Dr. S. K. Sharma*, Vimal Belani*, Lalit Gupta* ABSTRACT: The article outlines practices & policies for developing and managing RWH & Managed Aquifer Recharging measures for purposes of meeting integrated socio-economic & ecosys ...
Dr. S. K. Sharma*, Vimal Belani*, Lalit Gupta* ABSTRACT: The article outlines practices & policies for developing and managing RWH & Managed Aquifer Recharging measures for purposes of meeting integrated socio-economic & ecosys ...
Dr. Arvind Kumar* Whether it's the effects of climate change or deforestation, our planet is facing some of the biggest challenges generations has ever known. Many climate-related records have been broken by enormous margins in 2023 and as tempe ...
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 every year. If we do not act strongly, this crisis will crush our chances of delivering on t ...
Dr. Arvind Kumar* Climate scientists predicted that April 2024 will likely be the hottest April ever recorded globally. This would make it the 9th consecutive monthly temperature record as per data from the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Ad ...
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 live in conflict-affected zones. Out of 258 million people facing high levels of acu ...
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 imperative for civilizations to prosper. However, conflicts over water are continuing to pose sev ...
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 modern name India from river Indus. While some rivers are worshipped as deities, others sustai ...
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 do list but an environment must to do list. There is growing recognition that the environm ...
26TH February - 1st March, 2024, Nairobi, Kenya By Shweta Tyagi* OPENING: The sixth session of the UN Environment Assembly (UNEA-6) began on Monday, February 26, 2024, at the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) headquarters in Nairobi, Kenya. During ...
Dr. Arvind Kumar, Editor, Focus Global Reporter conducted an interview with Mr. Kapil NARULA, Ph.D., Senior Analyst Breakthrough Agenda, Climate Champions Team, Dubai, UAE. Excerpts from the Interview are reproduced here. Mr. Kapil Narula, Ph.D. ...
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 values also apply to human beings of any race, religion or any other identity marker. But is it ...
Dr Eric Tardieu* Dr Eric Tardieu As water resource management at the basin level is increasingly recognized as an essential component in effectively addressing the expanding number of challenges stemming from climate change and resource scarcity ...
Dr. Arvind Kumar, Editor, Focus Global Reporter conducted an interview with Mr. Takayuki Hagiwara, FAO Representative in India, Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). Excerpts from the Interview are reproduced here. Mr. Takayuki Hagiwara* Mr. ...
Dr. Arvind Kumar, Editor, Focus Global Reporter conducted an interview with Dr. Pema Gyamtsho, Director General of ICIMOD. Excerpts from the Interview are reproduced here. Dr. Pema Gyamtsho* Dr. Pema Gyamtsho is the Director General of ICIMOD. H ...
Dr. Arvind Kumar* Agriculture contributes 16% of the overall GDP and accounts for employment of approximately 52% of the Indian population. Rapid growth in agriculture is essential not only for self-reliance but also to earn valuable foreign exc ...
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 young population. Prioritizing energy security while aiming for a low-carbon future, India ...
Ms. Shweta Tyagi, Associate Editor, Focus Global Reporter conducted an interview with Dr. Sandeep Tripathi, IEM, Central Vigilance Commission, Govt. of India, Rtd. Principal Chief Conservator of Forests & Head of Forest Force, Odisha, and Ch ...
Dr. Arvind Kumar* The United Nations Environment Assembly is the world’s highest-level decision-making body for matters related to the environment. It sets priorities for global environmental policies and international environmental law. Underst ...
Shri B. P. PATI* & Shri SUNIL BHAWARIA** Coal/Lignite PSUs have spearheaded commendable efforts in leveraging mine water to alleviate water scarcity, aligning with the Jal Shakti Abhiyan for water conservation initiated by the Government of ...
Mr. Jaideep N. Malaviya a professional in solar energy since 1996 is Founder-Secretary General of Solar Thermal Federation of India and also Managing Director of Malaviya Solar Energy Consultancy and. He has over 25 years of experience in solar ...
Dr. Arvind Kumar* In an era of planetary crises and increasing environmental challenges, finding innovative and sustainable solutions to safeguard the health of our planet and promote human well-being is paramount and wetlands play a cruci ...
Dr. Arvind Kumar* Our planet is heading for a scorching three-degree increase in global temperatures. Droughts, storms, fires and floods are pummeling countries and communities. Before travelling to the United Nations climate talks at COP28 in D ...
By FGR Bureau MoEF&CC has submitted three nominations from India for Wetland City Accreditation (WCA) of Indore (Madhya Pradesh), Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh) & Udaipur (Rajasthan) under the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands. These are the first ...
Dr. Arvind Kumar* In 2023 most of the planet including the oceans experienced above-average or record-breaking heat, with more intense rainfall and catastrophic flooding and damage. Changing rainfall patterns led to massive forest fires scorchin ...
Dr. Arvind Kumar* Economic corridors are infrastructure projects designed to enhance connectivity and facilitate economic development between different regions or countries involving the development of transportation and logistics infrastructure ...
Dr. Arvind Kumar* Agriculture represents a crucial sector that underpins our population growth and well-being. It has been providing nourishment for generations. According to the United Nations, agricultural development is one of the most powerf ...
