Dr. Arvind Kumar* This is the age of information revolution and internet has made the world come to us on a platter, with it comes challenges like ide...
Dr. Arvind Kumar* Whether it's the effects of climate change or deforestation, our planet is facing some of the biggest challenges generations has eve...
Dr. Arvind Kumar* The triple planetary crisis of climate change, nature and biodiversity loss and pollution and waste is upon us and bearing down hard...
Dr. Arvind Kumar* Climate scientists predicted that April 2024 will likely be the hottest April ever recorded globally. This would make it the 9th con...
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 pe...
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 im...
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...
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...
26TH February - 1st March, 2024, Nairobi, Kenya By Shweta Tyagi* OPENING: The sixth session of the UN Environment Assembly (UNEA-6) began on Monday, F...
Dr. Arvind Kumar, Editor, Focus Global Reporter conducted an interview with Mr. Kapil NARULA, Ph.D., Senior Analyst Breakthrough Agenda, Climate Champ...
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...
Dr Eric Tardieu* Dr Eric Tardieu As water resource management at the basin level is increasingly recognized as an essential component in effectively a...
Dr. Arvind Kumar, Editor, Focus Global Reporter conducted an interview with Mr. Takayuki Hagiwara, FAO Representative in India, Food and Agriculture O...
Dr. Arvind Kumar, Editor, Focus Global Reporter conducted an interview with Dr. Pema Gyamtsho, Director General of ICIMOD. Excerpts from the Interview...
Dr. Arvind Kumar* Agriculture contributes 16% of the overall GDP and accounts for employment of approximately 52% of the Indian population. Rapid grow...
6-9th February 2024, Goa Ms. Shweta Tyagi* India is not only embracing but also leading changes with its vast resources, booming economy, and progress...
Ms. Shweta Tyagi, Associate Editor, Focus Global Reporter conducted an interview with Dr. Sandeep Tripathi, IEM, Central Vigilance Commission, Govt. o...
Dr. Arvind Kumar* The United Nations Environment Assembly is the world’s highest-level decision-making body for matters related to the environment. It...
Mr. Jaideep N. Malaviya a professional in solar energy since 1996 is Founder-Secretary General of Solar Thermal Federation of India and also Managing...
Dr. Arvind Kumar* Our planet is heading for a scorching three-degree increase in global temperatures. Droughts, storms, fires and floods are pummeling...
Dr. Arvind Kumar* In 2023 most of the planet including the oceans experienced above-average or record-breaking heat, with more intense rainfall and ca...
Dr. Arvind Kumar* Economic corridors are infrastructure projects designed to enhance connectivity and facilitate economic development between differen...
Dr. Arvind Kumar* Agriculture represents a crucial sector that underpins our population growth and well-being. It has been providing nourishment for g...
30th November-12th December 2023, Dubai Ms. Shweta Tyagi* “The UN warns of an alarming path toward catastrophic global heating, the world witnesses th...
Dr. Arvind Kumar* The 28th edition of the Conference of the Parties (COP 28) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) unf...
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 h...
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...
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...
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 a...
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...
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...
By FGR Bureau Message of UN Secretary-General António Guterres Violence against women is a horrific violation of human rights, a public health crisis...
Dr. Arvind Kumar* Summer 2023’s record-setting temperatures aren’t just a set of numbers – they result in dire real-world consequences. From swelterin...
Dr. Arvind Kumar* Our planet is buckling under the weight of intertwined environmental crises: conflict, climate change, biodiversity loss and polluti...
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...
By Dr. Arvind Kumar* Air pollution, stemming from the introduction of noxious agents such as gases, particles, and biological compounds, can inflict s...
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 increas...
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 c...
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 o...
Dr. Arvind Kumar* The world is facing increasingly complex climate-related challenges that are reducing our resilience to climate shocks and increasin...
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 th...
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 fundamenta...
Dr. Arvind Kumar* Under the theme of ‘Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam’ the G20 leaders met at a defining moment in history where the decisions made will determi...
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 o...
Dr. Arvind Kumar* India’s G20 presidency has been regarded by experts across the world as an exceptional and unprecedented opportunity with immense sc...
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 y...
Dr. Arvind Kumar* Scorching heat gripped parts of Europe, Asia, and North America, bringing with it record-breaking temperatures, driving wildfires, a...
