Dr. S. K. Sharma*, Vimal Belani*, Lalit Gupta* ABSTRACT: The article outlines practices & policies for developing and managing RWH & Managed ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* Whether it's the effects of climate change or deforestation, our planet is facing some of the biggest challenges generations has ever kn ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* The triple planetary crisis of climate change, nature and biodiversity loss and pollution and waste is upon us and bearing down harder e ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* Climate scientists predicted that April 2024 will likely be the hottest April ever recorded globally. This would make it the 9th consecu ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* There is no food security without peace, and no peace without food security, it is no coincidence that half of the world’s hungry people ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* Water is a basic human right of every individual inhabiting the planet, without water life is impossible. Access to safe water is impera ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* Rivers are the lifeline of every country, similarly for millions of Indians through millennia. It’s a country which also derives its mod ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* On the face of the triple planetary crisis of climate change, biodiversity loss and pollution, the world has not just an environment to ...
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26TH February - 1st March, 2024, Nairobi, Kenya By Shweta Tyagi* OPENING: The sixth session of the UN Environment Assembly (UNEA-6) began on Monday, Febru ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar, Editor, Focus Global Reporter conducted an interview with Mr. Kapil NARULA, Ph.D., Senior Analyst Breakthrough Agenda, Climate Champions ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* Human rights reflect shared values and apply to every human being regardless of the specific laws that their country may hold. Such valu ...
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Dr Eric Tardieu* Dr Eric Tardieu As water resource management at the basin level is increasingly recognized as an essential component in effectively addre ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar, Editor, Focus Global Reporter conducted an interview with Mr. Takayuki Hagiwara, FAO Representative in India, Food and Agriculture Organ ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar, Editor, Focus Global Reporter conducted an interview with Dr. Pema Gyamtsho, Director General of ICIMOD. Excerpts from the Interview are ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* Agriculture contributes 16% of the overall GDP and accounts for employment of approximately 52% of the Indian population. Rapid growth i ...
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6-9th February 2024, Goa Ms. Shweta Tyagi* India is not only embracing but also leading changes with its vast resources, booming economy, and progressive ...
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Ms. Shweta Tyagi, Associate Editor, Focus Global Reporter conducted an interview with Dr. Sandeep Tripathi, IEM, Central Vigilance Commission, Govt. of In ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* The United Nations Environment Assembly is the world’s highest-level decision-making body for matters related to the environment. It set ...
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Shri B. P. PATI* & Shri SUNIL BHAWARIA** Coal/Lignite PSUs have spearheaded commendable efforts in leveraging mine water to alleviate water scarcity, ...
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Mr. Jaideep N. Malaviya a professional in solar energy since 1996 is Founder-Secretary General of Solar Thermal Federation of India and also Managing Dire ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* In an era of planetary crises and increasing environmental challenges, finding innovative and sustainable solutions to safeguard t ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* Our planet is heading for a scorching three-degree increase in global temperatures. Droughts, storms, fires and floods are pummeling cou ...
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By FGR Bureau MoEF&CC has submitted three nominations from India for Wetland City Accreditation (WCA) of Indore (Madhya Pradesh), Bhopal (Madhya Prade ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* In 2023 most of the planet including the oceans experienced above-average or record-breaking heat, with more intense rainfall and catast ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* Economic corridors are infrastructure projects designed to enhance connectivity and facilitate economic development between different re ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* Agriculture represents a crucial sector that underpins our population growth and well-being. It has been providing nourishment for gener ...
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30th November-12th December 2023, Dubai Ms. Shweta Tyagi* “The UN warns of an alarming path toward catastrophic global heating, the world witnesses the br ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* The 28th edition of the Conference of the Parties (COP 28) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) unfolde ...
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By FGR Bureau 14 December, New Delhi: The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), which is a comprehensive list of inalienable human rights agr ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* In an agreement on a loss and damage fund to help developing countries cope with the effects of climate change, COP28 began with a histo ...
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Message of UN Secretary-General António Guterres Seventy-five years ago, in the wake of the horrors of the Holocaust, States adopted the Convention on the ...
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Message of UN Secretary-General António Guterres “All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights.” The iconic opening sentence of the Univ ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* A landmark deal to help the world’s poorest and most vulnerable countries pay for the irreversible impacts of climate disaster was agree ...
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by FGR Bureau Message of UN Secretary-General António Guterres This first World Sustainable Transport Day reminds us that the road to a better future depe ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* Human rights are rights we have simply because we exist as human beings - they are not granted by any state. These universal rights are ...
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By FGR Bureau Message of UN Secretary-General António Guterres Violence against women is a horrific violation of human rights, a public health crisis and ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* Summer 2023’s record-setting temperatures aren’t just a set of numbers – they result in dire real-world consequences. From sweltering te ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* Our planet is buckling under the weight of intertwined environmental crises: conflict, climate change, biodiversity loss and pollution. ...
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Shweta Tyagi* An Overview of the Third World Food Forum (WFF) Event Agrifood systems are a major contributor to climate change, but they also have the pot ...
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By Dr. Arvind Kumar* Air pollution, stemming from the introduction of noxious agents such as gases, particles, and biological compounds, can inflict sever ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* At this time of year like the advent of festival season the annual ritual of Air Pollution also arrives in Delhi. Its air is increasingl ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* Agrifood systems are a major contributor to climate change, but they also have the potential to be part of the solution. Being the compl ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* The 54th regular session of the UN Human Rights Council (HRC), which was held from September 11 to October 13, 2023, was a meeting of th ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* The world is facing increasingly complex climate-related challenges that are reducing our resilience to climate shocks and increasing ou ...