30th November-12th December 2023, Dubai Ms. Shweta Tyagi* “The UN warns of an alarming path toward catastrophic global heating, the world witnesses the breaking of the largest iceberg in Antarctica, wildfires rage in Australia and Bolivia, deadl ...
Dr. Arvind Kumar* The 28th edition of the Conference of the Parties (COP 28) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) unfolded in the dynamic city of Dubai, UAE, spanning from November 30 to December 12, 2023. Notabl ...
By FGR Bureau 14 December, New Delhi: The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), which is a comprehensive list of inalienable human rights agreed upon by all nations, celebrates its 75th anniversary in December. To commemorate t ...
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 historic landmark deal. Developing nations that have contributed the least to the climate crisis ...
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 Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide. The Convention embodied a new global c ...
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 Universal Declaration of Human Rights is as important today as it was when it was adopted 75 ye ...
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 agreed on the first day of the Cop28 UN summit. Host country UAE and Germany both pledged $100m ...
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 depends on cleaner and greener transportation systems. Transportation represents the world’s ci ...
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 inherent to us all, regardless of nationality, sex, national or ethnic origin, color, relig ...
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 a major obstacle to sustainable development. It is persistent, widespread -- and worsening. ...
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 temperatures in USA, to wildfires across Canada, and extreme flooding in Europe and Asia, ext ...
Dr. Arvind Kumar* Our planet is buckling under the weight of intertwined environmental crises: conflict, climate change, biodiversity loss and pollution. These unfolding catastrophes are getting worse by the day and jeopardizing decades of hard- ...
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 potential to be part of the solution. Being the complex networks of people, activities, and re ...
By Dr. Arvind Kumar* Air pollution, stemming from the introduction of noxious agents such as gases, particles, and biological compounds, can inflict severe harm on the health and well-being of humans, animals, plants, and the natural surrounding ...
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 increasingly becoming more polluted and unbreathable, harming our health, economies and the planet and ...
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 complex networks of people, activities, and resources that produce, process, and consume food, a ...
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 the main intergovernmental body within the United Nations system responsible for the promotio ...
Dr. Arvind Kumar* The world is facing increasingly complex climate-related challenges that are reducing our resilience to climate shocks and increasing our vulnerability to natural hazards. The frequency and intensity of climate-related hazards ...
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 54th session of UN Human Rights Council at Geneva, Switzerland. ...
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 continent. While flying back from Geneva yesterday I saw all the mountains without ice caps, ...
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 shift is needed in how the world tackles existing crises – from climate change to conflicts, ...
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 the future of people and planet. It is with the philosophy of living in harmony with surroun ...
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 and accessible body in the entire UN structure. This is precisely as it should be given th ...
Dr. Arvind Kumar* India’s G20 presidency has been regarded by experts across the world as an exceptional and unprecedented opportunity with immense scope and potential. With the motto of 'Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam', it has embarked on the year-long ...
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 the conventional pathway for affecting change and progress in the international system was ...
Dr. Arvind Kumar* Scorching heat gripped parts of Europe, Asia, and North America, bringing with it record-breaking temperatures, driving wildfires, and prompting health warnings and evacuations. It was almost impossible to escape the reports of ...
Dr. Arvind Kumar* There has been increased attention put on the financial resources needed to help developing countries mitigate and adapt to climate change (climate finance). The governance and distribution of climate finance have implications ...
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-General António Guterres Only 12% of the SDG targets are on-track. Nearly 50% of the targets ...
Dr. Arvind Kumar* Since systematic scientific assessments began in the 1970s, the influence of human activity on the warming of the climate system has evolved from theory to established fact’, reports IPCC. The 2022 UN Emissions Gap Report says ...
Dr. Arvind Kumar* Artificial Intelligence is rapidly shaping the future of humanity across nearly every industry. It is already the main driver of emerging technologies like big data, robotics and IoT — not to mention generative AI, with tools l ...
Dr. Arvind Kumar* The world is crying out for high-level political action. Actions to make the Sustainable Development Goals a reality for everyone, everywhere” said Antonio Guetress, Secretary General United Nations at the general debate of the ...
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. During monsoon, rivers tend to swell in their flood plains. Lakes and wetlands retain excess s ...
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 presidency and its remarkable achievements in the Sustainable Development Goals and issues rela ...
Dr. Arvind Kumar* India is a diverse country with a large population that faces various challenges related to poverty, healthcare, education, infrastructure, and employment. The government of India has launched several policies and initiatives o ...
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, sickening millions and affecting economies. Global inflation hit 9% in 2022, its highest level ...
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 outcome at COP28 that is in line with the scale of the climate crisis we face. This means a clea ...
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 unparalleled. In such a scenario, solutions are unlikely to come from past experiences or b ...
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 every year. If we do not act strongly, this crisis will crush our chances of delivering on t ...
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 next two decades. In the African continent, meanwhile, eight countries are among the ten most ...
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. While technology takes its leaps and bounds to help us live our life more comfortable, we mus ...
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 protected. Recent diseases such as SARS, avian influenza, Ebola – and the enormous health, ...
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 topics. It is a unique initiative that aims to establish a direct connection between him ...
Dr. Arvind Kumar* The overall human impact due to overpopulation on the environment is causing overconsumption, excessive pollution, and proliferation of technology has pushed the planet into a new geological epoch known as the Anthropocene. Wit ...