Dr. Arvind Kumar* There has been increased attention put on the financial resources needed to help developing countries mitigate and adapt to climate...
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 Secretar...
Dr. Arvind Kumar* Since systematic scientific assessments began in the 1970s, the influence of human activity on the warming of the climate system has...
Dr. Arvind Kumar* Artificial Intelligence is rapidly shaping the future of humanity across nearly every industry. It is already the main driver of eme...
Dr. Arvind Kumar* The world is crying out for high-level political action. Actions to make the Sustainable Development Goals a reality for everyone, e...
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....
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...
Dr. Arvind Kumar* India is a diverse country with a large population that faces various challenges related to poverty, healthcare, education, infrastr...
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,...
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 o...
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...
Dr. Arvind Kumar* The triple planetary crisis of climate change, nature and biodiversity loss and pollution and waste is upon us and bearing down hard...
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...
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...
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...
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 rang...
Dr. Arvind Kumar* The overall human impact due to overpopulation on the environment is causing overconsumption, excessive pollution, and proliferation...
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...
Dr. Arvind Kumar From the vehicle you ride to the television you watch; plastics are everywhere around us… quite literally! Most plastic items never f...
Dr. Arvind Kumar* The discussions all throughout the year from South Asia Forum on sustainable development to the Asia Pacific Forum for sustainable d...
Report: Travelogue Dr. Arvind Kumar* The ten day sojourn from Delhi- New York- Incheon- Bangkok-Delhi was almost 40 hours of intermittent flying. Land...
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...
Dr. Arvind Kumar* Civil20 not only represents the voice of civil society in the G20 countries, but also globally, including in the southern hemisphere...
Dr. Arvind Kumar* While the world was grappling with the adverse socio-economic impacts caused by the triple planetary crisis of pollution, climate ch...
Dr. Arvind Kumar* The cooperation and alignment are necessary, need to be scaled up, and require commitment and strong leadership. By promoting cooper...
ANALYSIS:G20 Dr. Arvind Kumar* The Migration and Mobility Partnership Agreement, which was inked in December 2022, will strengthen this cooperation ev...
Dr. Arvind Kumar* The world is currently experiencing the disastrous effects of climate change, including storms, floods, heat waves, wildfires, cyclo...
Shweta Tyagi* Hazards always come as a surprise but are also inevitable. The tragic events in Syria and Turkey are virtually identical. They were caus...
Dr. Arvind Kumar* The world faces multiple challenges of war, energy, food shortages, viruses, and recession therefore a global response is needed. Th...
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...
Dr. Arvind Kumar* As inevitable climate hazards worsen, the rate of global warming is outpacing attempts to protect billions of people. Get ready for...
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 bac...
Dr. Arvind Kumar* Wetlands' vulnerability will undoubtedly rise as a result of climate change and its associated drivers and pressures. The conservati...
Dr. Arvind Kumar* From COVID-19 pandemic to violent conflicts, forced displacement and climate change, humanity is badly affected. We have to work tow...
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 th...
Dr. Arvind Kumar* With the announcements coming from the European Union, Kazakhstan, Namibia, Egypt, Oman, and Kenya, green hydrogen took a centre sta...
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 toward...
Dr. Arvind Kumar* Experts on disaster management suggest the adoption of integrated watershed management by advocating coordinated development plannin...
Dr. Arvind Kumar* Without a common international regulatory framework, we will not be able to address the global and increasing challenge of plastic p...
Dr. Arvind Kumar* Participants in the WG meetings also discussed potential global benefit-sharing systems for the use of digital sequence information...
Dr. Arvind Kumar* This accord may be our final opportunity to stop the degradation of nature. As businesses and governments destroy our forests and pr...
Dr. Arvind Kumar* Shouldn’t the negotiations held during the Conference of the Parties meetings present an opportunity to adapt existing agreements to...
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. I...
Dr Arvind Kumar* The G20 has no parallel among intergovernmental forums that comprises of major developed as well as developing economies, thus offeri...
ANALYSIS Dr. Arvind Kumar* Set against a difficult geopolitical backdrop, COP27 resulted in countries delivering a package of decisions that reaffirme...
Dr. Arvind Kumar* To reach the Net Zero destination, countries should plan large-scale interventions in 6 sectors i.e. energy and electricity, transpo...
