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 Administration. The abnormal heat is attributed to climate ch...
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 acute food insecurity, over two thirds — 174 million — are the...
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 severe risks on populations and the environment across the glo...
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 sustain lives around them. In either case, Indians have a profoun...
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 environment needs to be re-evaluated and better protected. Developm...
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 the opening of UNEA-6, President Leila Benali from M...