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 significant challenges due to various prevailing issues. There are newer challenges such as th ...
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 disappear; they just get smaller and smaller (Microplastics). According to a recent report ...
Dr. Arvind Kumar* The discussions all throughout the year from South Asia Forum on sustainable development to the Asia Pacific Forum for sustainable development and finally to High Level Political Forum in New York will be on the theme, “Acceler ...
Report: Travelogue Dr. Arvind Kumar* The ten day sojourn from Delhi- New York- Incheon- Bangkok-Delhi was almost 40 hours of intermittent flying. Landing in New York, a city of endless possibilities, high energy, great diversity and much to visi ...
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 opened with energy and optimism for a true watershed moment and began with a clear diagnosis o ...
Dr. Arvind Kumar* Civil20 not only represents the voice of civil society in the G20 countries, but also globally, including in the southern hemisphere. Given India's commitment to this year's G20 on collaboration and cooperation as the key to pr ...
Dr. Arvind Kumar* While the world was grappling with the adverse socio-economic impacts caused by the triple planetary crisis of pollution, climate change and biodiversity loss it was burdened by another 2C of COVID, and Conflict challenging the ...
Dr. Arvind Kumar* The cooperation and alignment are necessary, need to be scaled up, and require commitment and strong leadership. By promoting cooperation, coordination, and alignment of policies and regulations, we can achieve more efficient, ...
ANALYSIS:G20 Dr. Arvind Kumar* The Migration and Mobility Partnership Agreement, which was inked in December 2022, will strengthen this cooperation even more. Both nations are enhancing collaboration in the areas of climate action and sustainabl ...
Dr. Arvind Kumar* The world is currently experiencing the disastrous effects of climate change, including storms, floods, heat waves, wildfires, cyclones, and sea level rise. Another issue that has arisen as a result of climatic disruptions and ...
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 by a fault system, which has been well-documented through years of laborious fieldwork, hist ...
Dr. Arvind Kumar* The world faces multiple challenges of war, energy, food shortages, viruses, and recession therefore a global response is needed. The impacts of Covid and the ripple effects of the crisis in Ukraine foretell extreme economic st ...
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 from February 6–8, 2023 and provided a dynamic unique opportunity for India to bring together ...
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 growing wave of emerging technologies developed and scaled with the ultimate goal of solving ...
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 backbone of production, transportation, construction, communication, and mobility. India has the c ...
Dr. Arvind Kumar* Wetlands' vulnerability will undoubtedly rise as a result of climate change and its associated drivers and pressures. The conservation approach in India has to move from a ‘puritanical’ one, to one that emphasizes economic valu ...
Dr. Arvind Kumar* From COVID-19 pandemic to violent conflicts, forced displacement and climate change, humanity is badly affected. We have to work towards achieving disaster risk reduction goals and further enhance global preparedness against di ...
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 Covid-19 pandemic brought with it. India is currently in charge of the G20, and as such, digi ...
Dr. Arvind Kumar* With the announcements coming from the European Union, Kazakhstan, Namibia, Egypt, Oman, and Kenya, green hydrogen took a centre stage at COP 27 last year. A green hydrogen revolution has begun to take shape as more and more na ...
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 the forum’s leadership. Subsequently the C20 as a forum has progressively pushed for bringing ...
Dr. Arvind Kumar* Experts on disaster management suggest the adoption of integrated watershed management by advocating coordinated development planning at a watershed scale with collective endeavours by local administrations and other stakeholde ...
Dr. Arvind Kumar* Without a common international regulatory framework, we will not be able to address the global and increasing challenge of plastic pollution. There is an urgent need for change. The shocking photos we see of shores flooded with ...
Dr. Arvind Kumar* Participants in the WG meetings also discussed potential global benefit-sharing systems for the use of digital sequence information (DSI) on genetic resources. An informal advisory group contributed by developing policy alterna ...
Dr. Arvind Kumar* This accord may be our final opportunity to stop the degradation of nature. As businesses and governments destroy our forests and prairies and warm the planet with greenhouse gases, ecosystems and the services they provide, lik ...
Dr. Arvind Kumar* Shouldn’t the negotiations held during the Conference of the Parties meetings present an opportunity to adapt existing agreements to better capture topics of rising importance to both biodiversity and climate change, such as oc ...
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 addition to altering environments, it also has a social impact. Extreme weather events have b ...
Dr Arvind Kumar* The G20 has no parallel among intergovernmental forums that comprises of major developed as well as developing economies, thus offering a unique platform. The accession of India to the Presidency coincides with a turning point i ...
ANALYSIS Dr. Arvind Kumar* Set against a difficult geopolitical backdrop, COP27 resulted in countries delivering a package of decisions that reaffirmed their commitment to limit global temperature rise to 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial ...
Dr. Arvind Kumar* To reach the Net Zero destination, countries should plan large-scale interventions in 6 sectors i.e. energy and electricity, transport, urban design, industries, forestry and agriculture. The strategy should also involve focuse ...
Dr. Arvind Kumar* The renewed political and financial commitment towards forest climate action shown at COP27 is creating a new momentum for REDD+. We need to realise that the climate crisis is just a symptom; our real problem is that human cons ...