Dr. Arvind Kumar* The renewed political and financial commitment towards forest climate action shown at COP27 is creating a new momentum for REDD+. We...
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 20...
Dr. Arvind Kumar* Governments are more focused on energy security in the short-term, relying on low-hanging but risky alternatives, such as looking fo...
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 i...
OPINION 1.3 billion people still live in multidimensional poverty with almost half of them children and youth. Statistics show that 1.77 million India...
Dr. Arvind Kumar* The world has witnessed climate change impacts in the form of rising temperatures, receding glaciers, drying rivers, reduction in we...
SPECIAL REPORT Dr. Arvind Kumar* Metaphorically, the UN may well be “First among Equals”,its successes are indeed young relative to the colossal chall...
*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 wor...
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 climat...
AGENDA Dr. Arvind Kumar* Assumption of the Indian presidency of the G20 and Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) in 2023 and that of the UN Securit...
Dr. Arvind Kumar* Water scarcity has particularly emerged as a highly critical and contentious issue within South Asia, one of the world’s most dynami...
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,...
REPORT Shweta Tyagi* “Almost half of the world’s human population relies heavily on groundwater for survival, and as that population continues to grow...
BLOG (COP 27) Dr. Arvind Kumar* Hence, it’s a Hobson’s choice to initiate a paradigm shift in agricultural development approaches and practices throug...
Shweta Tyagi* The first half of this decade will be apparently remembered for deadly climate related catastrophes, among them, the great fires in Euro...
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 mon...
Dr. Arvind Kumar* India’s assumption of the G20 presidency entails both challenges and opportunitiesand the present leadership of India is capable of...
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 a...
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 loca...
By Shweta Tyagi* The recently concluded G7 meet in Germany evince why the West may be adapting to accommodate the global South, particularly India. Th...
Dr. Arvind Kumar* Plastic particles have not just pervaded throughout the environment, but are pervading our bodies too. A recent Dutch study examined...
Dr. Arvind Kumar* Accelerating extreme events largely due to destabilised climate systems are something India will have to deal with head on - even if...
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 sing...
A report on UNCCDCOP-15 Shweta Tyagi* 15th Session of the Conference of the Parties of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD)...
Dr. Arvind Kumar* In a world increasingly impacted by geostrategic shifts, ideological rivalry and fractured power has the pragmatic foreign policy of...
The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi addressed the inaugural session of the fourth edition of the International Conference on Disaster Resilient Inf...
Dr. Arvind Kumar* Water is fundamental to all biotic life, including human life, on Earth, despite it being a finite and irreplaceable resource, and i...
Dr. Arvind Kumar* Rural development is often construed in terms of a procedure of facilitating improvement in the quality of life and economic well-be...
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 Na...
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 worseni...
Dr. Arvind Kumar* The close linguistic, marital, religious and cultural ties at people-to-people level between India and Nepal have remain there since...
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 s...
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...
Dr. Arvind Kumar* Recently-held 5th BIMSTEC Summit (29-30 March), apart from adopting a charter has also concurred on enhancing mutual cooperation in...
Dr. Arvind Kumar* Wildfires are wreaking havoc on the environment, wildlife, human health, and infrastructure from Australia to Canada, the United Sta...
Dr. Arvind Kumar* The current and rapidly evolving geopolitical global situation, especially in the aftermath of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, has...
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 re...
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 u...
The Webinar will discuss the initiatives of the Government of India in the energy and resources sector including the Budget 2022 announcements and to...
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...
Dr. Arvind Kumar* Trans-boundary Cooperation It is worth mentioning here that the Indus Water Treaty, signed between India and Pakistan in 1960, alloc...
Dr. Arvind Kumar* The ongoing Ukrainian crisis does not augur well for global peace and security because its geopolitical and geo-economic implication...
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...
Dr. Arvind Kumar* With Ukraine and Taiwan hogging limelight as the most dangerous hotspots entailing the potential of triggering the Third World War b...
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...
DISCUSSION Dr Arvind Kumar* Utterances in the global forums like COP26 or Davos 2022 call for innovative and pragmatically feasible ideas, some of whi...
OPINION Dr. Arvind Kumar* [This is a necessitated reform for a Democracy like India where the need for stable government would definitely bring Develo...
Dr. Arvind Kumar* People of Afghanistan are reeling under woeful plight in socio-economic, political, and security terms since the hasty withdrawal of...
