Climate finance committed by major multilateral development banks (MDBs) rose by more than 24% last year compared to 2020, according to this 2021 Joint Report on Multilateral Development Banks’ Climate Finance. The 2021 total financing by MDBs already surpassed the 2025 climate finance goals set at the 2019 United Nations …
Though India is one of the worst governed countries in the world, cracking at its seams in just about every area, from social welfare, food distribution, to environment and riddled with rampant shameless corruption, it is clear that the Indian media does not take the issue of governance seriously. We …
in the past 21 years, parts of the Northern Hemisphere have become much greener than they used to be. But this may not be good news as the greenery is a result of warmer temperatures, warn researchers. After studying satellite data, researchers from Boston University, usa , and the National …
At a recent session of the United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development (csd), scientists, non-governmental organisations (ngo), farmers and industrialists discussed various farming methods that can maximise agricultural production. The session was held at the un headquarters in New York. Scientists and ngo groups presented data in front of government …
new york will become the first state in the us to require homeowners to post warning flags to alert their neighbours when they use pesticides on their lawns. The measure, which is expected to be passed in both houses of the state's legislature, will take effect next spring. "Parents and …
Surviving a plane crash is clearly better than the alternative. But it may actually have positive long-term effects, claims a study presented at the 107th annual convention of the American Psychological Association in Boston. It appears that crash survivors may enjoy better mental health than those who have never been …
madison town in New York has been chosen as the site for a new project to harness wind power for producing electricity. Estimated to cost us $16-million, the project has been undertaken by us company pg&e; Generating, which owns a fleet of conventional coal and gas-powered plants and some hydroelectric …
not malathion the pesticide, but the fish Gambusia affinis will be used this year by the New York City administration to fight mosquitoes. Health commissioner Neal L Cohen said the city had decided not to use malathion as it was under a safety review by the us Environmental Protection Agency …
it is easily available and a cheaper alternative to combat the deadly West Nile virus that struck New York city sometime ago: oil from summer cypress, an ornamental prized bush, can possibly save the day for all those trying to fight the virus. The bush might also provide a cheap …
An outbreak of Escherichia coli (E coli) bacteria has affected around 750 people in New York. The number may exceed 1,000, says Antonia Novello, New York's health commissioner. Experts feel this outbreak could be much worse than the one in 1993, when 700 people were affected, four of whom died. …
a team of researchers at the State University of New York ( suny) , Stony Brook have announced the discovery of a galaxy which is the farthest object known to us. The galaxy is so far that the light we are seeing from it started when the universe was only …
Participants at the seventh session of the United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD), held in New York from April 19-30, this year expressed concern over the growing use of land, traditionally used by indigenous people and local communities, as tourist destinations. They called upon the industry to contribute to …
The United Nations' Population Fund (UNFPA) has denied reports that the emergency reproduction health kits sent to Albanian women, running away from the war in Kosovo, contained abortion pills. The executive director of UNFPA, Nafis Sadik, denied that health kits contained RU-486 pill, which is often used for abortion. Sadik …
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In a fresh initiative against the menace of AIDS, the UN has launched a new US $140 million programme - the United Nations Programme on AIDS. It will brin4 together 6 preinier UN agencies to7 provide globally relevant policies on HIV/AIDS, help fill key research gaps and provide technical support …
Speculation about the future of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (npt) came to a suffocating halt as the Review and Extension Conference on the treaty concluded in New York on May 12. In a repeat show of power, the 5 nuclear bosses -- the us, Russia, the uk, France and China …
A new patent dispute - the New York-based Enzo Biochern Inc vs Calgene Inc - is expected to tie the US judiciary into knots. Calgene's technique for genetically altering its Flavr Savr tomatoes (Down To Earth, Vol 3, No 4) has been called into question in a federal court case …
If a non-nuclear nation is bullied by a nuclear weapon state, global help will be rushed to it, was the assurance of the UN Security Council which - adopted a resolution pledging help for signatories to the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, at a meeting, on April 12. Non-aligned nations, claimed that …
Presented to world leaders at the United Nations Climate Summit in New York, this short inspirational film shows that climate change is solvable. We have the technology to harness nature sustainably for a clean, prosperous energy future, but only if we act now. Narrated by Morgan Freeman, it calls on …