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https://youtu.be/IgSWYjdTBGU Side event on Linguistic Minorities and Human Rights in India organised by Sindhi Adhikar Manch on 25th September 2023 at the ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* Europe is experiencing some of the hottest temperatures of summer 2023 so far, as a ‘heat dome’ expands over the southern half of the co ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* Is the Political Declaration at the UN SDG Summit 2023 actually a transformative action or just old wine in new bottle? A fundamental sh ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* Under the theme of ‘Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam’ the G20 leaders met at a defining moment in history where the decisions made will determine t ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* 2023 mark the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration on Human Rights (UNDHR). The Human Rights Council is known as the most open ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* India’s G20 presidency has been regarded by experts across the world as an exceptional and unprecedented opportunity with immense scope ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* One of the clearest trends the world witnessed in 2022 was the accelerating eastward shift in global economic power. For almost 80 years ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* Scorching heat gripped parts of Europe, Asia, and North America, bringing with it record-breaking temperatures, driving wildfires, and p ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* There has been increased attention put on the financial resources needed to help developing countries mitigate and adapt to climate chan ...
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10th -19th July 2023 By Dr. Arvind Kumar “Unless we act now, the 2030 Agenda will become an epitaph for a world that might have been” said UN Secretary-Ge ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* Since systematic scientific assessments began in the 1970s, the influence of human activity on the warming of the climate system has evo ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* Artificial Intelligence is rapidly shaping the future of humanity across nearly every industry. It is already the main driver of emergin ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* The world is crying out for high-level political action. Actions to make the Sustainable Development Goals a reality for everyone, every ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* The summer monsoon brings South Asia 70-80% of its annual rainfall, as well as death and destruction due to flooding and landslides. Dur ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* The recent visit of Amina Mohammed UN Deputy Secretary General focused on a range of critical topics, including India’s ongoing G20 pres ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* India is a diverse country with a large population that faces various challenges related to poverty, healthcare, education, infrastructu ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* We are left in an interesting — and concerning — place these past couple of years. The world’s pandemic proved it was far from over, sic ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* We are in a race against time in this climate emergency. Governments must use the time and opportunity to prepare for an ambitious outco ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* Everybody agrees that we are living through unprecedented times. The nature and scale of what the triple planetary crisis has led to is ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* The triple planetary crisis of climate change, nature and biodiversity loss and pollution and waste is upon us and bearing down harder e ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* IPCC has warned that India—home to 20 percent of the world’s population—could face multiple climate change-induced disasters in the nex ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* The choice for the first set of single-use plastic items for the ban was based on "difficulty of collection, and therefore recycling. Wh ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* The loss of biodiversity can have significant impacts on human health if we do not guarantee that the ecosystem services it provides are ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* The format of Mann ki Baat is a monologue by the Prime Minister, where he shares his thoughts, experiences, and ideas on a wide range of ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* The overall human impact due to overpopulation on the environment is causing overconsumption, excessive pollution, and proliferation of ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* India's Presidency of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) has come at a time when the global economy and landscape is facing sig ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar From the vehicle you ride to the television you watch; plastics are everywhere around us… quite literally! Most plastic items never fully ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* The discussions all throughout the year from South Asia Forum on sustainable development to the Asia Pacific Forum for sustainable devel ...
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Report: Travelogue Dr. Arvind Kumar* The ten day sojourn from Delhi- New York- Incheon- Bangkok-Delhi was almost 40 hours of intermittent flying. Landing ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* The UN 2023 Water Conference was convened from 22-24th March2023 in New York on the theme of water was after 44 years since 1977 and ope ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* Civil20 not only represents the voice of civil society in the G20 countries, but also globally, including in the southern hemisphere. Gi ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* While the world was grappling with the adverse socio-economic impacts caused by the triple planetary crisis of pollution, climate change ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* The cooperation and alignment are necessary, need to be scaled up, and require commitment and strong leadership. By promoting cooperatio ...
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ANALYSIS:G20 Dr. Arvind Kumar* The Migration and Mobility Partnership Agreement, which was inked in December 2022, will strengthen this cooperation even m ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* The world is currently experiencing the disastrous effects of climate change, including storms, floods, heat waves, wildfires, cyclones, ...
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Shweta Tyagi* Hazards always come as a surprise but are also inevitable. The tragic events in Syria and Turkey are virtually identical. They were caused b ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* The world faces multiple challenges of war, energy, food shortages, viruses, and recession therefore a global response is needed. The im ...
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A report on India Energy Week 2023 Shweta Tyagi* The first major event under India’s G20 Presidency the India Energy Week 2023 India held in Bengaluru fro ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* As inevitable climate hazards worsen, the rate of global warming is outpacing attempts to protect billions of people. Get ready for a gr ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* The main asset in the modern period is energy and unquestionably necessary for a developing economy like India because it is the backbon ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* Wetlands' vulnerability will undoubtedly rise as a result of climate change and its associated drivers and pressures. The conservation a ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* From COVID-19 pandemic to violent conflicts, forced displacement and climate change, humanity is badly affected. We have to work towards ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* There are significant lessons that must be learned in order to navigate the future as the globe recovers from the challenges that the Co ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* With the announcements coming from the European Union, Kazakhstan, Namibia, Egypt, Oman, and Kenya, green hydrogen took a centre stage a ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* The G20 India’s focus to cater to range of development challenges for the world has aroused global citizenry to actively look towards th ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* Experts on disaster management suggest the adoption of integrated watershed management by advocating coordinated development planning at ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* Without a common international regulatory framework, we will not be able to address the global and increasing challenge of plastic pollu ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* Participants in the WG meetings also discussed potential global benefit-sharing systems for the use of digital sequence information (DSI ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* This accord may be our final opportunity to stop the degradation of nature. As businesses and governments destroy our forests and prairi ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* Shouldn’t the negotiations held during the Conference of the Parties meetings present an opportunity to adapt existing agreements to bet ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* Now more than ever, the topic of climate change has been receiving global attention and is at the forefront of many conversations. In ad ...