Dr. Arvind Kumar* Women constitute half of total global population and they entail the potential of playing pivotal role in furthering growth and 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. Ind...
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...
Dr. Arvind Kumar* (Image Courtesy: Freepik) The fashion value chain is of global importance, with millions of jobs attached to it, generating foreign...
Dr. Arvind Kumar* Prime Minister Modi’s clarion call to the farming community to adopt natural farming is very timely. Asserting that maximum benefits...
*Dr. Arvind Kumar Image 1-Courtesy: India Water Foundation The rugged landscapes and dramatic scenery, striking landmarks and freezing weather are wha...
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-cu...
Dr. Arvind Kumar* Higher expectations and lofty aspirations are always at place prior to the convening of a global conference like the Conference Of P...
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...
Dr. Arvind Kumar* Group of Twenty or G20 is an intergovernmental forum comprising 19 countries and the European Union that aims at improving internati...
Latest UNEP Emissions Gap Report finds new and updated Nationally Determined Contributions only take 7.5% off predicted 2030 emissions, while 55% is n...
Dr. Arvind Kumar, Editor, Focus Global Reporter Geopolitics in the Indo-Pacific region in general and South Asia in particular has undergone tremendou...
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...
By Dr. Arvind Kumar, President, India Water Foundation Image Courtesy: marca.com Glasgow (UK) is going to be the focal point of attention and attracti...
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...
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...
By India Water Foundation This report presents the global status on transboundary cooperation and acceleration needed to achieve target 6.5 by 2030, b...
Dr. Arvind Kumar, President, India Water Foundation Dr. Arvind Kumar The IUCN World Conservation Congress, the world’s largest and most inclusive envi...
The water community plays a central role in nature conservation efforts. On the occasion of the World Conservation Congress, which brings together wor...
By Dr Arvind Kumar, President, India Water Foundation Picturesque and enchanting, Kashmir is cradled high in the lofty green Himalayas and hailed all...
*Dr. K. Balachandra Kurup[1] *Dr. Balan is a Governance and institutional development expert with more than four decades of working experience in Poli...
Dr. Arvind Kumar, President, India Water Foundation The G20 recently held Ministerial Meetings at the end of July, 2021. Italy currently holds the Pre...
The Indian states with the highest fertility rates also have the lowest socioeconomic indicators. As India’s population crossed 1390 million populatio...
*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...
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...
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 B...
IUCN NEWS: IUCN, the official advisor on nature to the UNESCO World Heritage Committee, recommends adding four natural sites to the List of World Heri...
by Dr. Arvind Kumar, President, India Water Foundation Picture credit: Wikipedia India’s geographical setting render it a key player in the South-East...
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 G...
Sh. Narendra Modi PIB: On the occasion of seventh International yoga day, The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra talked of Yoga’s role during the pandemi...
Shri Narendra Modi The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi delivered a keynote address at the UN “High-Level Dialogue on Desertification, Land Degradat...
Land degradation from climate change and the expansion of agriculture, cities and infrastructure “undermines the well-being of 3.2 billion people”, th...
PIB: The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs chaired by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, has approved the proposal of Ministry of Earth Sciences (...
By Dr. Arvind Kumar, President, India Water Foundation Dr. Arvind Kumar While we can successfully restore biodiversity, structure, and function to a d...
by Shweta Tyagi, Chief Functionary, India Water Foundation Ms. Shweta Tyagi Biodiversity (biological diversity), is the abundance of living things tha...
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) The 2021 World Water Development Report on “Valuing Water” assesses the curr...
United Nations Environmental Programme This report provides the bedrock for hope. By bringing together the latest scientific evidence showing the impa...
United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) As water is the most disruptive element in the ongoing climate crisis, how land is managed...
United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) The establishment of a global target on LDN within the SDG framework is also expected. Thi...
Food and Agriculture organisation (FAO) This report constitutes a further step towards bridging persistent knowledge gaps and fostering a better under...
United Nations Environmental Programme Sanitation, Wastewater Management and Sustainability: From Waste Disposal to Resource Recovery offers a new con...
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) The Global Methane Assessment is working to better characterize the benefits of methane reductions with st...
By Ms. Kavita Prasad Kavita is a documentation consultant and an experienced environmental science writer.She is the Founder of KGenesis and Chemeric...
