Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item titled "Futala Lake’s charm fades amid neglect and poor maintenance appearing in ‘The Times of India’ dated 25.05.2025". The original application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled "Futala Lake’s charm fades amid neglect …
Amajor breakthrough has been achieved in the efforts to tackle environmental emergencies in Antarctica. At the 28th conference on the Antarctica Treaty, which concluded in Stockholm, Sweden on June 17, 2005, around 300 experts finalised after 13-14 years of negotiations a "liability annex' to the existing Protocol on Environmental Protection …
The Union ministry of environment and forests (moef) has decided to ratify the Stockholm convention on persistent organic pollutants (pops) and the Rotterdam Convention on Prior Informed Consent. The Stockholm convention, which came into force on May 17, 2004, aims to reduce and eliminate 12 hazardous pops. India had signed …
the Kyoto Protocol on global warming is just a step away from becoming an international law. On September 30, 2004, a major hurdle was crossed when the Russian cabinet approved the treaty and sent it to the lower house of parliament, the Duma, for approval. The Duma would take up …
even as the Indian government continues to dither over whether or not it should ratify the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (pops), China has taken a step forward in this direction. On June 8, officials of the country's State Environmental Protection Administration (sepa) revealed that an application for the …
russia finally seems inclined to ratify the Kyoto Protocol, the international treaty to tackle climate change. But as a quid pro quo, the country has struck a deal with the eu that will bring it closer to World Trade Organization (wto) membership. For the protocol to become a legally binding …
Cancun: a paper tiger jurgen maier The strategy of the European Union (eu) did seem to be transformed in the conference centres of Cancun. A coherent eu policy is non-existent. Europe is deeply divided between the American satellites (the uk, Spain and Italy) and the Gaullist camp (France, Germany and …
The World Heath Assembly adopted the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) at its 56th session in Geneva on May 21, 2003. The member countries affirmed that they would adopt and ratify the tobacco treaty at the earliest. FCTC can come into force only after 40 countries ratify it. Despite …
Is there the need for a multilateral framework to govern investments? Absolutely not. Firstly, foreign direct investments (fdi) may crowd out domestic investments and leave the host country worse off. Moreover, if the agreements were the major factor for fdi, then China should not be receiving any fdi. It does …
sidestepping health concerns, the us government has asked other nations to support the reopening of negotiations on the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (fctc). The treaty aims to curb tobacco menace. The draft prepared in March 2003, is likely to be finalised soon at the World Health Assembly in Geneva. …
a crucial decision confronts the forthcoming Fifth World Trade Organization (wto) Ministerial Conference in Cancun, Mexico, in September 2003: whether or not to launch negotiations on a possible multilateral framework on investment. Issues such as the very need for this type of an arrangement under the wto, and the pro-investor …
A new international pact will force companies to disclose the pollutants they emit, factory by factory. The treaty, negotiated under the auspices of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (ece), was finalised in Geneva by more than 30 countries of Europe, Central Asia and North America. The accord will …
on june 10, 2002, the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations (asean) signed the first ever agreement on transboundary haze pollution to deal with the recurring smoke and haze problem in their region. The pact places the onus of taking concrete steps to curb smog from land and forest fires …
On July 1, Denmark will take over chairpersonship of the European Union. Then it will be the responsibility of the newly elected right-wing Danish prime minister, Anders Fogh Rasmussen, to help define and promote the global role of the only group of nations in a position to challenge the dominance …
The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) recently announced the launching of a coordinated plan for surveying and managing sturgeon stocks by Caspian Sea countries. The programme will pave the way for a resumption of the US $100-million caviar industry. "For the first time, the Caspian Sea's wild sturgeon populations are …
WHEN the "last chance to save the Earth" came around in 1992, the global environment and development community was full of hope, energy and expectations. Ten years later, another such chance is round the corner, but nobody is getting his or her hopes up. Commentators around the world have remarked …
In a move that will see the world's deepest oils drilled off the East African coast, the Kenyan government has signed an exploration treaty with a uk- based company. Although the move is likely to expand Kenya's fuel supply and get the government out of the mess caused by the …
Australian nuclear waste will now be shipped and processed in Argentina. Officials of both the countries recently signed an agreement to this effect, which has caused concern among the environmentalists. Australia presently sends its spent fuel to France for reprocessing. But following the treaty, Argentina will import the spent uranium …
A long awaited breakthrough has been made with a decision to establish the first secretariat of the Antarctic Treaty System in Argentina, 40 years after the treaty came into force. A blocking veto against the choice of Buenos Aires has been removed by the uk . Despite the growing number …