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Dr Arvind Kumar* The G20 has no parallel among intergovernmental forums that comprises of major developed as well as developing economies, thus offering a ...
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ANALYSIS Dr. Arvind Kumar* Set against a difficult geopolitical backdrop, COP27 resulted in countries delivering a package of decisions that reaffirmed th ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* To reach the Net Zero destination, countries should plan large-scale interventions in 6 sectors i.e. energy and electricity, transport, ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* The renewed political and financial commitment towards forest climate action shown at COP27 is creating a new momentum for REDD+. We nee ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* Estimates suggest circular economy adoption in India will bring an annual benefit to a tune of Rs 40 lakh crore ($624 billion) in 2050 a ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar The climate emergency continues to challenge existing norms and ways of working. The recent IPCC reports and the Global Assessment R ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* Governments are more focused on energy security in the short-term, relying on low-hanging but risky alternatives, such as looking for ne ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* Biodiversity is vital to life on our planet. It is essentially the life support system for humanity. The biodiversity we see today is th ...
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OPINION 1.3 billion people still live in multidimensional poverty with almost half of them children and youth. Statistics show that 1.77 million Indians a ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* The world has witnessed climate change impacts in the form of rising temperatures, receding glaciers, drying rivers, reduction in wetlan ...
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SPECIAL REPORT Dr. Arvind Kumar* Metaphorically, the UN may well be “First among Equals”,its successes are indeed young relative to the colossal challenge ...
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*Dr. Arvind Kumar By 2050 the number of people living in cities will have nearly doubled, from 3.6 billion in 2011 to more than 6 billion. Yet the world’s ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* Air pollution harms our health, economies and the planet and is a global scale problem and one of the biggest contributors to climate ch ...
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AGENDA Dr. Arvind Kumar* Assumption of the Indian presidency of the G20 and Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) in 2023 and that of the UN Security Co ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* Water scarcity has particularly emerged as a highly critical and contentious issue within South Asia, one of the world’s most dynamic re ...
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REGIONAL COOPERATION-REPORT Dr. Arvind Kumar* The SCO declaration 2022 was a set of a mine run and promises and the proceedings were also banal. Yet, Indi ...
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REPORT Shweta Tyagi* “Almost half of the world’s human population relies heavily on groundwater for survival, and as that population continues to grow, ma ...
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BLOG (COP 27) Dr. Arvind Kumar* Hence, it’s a Hobson’s choice to initiate a paradigm shift in agricultural development approaches and practices through re ...
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Shweta Tyagi* The first half of this decade will be apparently remembered for deadly climate related catastrophes, among them, the great fires in Europe, ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* An era comes to an end as Queen Elizabeth passes away and leaves behind an unmatched legacy. Ironically the UK’s longest serving monarch ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* India’s assumption of the G20 presidency entails both challenges and opportunitiesand the present leadership of India is capable of meet ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* When the world was recuperating from the damages done by the corona virus on our health and economy another scare of monkey pox is at ou ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* Undeniably, the formation of I2 U2 with India joining it along with Israel, the UAE and the US is a welcome development and the location ...
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By Shweta Tyagi* The recently concluded G7 meet in Germany evince why the West may be adapting to accommodate the global South, particularly India. These ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* Plastic particles have not just pervaded throughout the environment, but are pervading our bodies too. A recent Dutch study examined blo ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* Accelerating extreme events largely due to destabilised climate systems are something India will have to deal with head on - even if it ...
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World Environment Day - States/ UTs and Urban Local Bodies across the country will swing into campaign mode, in a bid to make the country free of single u ...
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A report on UNCCDCOP-15 Shweta Tyagi* 15th Session of the Conference of the Parties of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) - L ...
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*Deepak Lakahnpal & Dr. S.K. Sharma Abstract A multi-stage process is recommendable towards determining economic feasibility of potential MAR projects ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* In a world increasingly impacted by geostrategic shifts, ideological rivalry and fractured power has the pragmatic foreign policy of PM ...
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The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi addressed the inaugural session of the fourth edition of the International Conference on Disaster Resilient Infrast ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* Water is fundamental to all biotic life, including human life, on Earth, despite it being a finite and irreplaceable resource, and is on ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* Rural development is often construed in terms of a procedure of facilitating improvement in the quality of life and economic well-being ...
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Ms. Neha Chaudhary, IRS* "Climate change is the defining crisis of our time and it is happening even more quickly than we feared" states the United Nation ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* Sri Lanka, an island nation inhabited by 22 million people with having tourism-based economy is currently in the throes of a worsening e ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* The close linguistic, marital, religious and cultural ties at people-to-people level between India and Nepal have remain there since tim ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* The release of the IPCC’s latest report on April 4, the third and final part of the IPCC’s thorough review of climate science, has sugge ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* The latest report of the IPCC endeavours to tackle the ticklish question of how humankind is expected to join hands as a species to fix ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* Recently-held 5th BIMSTEC Summit (29-30 March), apart from adopting a charter has also concurred on enhancing mutual cooperation in seve ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* Wildfires are wreaking havoc on the environment, wildlife, human health, and infrastructure from Australia to Canada, the United States ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* The current and rapidly evolving geopolitical global situation, especially in the aftermath of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, has seem ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* On average, 1,000,000 plastic bottles are bought every minute worldwide, and less than half of all plastic bottles end up getting recycl ...
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The Indian government is participating in a big way at the 9th World Water Forum. The Prime Minister is being represented by a high-level delegation under ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* Safari is a Swahili word· meaning ‘Journey’ which has become· synonymous with Big Game viewing in both Africa and In ...