By Ananya Malik, Junior Researcher , India Water Foundation Turtles are reptiles that have been roaming the earth for over 150 million years. Turtles...
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 fores...
By Shweta Tyagi, Chief Functionary India Water Foundation Figure 1 Eco-sensitive zones, Source: Project TIGER Eco-Sensitive Zones or Ecologically Frag...
UN Newsभारत में संयुक्त राष्ट्र की रैज़िडेण्ट कोऑर्डिनेटर, रेनाटा डेज़ालिएन. UN NEWS (26 May 2021, Health): भारत में संयुक्त राष्ट्र की रैज़िडेण्ट कोऑ...
UN NEWS Humanity is “waging a war on nature”, threatening biodiversity loss, climate disruption and escalating pollution, the UN chief said on Friday....
UN NEWS Countries are on track to miss the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) relating to environmental protection, two UN entities warn in new repo...
Dr. Arvind Kumar, President, India Water Foundation Dr. Arvind Kumar, President, India Water Foundation With the world still combating the most unprec...
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 t...
International Development and IWRM Expert Dr. Julie Ladel Dr. Julie LADEL has completed her PhD in Applied Hydrology from Paris University and is the...
Secretary General | International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage (ICID) Sh. Ashwin B. Pandya Shri A.B. Pandya, in his long distinguished servic...
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 Se...
Executive Director | United Nations Global Compact Network India Ms. Shabnam Siddiqui Ms. Shabnam Siddiqui is Officiating Executive Director at the Un...
Dr. Shalini Dhyani1,2 Increased frequencies of extreme climate events are alarming for the entire South Asia region that is sensitive to ongoing clima...
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...
Director General | International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) Dr. Pema Gyamtsho Dr. Pema Gyamtsho is the Director General of th...
Dr. Arvind Kumar, President, India Water Foundation Don’t you feel in addition to socio-economic determinants of human health, the impact of environme...
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...
Head | UN Environment Country Office, India Mr. Atul Bagai Mr. Atul Bagai joined UN Environment’s Ozone Action programme under the Montreal Protocol a...
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 g...
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...
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 ...
Secretary |Ministry of Women and Child Development | Government of India Mr. R. M. Mishra, IAS Mr. Ram Mohan Mishra, Secretary to the Government of In...
President | World Water Council Mr. Loïc Fauchon is President of the World Water Councilsince 2018 after having previously served two mandates from 20...
Executive Secretary | Convention on Biological Diversity Ms. Elizabeth MarumaMrema, is the Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversi...
Director General |NMCG | Ministry of Jal Shakti | Government of India Mr. Rajiv Ranjan Mishra, IAS, DG, NMCG, Ministry of Jal Shakti, GOI Mr. Rajiv Ra...
Dr. Arvind Kumar, President, India Water Foundation Dr. Arvind Kumar In the last three decades alone, nearly one-third of natural wetlands have been l...
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 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...
By Shweta Tyagi, Chief Functionary, India Water Foundation Footage shows the flood in Chamoli, Uttarakhand, on Saturday.Reuters In a tragic turn of ev...
Post Source/Credit: ETV Bharat, Published on: Feb 2021, 10:59 PM IST Having taken notes from the Uttarakhand disaster, Bihar State Pollution Control B...
National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG), Ministry of Jal Shakti and India Water Foundation (IWF), celebrated World Wetland Day 2021, to raise awarenes...
Analysis by Shweta Tyagi, Chief Functionary, India Water Foundation and Amritha J, Intern, India Water Foundation INTRODUCTION The COVID 19 virus has...
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 2...
Though countries have made progress in planning for climate change adaptation, there are significant financing shortfalls in getting them to the stage...
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)...
Dr. Arvind Kumar, President, India Water Foundation “The goal is to find the most appropriate blend of green and blue investments to maximize benefits...
WASHINGTON DC, December 15, 2020 — The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors today approved a $400 million projectto support India’s efforts at pr...
While lakhs of poultry were reported dead from Haryana, migratory birds died in Himachal Pradesh. In Madhya Pradesh, hundreds of crows were found dead...
https://www.cifor.org/knowledge/publication/7819/ The global food system is causing large‐scale environmental degradation and is a major contributor t...
Digital Ocean is a big step towards Digital India, will help expand ‘Blue Economy’ and promote Atmanirbhar Bharat: Dr Harsh Vardhan PIB: The Minister...
