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CO2 emissions from building and construction hits a new high: Report
The sector's operational energy-related CO2 emissions reached 10 gigatonnes of CO2 equivalent …
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India's per capita GHG emissions far below world average: UNEP report
At 2.4 tCO2e (tonne carbon dioxide equivalent), India's per capita greenhouse gas emissions were fa…
PTI
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Celebrating 50 years of landmark environment conference, Stockholm+50 calls for just transition to a sustainable economy
In 1972, as many as 113 countries came together for the Stockholm conference, which was the world’s…
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80% plastic pollution could be eradicated by 2040 with appropriate policy changes: UNEP report
To slash plastic pollution by 80 per cent globally by 2040, the report suggests first eliminating p…
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Our chance to make incremental changes is over, warns UNEP’s new report ahead of COP 27; projects 2.8°C warming by 2100
Since 2021, we’ve only managed to slash 1% (0.5 gigatonnes of CO2 equivalent) of the projected emis…
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Biden mentioned the climate crisis just once during the State of the Union — while touting a plan to create clean-energy jobs
A day after the UN warned of a climate "emergency headed for a disaster," Biden's State of the Unio…
Ayelet Sheffey
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UN says use of leaded petrol is officially over, a landmark that will prevent more than 1.2 million premature deaths per year
The United Nations Environment Programme estimates the milestone will save $2.45 trillion a year fo…
Jake Epstein
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Some experts believe climate change may increase the emergence of new animal-to-human transmitted diseases like COVID-19
Some experts think this increase might be related to an increase in deforestation and the subsequen…
Katie Nixdorf,Havovi Cooper,J…
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Climate change protesters abandon 2-week hunger strike and swarm Sen. Joe Manchin's Maserati
With a banner that said, "Joe Manchin is burning our future for profit," over 100 protesters confro…
Taiyler Simone Mitchell
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Unlivable cities, refugees, extinct animals: UN climate report warns of drastic changes in coming decades
Up to 3.6 billion people are highly vulnerable to the effects of climate change, including floods, …
Aria Bendix,Morgan McFall-Joh…
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Indian entrepreneur Vidyut Mohan recognised as one of the 'Young Champions of the Earth' winners by UN environment agency
I've always been passionate about energy access and creating income opportunities for poor com…
PTI
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A deteriorating oil tanker off Yemen coast with a million barrels of crude could be an environmental 'catastrophe'
Inger Andersen told the UN Security Council that an oil spill from the FSO Safer, which hasn't been…
PTI
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Covid-19 just rising trend of diseases: UN report
New Delhi, July 7 (IANS) As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to take lives and disrupt economies acr…
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Zoonotic diseases need to be curbed to prevent outbreaks like COVID-19: UN
She said meat production has increased by 260 per cent in 50 years, agriculture has intensified, in…
PTI
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Millions of used vehicles contribute to air pollution, says UN report
Millions of used cars, vans and minibuses exported from Europe, the US and Japan to the developing …