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The Webinar will discuss the initiatives of the Government of India in the energy and resources sector including the Budget 2022 announcements and to elic ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* Even if emissions are cut as promised in the Paris Agreement levels, there is the likelihood that many parts of northern and coastal Ind ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* Trans-boundary Cooperation It is worth mentioning here that the Indus Water Treaty, signed between India and Pakistan in 1960, allocates ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* The ongoing Ukrainian crisis does not augur well for global peace and security because its geopolitical and geo-economic implications en ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* High hopes are often pegged at increased budgetary allocations each time as and when a budget is presented and in an eventuality of decr ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* With Ukraine and Taiwan hogging limelight as the most dangerous hotspots entailing the potential of triggering the Third World War becau ...
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Dr Arvind Kumar* Plenty of optimism seemingly lurks in the Economic Survey 2021-2022 tabled by the union finance minister in Parliament on 31 January proj ...
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DISCUSSION Dr Arvind Kumar* Utterances in the global forums like COP26 or Davos 2022 call for innovative and pragmatically feasible ideas, some of which m ...
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OPINION Dr. Arvind Kumar* [This is a necessitated reform for a Democracy like India where the need for stable government would definitely bring Developmen ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* People of Afghanistan are reeling under woeful plight in socio-economic, political, and security terms since the hasty withdrawal of US- ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* Women constitute half of total global population and they entail the potential of playing pivotal role in furthering growth and the goal ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* India is the land of villages as rightly said by Mahatma Gandhi “I would say that if the village perishes India will perish too. India w ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* Cities are fast emerging as the major hub of sustainable development activities and are destined to play very important role in the real ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* (Image Courtesy: Freepik) The fashion value chain is of global importance, with millions of jobs attached to it, generating foreign exch ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* Prime Minister Modi’s clarion call to the farming community to adopt natural farming is very timely. Asserting that maximum benefits fro ...
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*Dr. Arvind Kumar Image 1-Courtesy: India Water Foundation The rugged landscapes and dramatic scenery, striking landmarks and freezing weather are what gi ...
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Editor's Desk* Dr. Arvind Kumar A pall of uncertainty that had descended on the inaugural day of the commencement of COP26 in the absence of clear-cut an ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* Higher expectations and lofty aspirations are always at place prior to the convening of a global conference like the Conference Of Parti ...
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FGR Bureau Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi availed of the occasion of his visit to Rome, Italy, where he had gone to participate in the 16th Summit Meet ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* Group of Twenty or G20 is an intergovernmental forum comprising 19 countries and the European Union that aims at improving international ...
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Latest UNEP Emissions Gap Report finds new and updated Nationally Determined Contributions only take 7.5% off predicted 2030 emissions, while 55% is neede ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar, Editor, Focus Global Reporter Geopolitics in the Indo-Pacific region in general and South Asia in particular has undergone tremendous tr ...
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Dr Arvind Kumar On road to COP-26 India has been participating in the COPs actively and adhering to the decisions taken at each COP and making sincere eff ...
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By Dr. Arvind Kumar, President, India Water Foundation Image Courtesy: marca.com Glasgow (UK) is going to be the focal point of attention and attraction w ...
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By Dr. Arvind Kumar, President, India Water Foundation In the ‘New Normal’ that has come to prevail in the wake of subsiding of the adverse impacts of COV ...
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By Dr Arvind Kumar The Indo-Pacific region is characterized by the emergence of Quad and now coming into being of the AUKUS, also designated as Asian NATO ...
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By India Water Foundation This report presents the global status on transboundary cooperation and acceleration needed to achieve target 6.5 by 2030, based ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar, President, India Water Foundation Dr. Arvind Kumar The IUCN World Conservation Congress, the world’s largest and most inclusive environm ...
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The water community plays a central role in nature conservation efforts. On the occasion of the World Conservation Congress, which brings together world l ...
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By Dr Arvind Kumar, President, India Water Foundation Picturesque and enchanting, Kashmir is cradled high in the lofty green Himalayas and hailed all over ...
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*Dr. K. Balachandra Kurup[1] *Dr. Balan is a Governance and institutional development expert with more than four decades of working experience in Policy, ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar, President, India Water Foundation The G20 recently held Ministerial Meetings at the end of July, 2021. Italy currently holds the Preside ...
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The Indian states with the highest fertility rates also have the lowest socioeconomic indicators. As India’s population crossed 1390 million population as ...
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*Dr. Arvind Kumar, President, India Water Foundation Only in India we are liberal with the health concerns, Will you eat this Wheat? the Supreme Court ask ...
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https://aippnet.org/emrip14-item-8-draft-report-efforts-implement-united-nations-declaration-rights-indigenous-peoples-indigenous-peoples-right-self-deter ...
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According to the draft, the government will offer fiscal incentives for EV buyers. This will be based on the model of vehicles. By Sudhir Suryawanshi | Ex ...
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PIB: BRICS Nations have unanimously agreed on an innovation co-operation at the 11th BRICS S&T Steering Committee Meeting. The proposal put forward by ...
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PIB: Snow and glaciers are melting rapidly in the Himalayan range due to climate change, altering water supplies in the rivers like Indus, Ganga and Brahm ...
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IUCN NEWS: IUCN, the official advisor on nature to the UNESCO World Heritage Committee, recommends adding four natural sites to the List of World Heritage ...
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by Dr. Arvind Kumar, President, India Water Foundation Picture credit: Wikipedia India’s geographical setting render it a key player in the South-East Asi ...
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Member (Health), NITI Aayog, Dr. V. K. Paul has informed that India has administered nearly 81 lakh vaccine doses, on the first day when the Revised Guide ...
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Sh. Narendra Modi PIB: On the occasion of seventh International yoga day, The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra talked of Yoga’s role during the pandemic. H ...