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...
Nehru Yuva Kendra Sangthan to undertake ‘Catch the Rain’ awareness campaign covering 623 districts across the nation from December 2020 to March 2021....
DESCRIPTION OF GOOD PRACTICE Introduction The Integrated Basin Development and Livelihood Promotion (IBDLP) Programme was launched by the Government o...
India figured in the bottom third for most development indicators, including quality of health and education and an adverse sex ratio, according to th...
The Gwalior Fort occupies a sandstone plateau overlooking the city and is accessed via a winding road lined with sacred Jain statues. Source The Tribu...
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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 D...
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...
Summary of Takeaways to be incorporated within the framework of climate change https://unfccc.int/documents/254231 The need for vigorous incorporation...
Striking lack of progress on environmental SDGs in Asia-Pacific, reveals new UN report There is overwhelming evidence that the Asia-Pacific region nee...
By Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana, United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Executive Secretary of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the P...
Dr. Arvind Kumar* This is the age of information revolution and internet has made the world come to us on a platter, with it comes challenges like idea theft or plagiaris...
Dr. S. K. Sharma*, Vimal Belani*, Lalit Gupta* ABSTRACT: The article outlines practices & policies for developing and managing RWH & Managed Aquifer Recharg...
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...
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...
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 tem...
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 conflic...
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 civiliz...
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 f...
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 e...
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, 20...
Dr. Arvind Kumar, Editor, Focus Global Reporter conducted an interview with Mr. Kapil NARULA, Ph.D., Senior Analyst Breakthrough Agenda, Climate Champions Team, Dubai, UA...
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...
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 ch...
Dr. Arvind Kumar, Editor, Focus Global Reporter conducted an interview with Mr. Takayuki Hagiwara, FAO Representative in India, Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). E...
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. 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...
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...
Ms. Shweta Tyagi, Associate Editor, Focus Global Reporter conducted an interview with Dr. Sandeep Tripathi, IEM, Central Vigilance Commission, Govt. of India, Rtd. Princi...
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...
Shri B. P. PATI* & Shri SUNIL BHAWARIA** Coal/Lignite PSUs have spearheaded commendable efforts in leveraging mine water to alleviate water scarcity, aligning with th...
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...
Dr. Arvind Kumar* In an era of planetary crises and increasing environmental challenges, finding innovative and sustainable solutions to safeguard the health of our...
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 commu...
By FGR Bureau MoEF&CC has submitted three nominations from India for Wetland City Accreditation (WCA) of Indore (Madhya Pradesh), Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh) & Udaipu...
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...
Dr. Arvind Kumar* Economic corridors are infrastructure projects designed to enhance connectivity and facilitate economic development between different regions or countri...
Dr. Arvind Kumar* Agriculture represents a crucial sector that underpins our population growth and well-being. It has been providing nourishment for generations. Accordin...
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 la...
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...
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...
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 dea...
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...
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 Declaratio...
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 d...
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 a...
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 t...
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...
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 US...
Dr. Arvind Kumar* Our planet is buckling under the weight of intertwined environmental crises: conflict, climate change, biodiversity loss and pollution. These unfolding...
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 par...
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 he...
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...
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 p...
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 intergove...
Dr. Arvind Kumar* The world is facing increasingly complex climate-related challenges that are reducing our resilience to climate shocks and increasing our vulnerability...
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...
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 f...
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...
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 peo...
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 b...
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. W...
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 conventiona...
Dr. Arvind Kumar* Scorching heat gripped parts of Europe, Asia, and North America, bringing with it record-breaking temperatures, driving wildfires, and prompting health...
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 fina...
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 Gu...
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...
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 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 Anto...
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, riv...
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 r...
Dr. Arvind Kumar* India is a diverse country with a large population that faces various challenges related to poverty, healthcare, education, infrastructure, and employme...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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. I...
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 techno...
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. Rece...
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...
Dr. Arvind Kumar* The overall human impact due to overpopulation on the environment is causing overconsumption, excessive pollution, and proliferation of technology has p...
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 c...
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...
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 final...
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 c...
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...
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’...
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 biodiversit...
Dr. Arvind Kumar* The cooperation and alignment are necessary, need to be scaled up, and require commitment and strong leadership. By promoting cooperation, coordination,...
