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UN hails India for championing phase-out of single-use plasticsBy : Sustainability ..., Mar 25, 2020
The United Nations has hailed India for "championing" the phase-out of single-use plastics and for its engagement in the Clean Seas Campaign among other programmes, including marine litter, air pollution, environment and health. In a letter to Environment Secretary C K Mishra... Read more.. |
Tropical Countries Like India To Be Worst-Hit By Water Stress: UNBy : Sustainability ..., Mar 24, 2020
Roughly one in every two individuals (52%) will be living in water-stressed regions by 2050 as climate change affects the water cycle and makes it harder to manage resources, said the World Water Development Report 2020 released by the United Nations (UN) on March 22, 2020,... Read more.. |
COP25 climate summit opens in Madrid; Paris pact, multilateralism in focusBy : Sustainability ..., Dec 4, 2019
The UN Climate Change Conference (COP25) opened here in the Spanish capital on Monday, where delegates are discussing measures to implement the 2015 Paris Agreement amid unclear prospects and challenges to multilateralism. The opening ceremony began with a warning from... Read more.. Subject Tags: carbon tax , COP , greenhouse gas emissions , Paris Climate Agreement , The United Nations |
India To Contribute $13.5 Million For UN Development Activities For 2020By : Sustainability ..., Nov 18, 2019
India has pledged to contribute USD 13.5 million for various operational activities of development across the UN agencies for the year 2020. Counsellor at India's Permanent Mission to the UN Anjani Kumar announced India's pledges at the UN General Assembly Pledging Conference... Read more.. |
Districts to be rated on meeting sustainable development goalsBy : Sustainability ..., Oct 18, 2019
Aiming at achieving and assessing progress made towards realising the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), Tamil Nadu has decided to rank its districts, blocks and backward blocks on a monthly basis. The 17 SDGs are as per the universal agreement adopted in... Read more.. Subject Tags: Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) , The United Nations |
UN chief Guterres says world 'not on track' with climate changeBy : Sustainability ..., May 13, 2019
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres launched a brief South Pacific tour in New Zealand Sunday, warning the world was "not on track" to limiting global temperature rises. In a strong message for action on climate change, Guterres said international political resolve was... Read more.. Subject Tags: carbon neutral , Climate Change , global warming , greenhouse gas , The United Nations |
Bengal tigers may not survive climate change, UN report findsBy : Sustainability ..., May 9, 2019
Climate change and rising sea levels eventually may wipe out one of the world's last and largest tiger strongholds, scientists warned in a new study. The cats are among 500,000 land species... Read more.. Subject Tags: Climate Change , environmental management , greenhouse gas emissions , sea level , The United Nations |
India pushing ahead on Sustainable Devolvement Goals: UN Envoy AkbaruddinBy : Sustainability ..., Jul 23, 2018
India is "pushing ahead" on its national efforts to meet Sustainable Devolvement Goals by undertaking one of the highest rates of renewable... Read more.. |