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 and reduce GHG emissions by 44 per cent. The recent focus on circular economy in the Union ...
Dr. Arvind Kumar The climate emergency continues to challenge existing norms and ways of working. The recent IPCC reports and the Global Assessment Report made it clear that climate impacts will further intensify, requiring us to transcend ...
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 new routes of fossil fuel supply, nuclear extensions, or coal revival. However, to improve th ...
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 the result of 4.5 billion years of evolution, increasingly influenced by humans. Governments ...
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 are homeless. Further, the true figure became larger in the post-COVID pandemic as many more ...
Dr. Arvind Kumar* The world has witnessed climate change impacts in the form of rising temperatures, receding glaciers, drying rivers, reduction in wetlands and aberrant and untimely weather conditions causing natural calamities and loss of biod ...
SPECIAL REPORT Dr. Arvind Kumar* Metaphorically, the UN may well be “First among Equals”,its successes are indeed young relative to the colossal challenges of global governance that we confront. In an imperfect world; however,UNGA presented, in ...
*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 urban areas are already overcrowded and, particularly in developing countries, who suffer ...
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 change. The Climate crisis gets attention whenever people experience extreme weather conditio ...
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 Council in December 2022 takes place at a moment of unprecedented change and challenge when t ...
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 regions and home to nearly 1.9 billion people. It sits precariously on the front lines ...
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, India’s participation was desirable and the visit of the Prime Minister was meaningful for Indi ...
REPORT Shweta Tyagi* “Almost half of the world’s human population relies heavily on groundwater for survival, and as that population continues to grow, many more people will come to depend on this water source.” Gabriela Suhoschi, Director, Wo ...
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 regional collaboration, rekindling of development models, mainstreaming neglected traditional ...
Shweta Tyagi* The first half of this decade will be apparently remembered for deadly climate related catastrophes, among them, the great fires in Europe, Amazon wildfires, cyclones and storms in India and floods in Pakistan. The year 2020 was th ...
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, reigning for 70 years was not even expected to be the Queen. She had little chance of inh ...
Dr. Arvind Kumar* India’s assumption of the G20 presidency entails both challenges and opportunitiesand the present leadership of India is capable of meeting the challenges deftly and unlock opportunities for the benefit of humankind in general ...
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 our threshold. The issue of zoonotic diseases is a key emerging issue of global concern. The ...
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 of two ambitious projects on food security and energy security in India is also a welcome ...
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 trends have intensified in the face of lingering pandemic-induced disruptions and the ongoi ...
Dr. Arvind Kumar* Plastic particles have not just pervaded throughout the environment, but are pervading our bodies too. A recent Dutch study examined blood samples from 22 healthy volunteers and found microplastics in nearly 80% of their bodies ...
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 chooses to park the issue of whether or not to raise its carbon reduction targets for now. ...
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 use plastic (SUP), as well as contribute to improving the environment, under the overarching ...
A report on UNCCDCOP-15 Shweta Tyagi* 15th Session of the Conference of the Parties of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) - Land Life Legacy: From Scarcity to Prosperity The biennial meeting of the Conference of Part ...
*Deepak Lakahnpal & Dr. S.K. Sharma Abstract A multi-stage process is recommendable towards determining economic feasibility of potential MAR projects. Various steps include (i) establishing feasibility of suitable potential aquifers to rech ...
Dr. Arvind Kumar* In a world increasingly impacted by geostrategic shifts, ideological rivalry and fractured power has the pragmatic foreign policy of PM Modi enabled India to emerge as a significant global player and translate into diplomatic w ...
The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi addressed the inaugural session of the fourth edition of the International Conference on Disaster Resilient Infrastructure via video message today. The session was also addressed by the Hon. Scott Morrison ...
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 only renewable if adequately managed. Apart from being a catalyser for the diminution of the ...
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 of the people inhabiting rural areas, which are often relatively isolated and sparsely popu ...
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 Nations. The climate change conference at Glasgow in 2021, COP26, has provided hopes for limiting ...
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 economic crisis of unprecedented nature since its independence. Public frustration has been ...
Dr. Arvind Kumar* The close linguistic, marital, religious and cultural ties at people-to-people level between India and Nepal have remain there since times immemorial. Even trade relations between India and Nepal have made rapid strides in rece ...
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 suggested that greenhouse gas emissions must peak by 2025, and can nearly be halved by the close ...
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 the prevalent climate mess. The IPCC assessment explicitly makes it clear that humanity is ...
Dr. Arvind Kumar* Recently-held 5th BIMSTEC Summit (29-30 March), apart from adopting a charter has also concurred on enhancing mutual cooperation in several areas that entail the potential of opening up new vistas of cooperation in several area ...
Dr. Arvind Kumar* Wildfires are wreaking havoc on the environment, wildlife, human health, and infrastructure from Australia to Canada, the United States to China, across Europe, and the Amazon. Wildfires are fast becoming a recurring phenomenon ...
Dr. Arvind Kumar* The current and rapidly evolving geopolitical global situation, especially in the aftermath of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, has seemingly been instrumental in envisaging complex and intensifying dilemmas that entail the pot ...
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 recycled, and besides, plastic water bottles release toxic chemicals when they get decomposed. Fr ...