ANALYSIS:G20 Dr. Arvind Kumar* The Migration and Mobility Partnership Agreement, which was inked in December 2022, will strengthen this cooperation even more. Both nation...
Dr. Arvind Kumar* The world is currently experiencing the disastrous effects of climate change, including storms, floods, heat waves, wildfires, cyclones, and sea level r...
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...
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 a...
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,...
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 em...
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,...
Dr. Arvind Kumar* Wetlands’ vulnerability will undoubtedly rise as a result of climate change and its associated drivers and pressures. The conservation approach in...
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 disas...
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...
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 ye...
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 leader...
Dr. Arvind Kumar* Experts on disaster management suggest the adoption of integrated watershed management by advocating coordinated development planning at a watershed sca...
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 a...
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 res...
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...
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 topi...
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 alteri...
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...
ANALYSIS Dr. Arvind Kumar* Set against a difficult geopolitical backdrop, COP27 resulted in countries delivering a package of decisions that reaffirmed their commitment t...
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, in...
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 tha...
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 em...
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 cl...
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 foss...
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...
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. Fur...
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...
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 gove...
*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...
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 Climat...
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 Decembe...
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 t...
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 participatio...
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 w...
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 collabora...
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...
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 7...
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 challeng...
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...
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 ambitiou...
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 inte...
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...
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...
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...
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 L...
*Deepak Lakahnpal & Dr. S.K. Sharma Abstract A multi-stage process is recommendable towards determining economic feasibility of potential MAR projects. Various steps...
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 Ind...
The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi addressed the inaugural session of the fourth edition of the International Conference on Disaster Resilient Infrastructure via vide...
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...
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 in...
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. T...
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 o...
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. E...
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 greenh...
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 cl...
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 e...
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...
Dr. Arvind Kumar* The current and rapidly evolving geopolitical global situation, especially in the aftermath of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, has seemingly been instr...
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,...
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 min...
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 proba...
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 sug...
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 dang...
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...
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 potenti...
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 allocation...
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...
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...
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 po...
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....
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 Force...
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...
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 I...
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 susta...
Dr. Arvind Kumar* The fashion value chain is of global importance, with millions of jobs attached to it, generating foreign exchange revenue in many developing countries...
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 farmin...
*Dr. Arvind Kumar The rugged landscapes and dramatic scenery, striking landmarks and freezing weather are what gives Scotland its particular charm. Staying at Edinburgh a...
Editor’s Desk* A pall of uncertainty that had descended on the inaugural day of the commencement of COP26 in the absence of clear-cut announcements, especially fro...
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 burnin...
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,...
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...
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....
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 A...
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...
By Dr. Arvind Kumar, President, India Water Foundation Glasgow (UK) is going to be the focal point of attention and attraction where an upcoming gathering comprising abou...
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 virtu...
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 Aus...
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 d...
Dr. Arvind Kumar, President, India Water Foundation The IUCN World Conservation Congress, the world’s largest and most inclusive environmental decision-making forum concl...
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 Worl...
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 i...
*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, Soci...
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....
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 an...
*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 refusin...
Joint Statement to the 14th session/ Regional meetings of the Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples13 July, 2021 (Asia)By Gam A. ShimrayOn behalf of Asia I...
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 Servi...
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...
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 Hi...
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...
by Dr. Arvind Kumar, President, India Water Foundation India’s geographical setting render it a key player in the South-East Asian region in water sharing, with neighbour...
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...
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 st...
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 confer...
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 W...
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...
By Dr. Arvind Kumar, President, India Water Foundation While we can successfully restore biodiversity, structure, and function to a degraded ecosystem, ecological restora...
Proud moment for #IndiaWaterFoundation to be showcased as one of the four best civil societies in the world for their #climateactionstory that inspire...
by Shweta Tyagi, Chief Functionary, India Water Foundation Biodiversity (biological diversity), is the abundance of living things that make up life on Earth (UNEP, 2020)....
By Prof Ajit Tyagi, Honorary Patron & Chairman of the Committee on Climate Change, India Water Foundation Prof. Ajit Tyagi is Honorary Patron and Chairman Climate Cha...
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) The 2021 World Water Development Report on “Valuing Water” assesses the current status of, and c...
United Nations Environmental Programme This report provides the bedrock for hope. By bringing together the latest scientific evidence showing the impacts and threats of t...
