined with sacred Jain statues. Source The Tribune B ...
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About this contentKaren McVeigh@karenmcveigh1Mon 7 Dec 2020 09.12 GMT Companies accused of “zero progress” on reducing plastic waste, with Coca-Cola ranke ...
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Dechen Palmo Updated: Dec 05, 2020, 20:46 IST The new dam’s ability to generate hydropower could be three times that of central China’s Three Gorges Dam ( ...
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A staggering two-thirds of world’s school-aged children – 1.3 billion children aged 3-17 – do not have internet connection in their homes, preventing them ...
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New Delhi, Dec 2 (PTI) Delhi's air quality was in the upper end of the very poor category Wednesday morning, while pollution levels have already ente ...
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UNEP (2020-06-24) India Water Foundation of Potential response options pursuant to subparagraph 10 (d) of UNEA resolution 3/7 MEETING REPORT/PROCEEDI ...
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Summary of Takeaways to be incorporated within the framework of climate change https://unfccc.int/documents/254231 The need for vigorous incorporation of ...
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Striking lack of progress on environmental SDGs in Asia-Pacific, reveals new UN report There is overwhelming evidence that the Asia-Pacific region needs t ...
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By Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana, United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Executive Secretary of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacif ...
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Prevention of BlindnessBy Dr Arvind Kumar1st April inaugurates the commencement of the prevention of blindness week to be observed from 1 to 7 April by th ...
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India-ASEAN TiesBy Dr Arvind KumarIndia’s relations with member countries of Association of South-East Asian Nations (ASEAN) are set to gather further imp ...
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Keeping in view the loss of livelihood in wake of the lockdown due to the coronavirus for the tribal population, which is pegged at 8.6 per cent of India' ...
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Draught Impact & How to Save WaterBy Dr. Arvind KumarDrought usually results in a water shortage that seriously interferes with human activity. Draugh ...
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Criminality of Nuclear Deterrence By Dr Arvind Kumar Today the world is at a precipice of another world war. The situation in Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan, ...