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Shri Narendra Modi The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi delivered a keynote address at the UN “High-Level Dialogue on Desertification, Land Degradation ...
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Land degradation from climate change and the expansion of agriculture, cities and infrastructure “undermines the well-being of 3.2 billion people”, the UN ...
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PIB: The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs chaired by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, has approved the proposal of Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES ...
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By Dr. Arvind Kumar, President, India Water Foundation Dr. Arvind Kumar While we can successfully restore biodiversity, structure, and function to a degra ...
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Proud moment for #IndiaWaterFoundation to be showcased as one of the four best civil societies in the world for their #climateactionstory ...
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3 - 7 June 2021 https://ipbes.net/ipbes-8/stakeholderdays/e-posters Link: https://ipbes.net/ipbes-8/stakeholderdays/e-posters ...
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by Shweta Tyagi, Chief Functionary, India Water Foundation Ms. Shweta Tyagi Biodiversity (biological diversity), is the abundance of living things that ma ...
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By Prof Ajit Tyagi, Honorary Patron & Chairman of the Committee on Climate Change, India Water Foundation Prof. Ajit Tyagi Prof. Ajit Tyagi is Honorar ...
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By Afroz Ahmad* Formerly Advisor to the Government of Maharashtra & Formerly Member (Environment and Rehabilitation), Narmada ...
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United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) The 2021 World Water Development Report on “Valuing Water” assesses the current ...
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United Nations Environmental Programme This report provides the bedrock for hope. By bringing together the latest scientific evidence showing the impacts ...
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United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) As water is the most disruptive element in the ongoing climate crisis, how land is managed pla ...
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United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) The establishment of a global target on LDN within the SDG framework is also expected. This wi ...
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Food and Agriculture organisation (FAO) This report constitutes a further step towards bridging persistent knowledge gaps and fostering a better understan ...
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United Nations Environmental Programme Sanitation, Wastewater Management and Sustainability: From Waste Disposal to Resource Recovery offers a new concept ...
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United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) The Global Methane Assessment is working to better characterize the benefits of methane reductions with state- ...
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By Dr S. K. Sharma1, 1 Retd. Member,Central Ground Water Board, Government of India, Consultant, WAPCOS and Principal Advisor, India Water Found ...
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By Mr. M Mehta, Former Commissioner, Ministry of Water Resources Govt. of India, New Delhi Mr. M. Mehta More than 46 years of experience in planning ...
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By Ms. Kavita Prasad Kavita is a documentation consultant and an experienced environmental science writer.She is the Founder of KGenesis and Chemeric Biot ...
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By Ananya Malik, Junior Researcher , India Water Foundation Turtles are reptiles that have been roaming the earth for over 150 million years. Turtles have ...
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By FGR Bureau There is no need to explain the importance of trees in our lives. History shows that the best of Indian cultures originated in the forests. ...
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By Shweta Tyagi, Chief Functionary India Water Foundation Figure 1 Eco-sensitive zones, Source: Project TIGER Eco-Sensitive Zones or Ecologically Fragile ...
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UN Newsभारत में संयुक्त राष्ट्र की रैज़िडेण्ट कोऑर्डिनेटर, रेनाटा डेज़ालिएन. UN NEWS (26 May 2021, Health): भारत में संयुक्त राष्ट्र की रैज़िडेण्ट कोऑर्डि ...
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UN NEWS Humanity is “waging a war on nature”, threatening biodiversity loss, climate disruption and escalating pollution, the UN chief said on Friday. “W ...
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Dr. Harsh Vardhan, Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare, Science & Technology and Earth Sciences, Government of India #UnitedNations75andBeyon ...
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UN NEWS Countries are on track to miss the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) relating to environmental protection, two UN entities warn in new report i ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar, President, India Water Foundation Dr. Arvind Kumar, President, India Water Foundation With the world still combating the most unpreceden ...
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WHO NEWS: https://www.who.int/news/item/17-05-2021-long-working-hours-increasing-deaths-from-heart-disease-and-stroke-who-ilo Long working hours led to 74 ...
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International Development and IWRM Expert Dr. Julie Ladel Dr. Julie LADEL has completed her PhD in Applied Hydrology from Paris University and is the dire ...
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Principal Chief Conservator of Forests & Head of Forest Force | Odisha Dr. Sandeep Tripathi, IFS A Natural Resource Management Professional belonging ...
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Secretary General | International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage (ICID) Sh. Ashwin B. Pandya Shri A.B. Pandya, in his long distinguished service en ...
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A report on the concluded Leaders Summit on Climate “Mother Nature is not waiting; we need a green planet — but the world is on red alert.” Said UN Secret ...
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Executive Director | United Nations Global Compact Network India Ms. Shabnam Siddiqui Ms. Shabnam Siddiqui is Officiating Executive Director at the United ...
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Director and Advisory Board Secretary | Climate Technology Centre & Network Dr. Rose Mwebaza (PhD) Dr. Rose Mwebaza (PhD) is the Director of CTCN and ...
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Dr. Shalini Dhyani1,2 Increased frequencies of extreme climate events are alarming for the entire South Asia region that is sensitive to ongoing climate c ...
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File photos of Joe Biden and Narendra Modi. News 18 India : Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday pitched for concrete action at a “high speed" and on ...
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Director General | International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) Dr. Pema Gyamtsho Dr. Pema Gyamtsho is the Director General of the In ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar, President, India Water Foundation Don’t you feel in addition to socio-economic determinants of human health, the impact of environmental ...
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UN Assistant Secretary-General and Head of New York Office at UNEP |Secretary of the UN Environment Management Group Mr. Satya S. Tripathi Mr. Satya S. Tr ...
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Secretary | DST |Ministry of Science & Technology, Government of India Prof. Ashutosh Sharma Mr. Ashutosh Sharma is Secretary to the Government of Ind ...
