This paper presents a status report of the BRICS nations (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa) on two crucial development parameters—inequality and poverty—that have a significant bearing on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs; especially SDG-1 and SDG-10). The paper tracks the origins and movements of absolute and relative poverty, …
The potential impact of global temperature change on global crop yield has recently been assessed with different methods. Here we show that grid-based and point-based simulations and statistical regressions (from historic records), without deliberate adaptation or CO2 fertilization effects, produce similar estimates of temperature impact on wheat yields at global …
Authorities in the Arctic city of Norilsk have begun an investigation into a possible pipeline break after a river running through the city turned red. Residents of the nickel-producing city, located in the north east of the country, noticed that the Daldykan River had changed colour on Tuesday (6 September). …
As a multiyear drought grinds on in the Southwestern United States, many wonder about the impact of global climate change on more frequent and longer dry spells. As humans emit more carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, how will water supply for people, farms, and forests be affected? A new study …
Consumers want manufacturers to release fewer mobile phone models and do more to help them recycle, according to a new study by Greenpeace. A survey of approximately 6,000 people across the US, Mexico, Russia, Germany, China and South Korea has found they have an average of at least three phones …
The third and fourth units - of 1,000 megawatt each - will be commissioned by 2022-23, with total investment of Rs 40,000 crore Nuclear Power Corporation of India (NPCIL) hopes the second unit of the Kudankulam nuclear power plant in southern Tamil Nadu, with generation capacity of 1,000 megawatt (Mw), …
Authorities are now blaming climate change for the recent outbreak of Anthrax in the Far North of Russia, sickening 72 nomadic herders and killing over 2,300 reindeers. According to the report from The Guardian, the thawing of the permafrost due to the increasing temperature releases a certain strain of Anthrax …
Vladimir Angelov, Director of projects for ASE group of companies in India, part of Rosatom of Russia spoke on the safety aspects and progress of setting up Russian nuclear plants in an exclusive interview to The Hindu in response to written questions. Many people raise safety concerns after the incident …
New HIV infections in Russia are fuelling the global AIDS epidemic as the country struggles to come up with effective prevention strategies, Unaids has said. Though the fight against HIV has largely been successful as in recent years, with the number of annual new cases worldwide falling significantly, the UN …
Efforts to end the global AIDS pandemic by 2030 are lagging, the UN warned Tuesday, decrying rising numbers of new HIV infections among adults in many regions, with Russia especially hard-hit. In a new report, UNAIDS cautioned that while new HIV infections had fallen dramatically in the past two decades, …
ULAANBAATAR – Russia’s concern about water rights is holding up a $1 billion loan package Mongolia is seeking from China to build a hydroelectric dam that would help the landlocked central Asian nation ensure independent supplies of energy. The Kremlin said in June the project to build the Egiin Gol …
BRICS delegates agree to pursue joint research and technology transfer in the endeavour Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa (BRICS) have resolved to promote green energy and maximise energy efficiency by co-operating with one nother and adopting best practices and technology transfer. The resolution was made here on Tuesday …
The ongoing refugee crisis in Europe has seen many countries rush to construct border security fencing to divert or control the flow of people. This follows a trend of border fence construction across Eurasia during the post-9/11 era. This development has gone largely unnoticed by conservation biologists during an era …
Forest wildfires rampaging across Russia are being significantly under-reported by authorities, according to analysis of satellite data. Climate change is making wildfires much more likely in Russia, but regional officials have been reluctant to report the true extent of the problem, and campaigners are warning that the harm to forests, …
There is a huge potential for yield increase of agricultural crop residues and biomass from forestry in the European Union, Ukraine, Russia and Belarus. A stepwise approach was used to identify the realistic potential in these regions, starting with an estimate of the theoretical potential based on crop- and forest-type …
Graph from the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association shows 2016 shows this year significantly hotter than ever the last few hot years.Graphic courtesy of NOAA After 12 consecutive months that broke heat records, there's a 99% chance that 2016 will be the hottest of the last 136 years, according …
Russia set itself at odds with a drive by China and the United States for rapid ratification of a global agreement to slow climate change when a senior official said on Wednesday that Moscow first wanted a clear set of rules. Negotiating a detailed rule book for the 2015 Paris …
The economic crisis of 2008-10, and the rise in unemployment that accompanied it, was associated with more than 260,000 excess cancer-related deaths--including many considered treatable--within the Organization for Economic Development (OECD), according to a study from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Imperial College London, and Oxford University. The …
MOSCOW, April 29 (Xinhua) -- Russia has become the world's leader in the export of wheat, surpassing the United States and Canada, Russian Minister of Agriculture Alexander Tkachev said Thursday. "Russia supplies about 25 million tons of wheat on the external market by the end of the agricultural 2016 year. …
Russia launched a Soyuz-2.1a space rocket from the newly-built Vostochny Cosmodrome in the Far Eastern Amur region in the early hours of Thursday, TASS news agency reported. The rocket blasted off from the cosmodrome at 5:01 a.m. Moscow time (0201 GMT), one day after the first launch attempt was aborted …
More radical action is needed to decarbonize the world's energy supply and improve energy efficiency to keep the global temperature rise to below 2 degrees Celsius, the Energy Transitions Commission (ETC) said on Wednesday. The ETC is made up of global experts from energy companies, the investment sector, public and …