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...
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...
Food and Agriculture organisation (FAO) This report constitutes a further step towards bridging persistent knowledge gaps and fostering a better understanding of how agri...
United Nations Environmental Programme Sanitation, Wastewater Management and Sustainability: From Waste Disposal to Resource Recovery offers a new conceptual framework fo...
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) The Global Methane Assessment is working to better characterize the benefits of methane reductions with state-of-the-art model...
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...
By Mr. M Mehta, Former Commissioner, Ministry of Water Resources Govt. of India, New Delhi More than 46 years of experience in planning, implementation monitoring a...
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...
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 stil...
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...
By Shweta Tyagi, Chief Functionary India Water Foundation Eco-Sensitive Zones or Ecologically Fragile Areas are areas within 10 kms around Protected Areas, National Parks...
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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. “We will all be lo...
Dr. Harsh Vardhan, Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare, Science & Technology and Earth Sciences, Government of India #UnitedNations75andBeyond #DrHarsh Vardh...
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 Saturda...
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 u...
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 fro...
International Development and IWRM Expert Dr. Julie LADEL has completed her PhD in Applied Hydrology from Paris University and is the director of EAUDYSSEY. She has been...
Principal Chief Conservator of Forests & Head of Forest Force | Odisha A Natural Resource Management Professional belonging to 1984 batch of IFS he has multi-discipli...
Secretary General | International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage (ICID) Shri A.B. Pandya, in his long distinguished service encompassing all aspects of water resou...
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, Ant...
Executive Director | United Nations Global Compact Network India Ms. Shabnam Siddiqui is Officiating Executive Director at the United Nations Global Compact Network India...
Director and Advisory Board Secretary | Climate Technology Centre & Network Dr. Rose Mwebaza (PhD) is the Director of CTCN and brings 20 years’ experience providing p...
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...
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 t...
Director General | International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) Dr. Pema Gyamtsho is the Director General of the International Centre for Integrated...
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 incr...
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Secretary | DST |Ministry of Science & Technology, Government of India Mr. Ashutosh Sharma is Secretary to the Government of India since January 2015, heading the Dep...
Head | UN Environment Country Office, India Mr. Atul Bagai joined UN Environment’s Ozone Action programme under the Montreal Protocol as the Regional Officer for South As...
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Chief of Development Operations | JICA India Office | New Delhi| Mr. M P Singh, Chief of Development Operations, JICA India Office was former Development Officer in the M...
Director & Head | South and South-West Asia Office | United Nations ESCAP Dr. Nagesh Kumar is Director and Head of South and South-West Asia Office, of the United Nat...
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Secretary |Ministry of Women and Child Development | Government of India Mr. Ram Mohan Mishra, Secretary to the Government of India, Ministry of Women and Child Developme...
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 gr...
Executive Secretary | Convention on Biological Diversity Ms. Elizabeth MarumaMrema, is the Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity. Ms. Mrema has wo...
Director General |NMCG | Ministry of Jal Shakti | Government of India Mr. Rajiv Ranjan Mishra, Director General, National Mission for Clean Ganga, Ministry of Jal Shakti,...
Dr. Arvind Kumar, President, India Water Foundation In the last three decades alone, nearly one-third of natural wetlands have been lost to urbanization, agriculture expa...
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 la...
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By Shweta Tyagi, Chief Functionary, India Water Foundation In a tragic turn of events in Uttarakhand’s Chamoli district, the Nandadevi glacier broke earlier today,...
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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 system efficien...
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 assis...
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 wee...
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 frui...
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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: National Water...
#SDGAction37039 Description of Acceleration Action Objectives: Promoting Water as a socio-economic connector in everyday lives, utilization of science and nature as a key...
DESCRIPTION OF GOOD PRACTICE Introduction The Integrated Basin Development and Livelihood Promotion (IBDLP) Programme was launched by the Government of Meghalaya as its f...
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 Hi...
Bhopal, December 7 The historical fort cities of Gwalior and Orchha in Madhya Pradesh have been included in the list of UNESCOs world heritage cities under its urban land...
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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/PROCEEDINGS URI: ht...
Summary of Takeaways to be incorporated within the framework of climate change The need for vigorous incorporation of interactions and joint implementation of the Paris A...
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 act...
By Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana, United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Executive Secretary of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) Risin...