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 the hon’ble minister of Jalshakti Sh. Gajendra Singh Shekhawat including officials from th ...
Dr. Arvind Kumar* Safari is a Swahili word· meaning ‘Journey’ which has become· synonymous with Big Game viewing in both Africa and India. It is probably for this reason· that the perception· is that both ...
The Webinar will discuss the initiatives of the Government of India in the energy and resources sector including the Budget 2022 announcements and to elicit ideas and suggestions for effective implementation of these initiatives. The Sectoral Gr ...
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 India reaching dangerously wet-bulb temperatures of over 310 C towards the end of the present ...
Dr. Arvind Kumar* Trans-boundary Cooperation It is worth mentioning here that the Indus Water Treaty, signed between India and Pakistan in 1960, allocates all the waters of the eastern rivers – Sutlej, Beas and Ravi – amounting to nearly 33 mill ...
Dr. Arvind Kumar* The ongoing Ukrainian crisis does not augur well for global peace and security because its geopolitical and geo-economic implications entail the potential of affecting almost the entire international community, albeit in varyin ...
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 decreased allocations, the probability of pessimism is bound to loom large and so has been the ...
Dr. Arvind Kumar* With Ukraine and Taiwan hogging limelight as the most dangerous hotspots entailing the potential of triggering the Third World War because of increasing tensions between the United States and Russia over Russian military manoeu ...
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 projecting India to retain its tag of the world’s fastest-growing economy in the fiscal year co ...
DISCUSSION Dr Arvind Kumar* Utterances in the global forums like COP26 or Davos 2022 call for innovative and pragmatically feasible ideas, some of which may entail the potential of getting fructified in the real world or some may just spur suppo ...
OPINION Dr. Arvind Kumar* [This is a necessitated reform for a Democracy like India where the need for stable government would definitely bring Development prospects. The focus of respective parties should move beyond the rhetoric mere from ...
Dr. Arvind Kumar* People of Afghanistan are reeling under woeful plight in socio-economic, political, and security terms since the hasty withdrawal of US-led Allied Forces from the Afghan soil and the rapid manner of the takeover of Afghanistan ...
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 of sustainable development. However, prevalent gender inequality deprives the bulk of the ...
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 will be no more India.”The notion of rural development has come to be construed as the proce ...
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 realization of sustainable development goals (SDGs). History is witness to the fact that cities ...
Dr. Arvind Kumar* (Image Courtesy: Freepik) The fashion value chain is of global importance, with millions of jobs attached to it, generating foreign exchange revenue in many developing countries and providing goods essential for human welfare. ...
Dr. Arvind Kumar* Prime Minister Modi’s clarion call to the farming community to adopt natural farming is very timely. Asserting that maximum benefits from natural farming can accrue to small farmers owning less than two-hectare land and who com ...
*Dr. Arvind Kumar Image 1-Courtesy: India Water Foundation The rugged landscapes and dramatic scenery, striking landmarks and freezing weather are what gives Scotland its particular charm. Staying at Edinburgh and commuting to Glasgow to attend ...
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 announcements, especially from biggest emitting countries with regard to their commitments on ...
Dr. Arvind Kumar* Higher expectations and lofty aspirations are always at place prior to the convening of a global conference like the Conference Of Parties (COP), especially on the burning issues pertaining to climate change that in reality pos ...
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 Meeting of the G20, to pay a visit to Holy See or the Vatican City and meet Pope Francis, and t ...
Dr. Arvind Kumar* Group of Twenty or G20 is an intergovernmental forum comprising 19 countries and the European Union that aims at improving international economic status by coordinating important global financial institutions like IMF, World Ba ...
Latest UNEP Emissions Gap Report finds new and updated Nationally Determined Contributions only take 7.5% off predicted 2030 emissions, while 55% is needed to meet the 1.5°C Paris goalLatest climate promises for 2030 put the world on track for a ...
Dr. Arvind Kumar, Editor, Focus Global Reporter Geopolitics in the Indo-Pacific region in general and South Asia in particular has undergone tremendous transformation in the aftermath of the formation of the Quad and AUKUS in the Indo-Pacific re ...
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 efforts to incorporate the leading decisions in its national policies. The COP-26 that was sch ...
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 where an upcoming gathering comprising about 25, 000 people – representing heads of state an ...
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 COVID-19, the virtual meetings at national, regional and global levels are gradually being rep ...
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, comprising Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States, has proved instrumental i ...
By India Water Foundation This report presents the global status on transboundary cooperation and acceleration needed to achieve target 6.5 by 2030, based on the latest data on indicator 6.5.2. In the first reporting cycle held in 2017-2018, 107 ...
Dr. Arvind Kumar, President, India Water Foundation Dr. Arvind Kumar The IUCN World Conservation Congress, the world’s largest and most inclusive environmental decision-making forum concluded in Marseille, France, with an address by the Presiden ...
The water community plays a central role in nature conservation efforts. On the occasion of the World Conservation Congress, which brings together world leaders, the World Water Council (WWC), the International Office for Water (IOWater), The Na ...
By Dr Arvind Kumar, President, India Water Foundation Picturesque and enchanting, Kashmir is cradled high in the lofty green Himalayas and hailed all over the world for its incredible natural beauty. Surrounded by mountain peaks, lush green vall ...
