Cancer to affect 92% of world's population in some way: WHO

India, July 9 -- A new WHO report warns that impact of cancer extends far beyond the patient, touching 92% of people either directly or through close family. With 20.6 million cases and 9.7 million d... Read More

Cancer to affect 92% of world's population in some way: Report

India, July 9 -- A new WHO report warns that impact of cancer extends far beyond the patient, touching 92% of people either directly or through close family. With 20.6 million cases and 9.7 million d... Read More

Extreme heat emerging as major threat to global food systems, FAO-WMO report warns

India, July 7 -- A joint FAO-WMO report warns that extreme heat is rapidly becoming one of the biggest threats to global food production. Temperatures above 30C are already reducing yields of major c... Read More

Basel Convention advances work on e-waste, textiles, hazardous waste, but divisions persist over plastic

India, July 1 -- Delegates at the Basel Convention's OEWG-15 in Geneva advanced technical work on e-waste, textiles and hazardous waste. They agreed to strengthen the Prior Informed Consent system as... Read More

Hamburg Sustainability Conference: India climbs to its highest-ever rank in the 2026 UN SDG Index, but hunger remains a major challenge

India, June 28 -- India has secured its highest-ever position in the global UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Index, climbing to 94th among 167 countries in the 2026 edition of the index. With an... Read More

Born into climate risk: Nearly every child in India now faces overlapping hazards, warns UNICEF

India, June 19 -- A new UNICEF report says 97% of children in India are exposed to at least two overlapping climate or disaster-related hazards. Drought and extreme heat are the most common combinati... Read More

SOE in figures 2026: Mental illness linked to nearly half of illness-related suicides in India

India, June 16 -- Mental illness accounted for 14,305 of India's 30,617 illness-related suicides in 2024, according to State of India's Environment 2026: In Figures. The DTE-CSE analysis, based on NC... Read More

Four years to zero hunger deadline, more than 1 billion Africans unable to afford healthy diet: Report

India, May 1 -- Two out of every three people in Africa cannot afford a healthy diet. This is more than double the global average. Africa's nutrition crisis has also deepened. With less than four y... Read More

G7 puts desertification at centre of environmental agenda, flags land crisis as global security threat

India, April 27 -- G7 environment ministers have elevated desertification, land degradation and drought to the core of their agenda. They've termed these conditions "systemic global challenges" and s... Read More

Extreme weather disrupts elections in India and beyond, with 94 polls affected globally, report warns

India, April 24 -- Extreme weather events are increasingly disrupting elections in India, from heatwaves to cyclones At least 94 elections in 52 countries have been affected over the past two decades... Read More