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Head | UN Environment Country Office, India Mr. Atul Bagai Mr. Atul Bagai joined UN Environment’s Ozone Action programme under the Montreal Protocol as th ...
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WMO/Boris JordanWind farms, like this one in Belgium, are a key source of sustainable energy. UNNEWS: The world is “a long way off” from meeting the goals ...
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Chief of Development Operations | JICA India Office | New Delhi| Mr. M. P. Singh Mr. M P Singh, Chief of Development Operations, JICA India Office was for ...
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Director & Head | South and South-West Asia Office | United Nations ESCAP Dr. Arvind Kumar Dr. Nagesh Kumar is Director and Head of South and South-We ...
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UN NEWS: Climate change and loss of biodiversity is seen as the most pressing challenge over the decade, according to the World in 2030 Survey report publ ...
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Secretary |Ministry of Women and Child Development | Government of India Mr. R. M. Mishra, IAS Mr. Ram Mohan Mishra, Secretary to the Government of India, ...
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President | World Water Council Mr. Loïc Fauchon is President of the World Water Councilsince 2018 after having previously served two mandates from 2005 t ...
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Executive Secretary | Convention on Biological Diversity Ms. Elizabeth MarumaMrema, is the Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity. ...
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Director General |NMCG | Ministry of Jal Shakti | Government of India Mr. Rajiv Ranjan Mishra, IAS, DG, NMCG, Ministry of Jal Shakti, GOI Mr. Rajiv Ranjan ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar, President, India Water Foundation Dr. Arvind Kumar In the last three decades alone, nearly one-third of natural wetlands have been lost ...
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Born on 27th January 1978, Dr. Conrad K. Sangma is the 12th Chief Minister of Meghalaya. His vision for Meghalaya was shaped extensively by the ...
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Nairobi, 23 February 2021 –Ministers of environment and other leaders from more than 150 nations today concluded a two-day online meeting of the ...
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Delhi receives at least 232 MGD (million gallons per day) water through the Nangal channel, which helps meet the city’s 25% water requirement, which is es ...
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UNDP Zambia Sylvia Chiinda has boosted her income by farming goats. 20 February 2021 | SDGs UN NEWS: In Zambia, where the climate crisis is making it incr ...
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By Shweta Tyagi, Chief Functionary, India Water Foundation Footage shows the flood in Chamoli, Uttarakhand, on Saturday.Reuters In a tragic turn of events ...
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Post Source/Credit: ETV Bharat, Published on: Feb 2021, 10:59 PM IST Having taken notes from the Uttarakhand disaster, Bihar State Pollution Control Board ...
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National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG), Ministry of Jal Shakti and India Water Foundation (IWF), celebrated World Wetland Day 2021, to raise awareness ab ...
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Analysis by Shweta Tyagi, Chief Functionary, India Water Foundation and Amritha J, Intern, India Water Foundation INTRODUCTION The COVID 19 virus has caus ...
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Each year the World Economic Forum publishes a report looking ahead to the short term and long term risks facing organizations around the world. The 2021 ...
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Though countries have made progress in planning for climate change adaptation, there are significant financing shortfalls in getting them to the stage whe ...
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By Abraham Thomas PUBLISHED ON Hindustan Times, JAN 14, 2021 05:18 AM IST High levels of ammonia in the Yamuna had prompted the Delhi Jal Board (DJB) to r ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar, President, India Water Foundation “The goal is to find the most appropriate blend of green and blue investments to maximize benefits and ...
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WASHINGTON DC, December 15, 2020 — The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors today approved a $400 million projectto support India’s efforts at provid ...
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While lakhs of poultry were reported dead from Haryana, migratory birds died in Himachal Pradesh. In Madhya Pradesh, hundreds of crows were found dead in ...
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https://www.cifor.org/knowledge/publication/7819/ The global food system is causing large‐scale environmental degradation and is a major contributor to cl ...
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Digital Ocean is a big step towards Digital India, will help expand ‘Blue Economy’ and promote Atmanirbhar Bharat: Dr Harsh Vardhan PIB: The Minister of E ...
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UNEP: Pixabay / 17 Dec 2020 Nairobi/Colombo, 17 December 2020 - From source to sea, our waters are contaminated by a plastics scourge. A new study by the ...
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Nehru Yuva Kendra Sangthan to undertake ‘Catch the Rain’ awareness campaign covering 623 districts across the nation from December 2020 to March 2021. PIB ...
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#SDGAction37039 Description of Acceleration Action Objectives: Promoting Water as a socio-economic connector in everyday lives, utilization of science and ...
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DESCRIPTION OF GOOD PRACTICE Introduction The Integrated Basin Development and Livelihood Promotion (IBDLP) Programme was launched by the Government of Me ...
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India figured in the bottom third for most development indicators, including quality of health and education and an adverse sex ratio, according to the re ...
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The Gwalior Fort occupies a sandstone plateau overlooking the city and is accessed via a winding road lined with sacred Jain statues. Source The Tribune B ...
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About this contentKaren McVeigh@karenmcveigh1Mon 7 Dec 2020 09.12 GMT Companies accused of “zero progress” on reducing plastic waste, with Coca-Cola ranke ...
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Dechen Palmo Updated: Dec 05, 2020, 20:46 IST The new dam’s ability to generate hydropower could be three times that of central China’s Three Gorges Dam ( ...
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A staggering two-thirds of world’s school-aged children – 1.3 billion children aged 3-17 – do not have internet connection in their homes, preventing them ...
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New Delhi, Dec 2 (PTI) Delhi's air quality was in the upper end of the very poor category Wednesday morning, while pollution levels have already ente ...
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UNEP (2020-06-24) India Water Foundation of Potential response options pursuant to subparagraph 10 (d) of UNEA resolution 3/7 MEETING REPORT/PROCEEDI ...