*Dr. K. Balachandra Kurup[1] *Dr. Balan is a Governance and institutional development expert with more than four decades of working experience in Policy, Governance, Social development, Water resources, WASH, Solid waste management sector (35 ye ...
Dr. Arvind Kumar, President, India Water Foundation The G20 recently held Ministerial Meetings at the end of July, 2021. Italy currently holds the Presidency of the G20. Italy’s Presidency’s agenda rotates around three pillars- People Planet and ...
The Indian states with the highest fertility rates also have the lowest socioeconomic indicators. As India’s population crossed 1390 million population as of July 2021 and the global population of 7.9 billion and projected to be 9.74 billion by ...
*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 asked while refusing to entertain pre-arrest bail pleas of two Madhya Pradesh-based businessme ...
https://aippnet.org/emrip14-item-8-draft-report-efforts-implement-united-nations-declaration-rights-indigenous-peoples-indigenous-peoples-right-self-determination/ Joint Statement to the 14th session/ Regional meetings of the Expert Mechanism on ...
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 | Express News Service |Published: 14th July 2021 08:19 AM MUMBAI: The Maharashtra environmen ...
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 India would be considered at the BRICS Science, Technology and Innovation Entrepreneurship ...
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 Brahmaputra in the Himalaya-Karakoram (HK) ranges. The HK region in South Asia, often called the ...
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 in Danger: the Great Barrier Reef in Australia, the W-Arly-Pendjari Complex in Benin, Burk ...
by Dr. Arvind Kumar, President, India Water Foundation Picture credit: Wikipedia India’s geographical setting render it a key player in the South-East Asian region in water sharing, with neighbouring countries of Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Banglad ...
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 Guidelines for COVID Vaccination came into force. A Sign of India’s ability to Vaccinate at Sca ...
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. He said Yoga has proved a source strength and poise for people during this difficult time. H ...
Shri Narendra Modi The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi delivered a keynote address at the UN “High-Level Dialogue on Desertification, Land Degradation and Drought” today via video conference. The Prime Minister spoke at the Opening Segment i ...
Land degradation from climate change and the expansion of agriculture, cities and infrastructure “undermines the well-being of 3.2 billion people”, the UN chief said on Wednesday in his message for World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought ...
PIB: The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs chaired by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, has approved the proposal of Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES) on "Deep Ocean Mission", with a view to explore deep ocean for resources and develop deep ...
By Dr. Arvind Kumar, President, India Water Foundation Dr. Arvind Kumar While we can successfully restore biodiversity, structure, and function to a degraded ecosystem, ecological restoration is not a substitute for conservation, nor should the ...
Proud moment for #IndiaWaterFoundation to be showcased as one of the four best civil societies in the world for their #climateactionstory that inspires others, benefits the #planet and its positive impact provide ho ...
3 - 7 June 2021 https://ipbes.net/ipbes-8/stakeholderdays/e-posters Link: https://ipbes.net/ipbes-8/stakeholderdays/e-posters ...
by Shweta Tyagi, Chief Functionary, India Water Foundation Ms. Shweta Tyagi Biodiversity (biological diversity), is the abundance of living things that make up life on Earth (UNEP, 2020). Biodiversity ensures that we have fertile soil, as well a ...
By Prof Ajit Tyagi, Honorary Patron & Chairman of the Committee on Climate Change, India Water Foundation Prof. Ajit Tyagi Prof. Ajit Tyagi is Honorary Patron and Chairman Climate Change Committee of India Water Foundation. He has served asD ...
By Afroz Ahmad* Formerly Advisor to the Government of Maharashtra & Formerly Member (Environment and Rehabilitation), Narmada Control Authority , Government of India Dr. Afroz Ahmad Dr. Afroz Ahmad is Environmental ...
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) The 2021 World Water Development Report on “Valuing Water” assesses the current status of, and challenges to, the valuation of water across different sectors and perspecti ...
United Nations Environmental Programme This report provides the bedrock for hope. By bringing together the latest scientific evidence showing the impacts and threats of the climate emergency, the biodiversity crisis and the pollution that kills ...
United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) As water is the most disruptive element in the ongoing climate crisis, how land is managed plays a major role in taming this disruption. This publication shows that avoiding, reducing a ...
United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) The establishment of a global target on LDN within the SDG framework is also expected. This will provide a way forward for the future activities of UNCCD and certainly encourage the Par ...
Food and Agriculture organisation (FAO) This report constitutes a further step towards bridging persistent knowledge gaps and fostering a better understanding of how agriculture is affected by disasters. Their growing frequency and intensity, al ...
United Nations Environmental Programme Sanitation, Wastewater Management and Sustainability: From Waste Disposal to Resource Recovery offers a new conceptual framework for planning and investing in sustainable systems, centring on resource recov ...
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) The Global Methane Assessment is working to better characterize the benefits of methane reductions with state-of-the-art modelling, and to document the multiple benefits that could be realized through ...
By Dr S. K. Sharma1, 1 Retd. Member,Central Ground Water Board, Government of India, Consultant, WAPCOS and Principal Advisor, India Water Foundation, Ms Shuchi Mishra2 , Engineer, 2WAPCOS Ltd, Govt. of India undertaking under Min ...
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, implementation monitoring and supervision of projects/schemes related to ground water exp ...
