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How countries can be held responsible for staying within new legal climate target of 1.5degC

India, Nov. 10 -- The International Court of Justice has affirmed that countries must meet stringent legal obligations to limit global warming to 1.5degC, as outlined in the Paris Agreement. This dec... Read More


Conservation abandonment threatens global biodiversity goals, study warns

India, Nov. 10 -- Global efforts to meet biodiversity goals are being undermined by widespread 'conservation abandonment' New paper warns abandoned or reversed projects equal the size of Greenland T... Read More


If the Paris Agreement was about shared ambition, Belem must be about shared architecture, where finance meets fairness and growth meets governance

India, Nov. 10 -- As the world huddles in Belem this November for the 30th Conference of the Parties (COP30) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, the air in the Amazon will ca... Read More


Sampark Kendra: How e-governance is helping serve remote rural areas

India, Nov. 10 -- The Sampark Kendra in Chhattisgarh's Balodabazar-Bhatapara district exemplifies e-governance by connecting rural citizens with government officials in urban centres through online me... Read More


In a first, 913 blackbuck and Nilgai herded from the air into 'bomas' in MP's Shajapaur

India, Nov. 9 -- The forest department of Madhya Pradesh has spent 11 days in herding out 913 blackbuck and Nilgai from revenue lands in Shajapur district of the state in order to mitigate human-wildl... Read More


Gobar Times: Antibiotics in my fish curry?

India, Nov. 9 -- On a pleasant November afternoon in the coastal city of Bhubaneswar, Sucharita returned energetically from her school. With sparkling eyes she announced, "We had a special lecture tod... Read More


Gobar Times: Wild words safari

India, Nov. 9 -- Use the clues to locate 15 wild mammal names in the puzzle. They can appear forwards, backwards, diagonal, horizontal, or vertical. I am a nocturnal primate, with large eyes and slen... Read More


Rethinking Gurugram's waterlogging fix: Let the city absorb, not divert

India, Nov. 8 -- Gurugram experienced two bouts of heavy rainfall this year - the first between July 9 and 10, when about 133 mm of rain fell within 12 hours, and the second on September 1, which saw ... Read More


'The poorer you are, the more expensive water is'

India, Nov. 8 -- How does the politics around water access impact the development of communities? Abhijit Banerjee (AB): With water we have this kind of rhetorical move that complicates the issues ar... Read More


2022 research data show how air pollution stunts growth in children

India, Nov. 8 -- Delhi's air pollution is more than just a seasonal headline - it's a public health emergency. According to a 2022 research paper titled Air pollution and child development in India, f... Read More