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Summary of Takeaways to be incorporated within the framework of climate change https://unfccc.int/documents/254231 The need for vigorous incorporation of ...
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Striking lack of progress on environmental SDGs in Asia-Pacific, reveals new UN report There is overwhelming evidence that the Asia-Pacific region needs t ...
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By Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana, United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Executive Secretary of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacif ...
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Dr. S. K. Sharma*, Vimal Belani*, Lalit Gupta* ABSTRACT: The article outlines practices & policies for developing and managing RWH & Managed ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* Whether it's the effects of climate change or deforestation, our planet is facing some of the biggest challenges generations has ever kn ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* The triple planetary crisis of climate change, nature and biodiversity loss and pollution and waste is upon us and bearing down harder e ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* Climate scientists predicted that April 2024 will likely be the hottest April ever recorded globally. This would make it the 9th consecu ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* There is no food security without peace, and no peace without food security, it is no coincidence that half of the world’s hungry people ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* Water is a basic human right of every individual inhabiting the planet, without water life is impossible. Access to safe water is impera ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* Rivers are the lifeline of every country, similarly for millions of Indians through millennia. It’s a country which also derives its mod ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* On the face of the triple planetary crisis of climate change, biodiversity loss and pollution, the world has not just an environment to ...
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26TH February - 1st March, 2024, Nairobi, Kenya By Shweta Tyagi* OPENING: The sixth session of the UN Environment Assembly (UNEA-6) began on Monday, Febru ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar, Editor, Focus Global Reporter conducted an interview with Mr. Kapil NARULA, Ph.D., Senior Analyst Breakthrough Agenda, Climate Champions ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* Human rights reflect shared values and apply to every human being regardless of the specific laws that their country may hold. Such valu ...
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Dr Eric Tardieu* Dr Eric Tardieu As water resource management at the basin level is increasingly recognized as an essential component in effectively addre ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar, Editor, Focus Global Reporter conducted an interview with Mr. Takayuki Hagiwara, FAO Representative in India, Food and Agriculture Organ ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar, Editor, Focus Global Reporter conducted an interview with Dr. Pema Gyamtsho, Director General of ICIMOD. Excerpts from the Interview are ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* Agriculture contributes 16% of the overall GDP and accounts for employment of approximately 52% of the Indian population. Rapid growth i ...
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6-9th February 2024, Goa Ms. Shweta Tyagi* India is not only embracing but also leading changes with its vast resources, booming economy, and progressive ...
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Ms. Shweta Tyagi, Associate Editor, Focus Global Reporter conducted an interview with Dr. Sandeep Tripathi, IEM, Central Vigilance Commission, Govt. of In ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* The United Nations Environment Assembly is the world’s highest-level decision-making body for matters related to the environment. It set ...
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Shri B. P. PATI* & Shri SUNIL BHAWARIA** Coal/Lignite PSUs have spearheaded commendable efforts in leveraging mine water to alleviate water scarcity, ...
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Mr. Jaideep N. Malaviya a professional in solar energy since 1996 is Founder-Secretary General of Solar Thermal Federation of India and also Managing Dire ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* In an era of planetary crises and increasing environmental challenges, finding innovative and sustainable solutions to safeguard t ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* Our planet is heading for a scorching three-degree increase in global temperatures. Droughts, storms, fires and floods are pummeling cou ...
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By FGR Bureau MoEF&CC has submitted three nominations from India for Wetland City Accreditation (WCA) of Indore (Madhya Pradesh), Bhopal (Madhya Prade ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* In 2023 most of the planet including the oceans experienced above-average or record-breaking heat, with more intense rainfall and catast ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* Economic corridors are infrastructure projects designed to enhance connectivity and facilitate economic development between different re ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* Agriculture represents a crucial sector that underpins our population growth and well-being. It has been providing nourishment for gener ...
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30th November-12th December 2023, Dubai Ms. Shweta Tyagi* “The UN warns of an alarming path toward catastrophic global heating, the world witnesses the br ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* The 28th edition of the Conference of the Parties (COP 28) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) unfolde ...
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By FGR Bureau 14 December, New Delhi: The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), which is a comprehensive list of inalienable human rights agr ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* In an agreement on a loss and damage fund to help developing countries cope with the effects of climate change, COP28 began with a histo ...
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Message of UN Secretary-General António Guterres Seventy-five years ago, in the wake of the horrors of the Holocaust, States adopted the Convention on the ...
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Message of UN Secretary-General António Guterres “All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights.” The iconic opening sentence of the Univ ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* A landmark deal to help the world’s poorest and most vulnerable countries pay for the irreversible impacts of climate disaster was agree ...
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by FGR Bureau Message of UN Secretary-General António Guterres This first World Sustainable Transport Day reminds us that the road to a better future depe ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* Human rights are rights we have simply because we exist as human beings - they are not granted by any state. These universal rights are ...
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By FGR Bureau Message of UN Secretary-General António Guterres Violence against women is a horrific violation of human rights, a public health crisis and ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* Summer 2023’s record-setting temperatures aren’t just a set of numbers – they result in dire real-world consequences. From sweltering te ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* Our planet is buckling under the weight of intertwined environmental crises: conflict, climate change, biodiversity loss and pollution. ...
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Shweta Tyagi* An Overview of the Third World Food Forum (WFF) Event Agrifood systems are a major contributor to climate change, but they also have the pot ...
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By Dr. Arvind Kumar* Air pollution, stemming from the introduction of noxious agents such as gases, particles, and biological compounds, can inflict sever ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* At this time of year like the advent of festival season the annual ritual of Air Pollution also arrives in Delhi. Its air is increasingl ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* Agrifood systems are a major contributor to climate change, but they also have the potential to be part of the solution. Being the compl ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* The 54th regular session of the UN Human Rights Council (HRC), which was held from September 11 to October 13, 2023, was a meeting of th ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* The world is facing increasingly complex climate-related challenges that are reducing our resilience to climate shocks and increasing ou ...