By Ms. Kavita Prasad Kavita is a documentation consultant and an experienced environmental science writer.She is the Founder of KGenesis and Chemeric Biotech P. Ltd. She also serves on the advisory board of the India Water Foundation. She is bes ...
By Ananya Malik, Junior Researcher , India Water Foundation Turtles are reptiles that have been roaming the earth for over 150 million years. Turtles have played and still play an important role in our oceans by maintaining the ecosystem and kee ...
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. It was believed back then that planting trees were considered as noble acts and that defore ...
By Shweta Tyagi, Chief Functionary India Water Foundation Figure 1 Eco-sensitive zones, Source: Project TIGER Eco-Sensitive Zones or Ecologically Fragile Areas are areas within 10 kms around Protected Areas, National Parks and Wildlife Sanctuari ...
UN Newsभारत में संयुक्त राष्ट्र की रैज़िडेण्ट कोऑर्डिनेटर, रेनाटा डेज़ालिएन. UN NEWS (26 May 2021, Health): भारत में संयुक्त राष्ट्र की रैज़िडेण्ट कोऑर्डिनेटर, रेनाटा डेज़ालिएन ने कहा है कि देश में कोविड-19 संक्रमण की दूसरी लहर और वायरस के फैलाव ...
UN NEWS Humanity is “waging a war on nature”, threatening biodiversity loss, climate disruption and escalating pollution, the UN chief said on Friday. “We will all be losers if we don’t achieve peace with the planet”, Secretary-General Ant ...
Dr. Harsh Vardhan, Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare, Science & Technology and Earth Sciences, Government of India #UnitedNations75andBeyond #DrHarsh VardhanUnionMinisterforHealthandFamilyWelfareScienceandTechnologyandEarthScience ...
UN NEWS Countries are on track to miss the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) relating to environmental protection, two UN entities warn in new report issued on Saturday to coincide with the International Day for Biological Diversity. Despite ...
Dr. Arvind Kumar, President, India Water Foundation Dr. Arvind Kumar, President, India Water Foundation With the world still combating the most unprecedented global health crisis on score of sheer scale, India is reeling under the pressure of pr ...
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 745 000 deaths from stroke and ischemic heart disease in 2016, a 29 per cent increase since 2 ...
International Development and IWRM Expert Dr. Julie Ladel Dr. Julie LADEL has completed her PhD in Applied Hydrology from Paris University and is the director of EAUDYSSEY. She has been implementing strategic international water management progr ...
Principal Chief Conservator of Forests & Head of Forest Force | Odisha Dr. Sandeep Tripathi, IFS A Natural Resource Management Professional belonging to 1984 batch of IFS he has multi-disciplinary exposure in Geomatics & Information tech ...
Secretary General | International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage (ICID) Sh. Ashwin B. Pandya Shri A.B. Pandya, in his long distinguished service encompassing all aspects of water resources sector, has provided mentorship and led the large ...
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 Secretary-General, António Guterres at the opening of the two-day Leaders Summit on Climate hoste ...
Executive Director | United Nations Global Compact Network India Ms. Shabnam Siddiqui Ms. Shabnam Siddiqui is Officiating Executive Director at the United Nations Global Compact Network India. An academic practitioner with twenty-four years of e ...
Director and Advisory Board Secretary | Climate Technology Centre & Network Dr. Rose Mwebaza (PhD) Dr. Rose Mwebaza (PhD) is the Director of CTCN and brings 20 years’ experience providing policy advice on a wide range of climate change, envi ...
Dr. Shalini Dhyani1,2 Increased frequencies of extreme climate events are alarming for the entire South Asia region that is sensitive to ongoing climate changes. South Asia region is world's most densely populated area and home to more than 500 ...
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 a large scale to combat climate change, and asserted that India was doing its part to deal ...
Director General | International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) Dr. Pema Gyamtsho Dr. Pema Gyamtsho is the Director General of the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) an intergovernmental knowle ...
Dr. Arvind Kumar, President, India Water Foundation Don’t you feel in addition to socio-economic determinants of human health, the impact of environmental, climate, ecosystem change and degradation on health should be increasingly recognized? Cl ...
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. Tripathi is UN Assistant Secretary-General, Head of New York Office at UNEP and Secretary of ...
Secretary | DST |Ministry of Science & Technology, Government of India Prof. Ashutosh Sharma Mr. Ashutosh Sharma is Secretary to the Government of India since January 2015, heading the Department of Science and Technology (DST), where he hel ...
Head | UN Environment Country Office, India Mr. Atul Bagai Mr. Atul Bagai joined UN Environment’s Ozone Action programme under the Montreal Protocol as the Regional Officer for South Asia in 2000 and served as Senior Regional Coordinator to buil ...
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 of the landmark Paris Agreement on Climate Change, the President of the crucial upcoming U ...
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 former Development Officer in the Ministry of Chemicals &Fertilizers, Government of India ...
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-West Asia Office, of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacif ...
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 published on Wednesday by the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). E ...
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, Ministry of Women and Child Development. He has over 30 years of experience as an Indian A ...
President | World Water Council Mr. Loïc Fauchon is President of the World Water Councilsince 2018 after having previously served two mandates from 2005 to 2012. After graduatinginpolitical sciences in 1970, he worked as a civil servant for Fren ...
Executive Secretary | Convention on Biological Diversity Ms. Elizabeth MarumaMrema, is the Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity. Ms. Mrema has worked with the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) for over two decades and was ...
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 Mishra, Director General, National Mission for Clean Ganga, Ministry of Jal Shakti, Govern ...
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 to urbanization, agriculture expansion and pollution. The loss of wetlands in urban areas h ...
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 ideals of his late father in national and state politics. A leader with vision and farsight ...
Nairobi, 23 February 2021 –Ministers of environment and other leaders from more than 150 nations today concluded a two-day online meeting of the Fifth United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA-5) in which the Assembly warned that ...
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 estimated to be 935 MGD. Hindustan Times: By Soumya Pillai UPDATED ON FEB 26, 2021 05:38 AM I ...
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 increasingly difficult to earn a living, goat-rearing is being seen as a possible route to a be ...
By Shweta Tyagi, Chief Functionary, India Water Foundation Footage shows the flood in Chamoli, Uttarakhand, on Saturday.Reuters In a tragic turn of events in Uttarakhand's Chamoli district, the Nandadevi glacier broke earlier today, washing away ...
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 (BSPCB) has decided to sign an MoU with the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) to ...
National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG), Ministry of Jal Shakti and India Water Foundation (IWF), celebrated World Wetland Day 2021, to raise awareness about conservation and rejuvenation of Wetlands. Shri Rattan Lal Kataria, MoS Jal Shakti Mini ...
Analysis by Shweta Tyagi, Chief Functionary, India Water Foundation and Amritha J, Intern, India Water Foundation INTRODUCTION The COVID 19 virus has caused an unprecedented impact on most of the countries in the world and has spread to 4 millio ...
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 Global Risks Report has now been published, alongside a call for the world to ‘wake up to l ...
Though countries have made progress in planning for climate change adaptation, there are significant financing shortfalls in getting them to the stage where they provide real protection against droughts, floods and rising sea levels, a new UN en ...
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 reduce or stop water production at its plants at least five times last year.(AFP PHOTO.) The ...
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 system efficiency while minimizing costs and trades offs. We do not yet fully recognize an ...
WASHINGTON DC, December 15, 2020 — The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors today approved a $400 million projectto support India’s efforts at providing social assistance to the poor and vulnerable households, severely impacted by the COVID ...
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 the last one week. Himachal Pradesh became the fifth state in India to have confirmed bird ...
https://www.cifor.org/knowledge/publication/7819/ The global food system is causing large‐scale environmental degradation and is a major contributor to climate change. Its low diversity and failure to produce enough fruits and vegetables is cont ...
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 Earth Sciences, Science & Technology, andHealth & Family WelfareDr.Harsh Vardhan in ...
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 UN Environment Programme (UNEP) and the International Water Management Institute (IWMI) off ...
Nehru Yuva Kendra Sangthan to undertake ‘Catch the Rain’ awareness campaign covering 623 districts across the nation from December 2020 to March 2021. PIB PIB: National Water Mission(NWM), Ministry of Jal Shakti in collaboration with Nehru Yuva ...
#SDGAction37039 Description of Acceleration Action Objectives: Promoting Water as a socio-economic connector in everyday lives, utilization of science and nature as a key indicator to disseminate awareness and temper and raise capacity building ...
DESCRIPTION OF GOOD PRACTICE Introduction The Integrated Basin Development and Livelihood Promotion (IBDLP) Programme was launched by the Government of Meghalaya as its flagship programme in 2012 to create a institutional ecosystem for ecologica ...
India figured in the bottom third for most development indicators, including quality of health and education and an adverse sex ratio, according to the report. Zia Haq Hindustan Times, New Delhi |Updated: Dec 17, 2020, 02:06 IST Bhutan and Namib ...
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 Bhopal, December 7 The historical fort cities of Gwalior and Orchha in Madhya Pradesh have b ...
About this contentKaren McVeigh@karenmcveigh1Mon 7 Dec 2020 09.12 GMT Companies accused of “zero progress” on reducing plastic waste, with Coca-Cola ranked No 1 for most littered products Coca-Cola bottle on a beach in Mull, Scotland. The compan ...
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 (above), which has the largest installed hydropower capacity in the world(Shutterstock) The ...
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 from learning vital skills needed to compete in the modern economy, a new UN report has re ...
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 entered the severe zone in the neighbouring cities of Ghaziabad and Greater Noida. Photo Credit ...
UNEP (2020-06-24) India Water Foundation of Potential response options pursuant to subparagraph 10 (d) of UNEA resolution 3/7 MEETING REPORT/PROCEEDINGS URI: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11822/32837 India Water Foundation of Potential ...
Summary of Takeaways to be incorporated within the framework of climate change https://unfccc.int/documents/254231 The need for vigorous incorporation of interactions and joint implementation of the Paris Agreement and Agenda 2030 calls to disru ...
Striking lack of progress on environmental SDGs in Asia-Pacific, reveals new UN report There is overwhelming evidence that the Asia-Pacific region needs to accelerate action on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and substantiallyreverse cu ...
By Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana, United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Executive Secretary of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) Risingeconomicprosperity and poverty reduction may not tell the whole story of p ...