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https://youtu.be/IgSWYjdTBGU Side event on Linguistic Minorities and Human Rights in India organised by Sindhi Adhikar Manch on 25th September 2023 at the ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* Europe is experiencing some of the hottest temperatures of summer 2023 so far, as a ‘heat dome’ expands over the southern half of the co ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* Is the Political Declaration at the UN SDG Summit 2023 actually a transformative action or just old wine in new bottle? A fundamental sh ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* Under the theme of ‘Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam’ the G20 leaders met at a defining moment in history where the decisions made will determine t ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* 2023 mark the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration on Human Rights (UNDHR). The Human Rights Council is known as the most open ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* India’s G20 presidency has been regarded by experts across the world as an exceptional and unprecedented opportunity with immense scope ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* One of the clearest trends the world witnessed in 2022 was the accelerating eastward shift in global economic power. For almost 80 years ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* Scorching heat gripped parts of Europe, Asia, and North America, bringing with it record-breaking temperatures, driving wildfires, and p ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* There has been increased attention put on the financial resources needed to help developing countries mitigate and adapt to climate chan ...
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10th -19th July 2023 By Dr. Arvind Kumar “Unless we act now, the 2030 Agenda will become an epitaph for a world that might have been” said UN Secretary-Ge ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* Since systematic scientific assessments began in the 1970s, the influence of human activity on the warming of the climate system has evo ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* Artificial Intelligence is rapidly shaping the future of humanity across nearly every industry. It is already the main driver of emergin ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* The world is crying out for high-level political action. Actions to make the Sustainable Development Goals a reality for everyone, every ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* The summer monsoon brings South Asia 70-80% of its annual rainfall, as well as death and destruction due to flooding and landslides. Dur ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* The recent visit of Amina Mohammed UN Deputy Secretary General focused on a range of critical topics, including India’s ongoing G20 pres ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* India is a diverse country with a large population that faces various challenges related to poverty, healthcare, education, infrastructu ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* We are left in an interesting — and concerning — place these past couple of years. The world’s pandemic proved it was far from over, sic ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* We are in a race against time in this climate emergency. Governments must use the time and opportunity to prepare for an ambitious outco ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* Everybody agrees that we are living through unprecedented times. The nature and scale of what the triple planetary crisis has led to is ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* The triple planetary crisis of climate change, nature and biodiversity loss and pollution and waste is upon us and bearing down harder e ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* IPCC has warned that India—home to 20 percent of the world’s population—could face multiple climate change-induced disasters in the nex ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* The choice for the first set of single-use plastic items for the ban was based on "difficulty of collection, and therefore recycling. Wh ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* The loss of biodiversity can have significant impacts on human health if we do not guarantee that the ecosystem services it provides are ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* The format of Mann ki Baat is a monologue by the Prime Minister, where he shares his thoughts, experiences, and ideas on a wide range of ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* The overall human impact due to overpopulation on the environment is causing overconsumption, excessive pollution, and proliferation of ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* India's Presidency of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) has come at a time when the global economy and landscape is facing sig ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar From the vehicle you ride to the television you watch; plastics are everywhere around us… quite literally! Most plastic items never fully ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* The discussions all throughout the year from South Asia Forum on sustainable development to the Asia Pacific Forum for sustainable devel ...
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Report: Travelogue Dr. Arvind Kumar* The ten day sojourn from Delhi- New York- Incheon- Bangkok-Delhi was almost 40 hours of intermittent flying. Landing ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* The UN 2023 Water Conference was convened from 22-24th March2023 in New York on the theme of water was after 44 years since 1977 and ope ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* Civil20 not only represents the voice of civil society in the G20 countries, but also globally, including in the southern hemisphere. Gi ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* While the world was grappling with the adverse socio-economic impacts caused by the triple planetary crisis of pollution, climate change ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* The cooperation and alignment are necessary, need to be scaled up, and require commitment and strong leadership. By promoting cooperatio ...
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ANALYSIS:G20 Dr. Arvind Kumar* The Migration and Mobility Partnership Agreement, which was inked in December 2022, will strengthen this cooperation even m ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* The world is currently experiencing the disastrous effects of climate change, including storms, floods, heat waves, wildfires, cyclones, ...
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Shweta Tyagi* Hazards always come as a surprise but are also inevitable. The tragic events in Syria and Turkey are virtually identical. They were caused b ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* The world faces multiple challenges of war, energy, food shortages, viruses, and recession therefore a global response is needed. The im ...
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A report on India Energy Week 2023 Shweta Tyagi* The first major event under India’s G20 Presidency the India Energy Week 2023 India held in Bengaluru fro ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* As inevitable climate hazards worsen, the rate of global warming is outpacing attempts to protect billions of people. Get ready for a gr ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* The main asset in the modern period is energy and unquestionably necessary for a developing economy like India because it is the backbon ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* Wetlands' vulnerability will undoubtedly rise as a result of climate change and its associated drivers and pressures. The conservation a ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* From COVID-19 pandemic to violent conflicts, forced displacement and climate change, humanity is badly affected. We have to work towards ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* There are significant lessons that must be learned in order to navigate the future as the globe recovers from the challenges that the Co ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* With the announcements coming from the European Union, Kazakhstan, Namibia, Egypt, Oman, and Kenya, green hydrogen took a centre stage a ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* The G20 India’s focus to cater to range of development challenges for the world has aroused global citizenry to actively look towards th ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* Experts on disaster management suggest the adoption of integrated watershed management by advocating coordinated development planning at ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* Without a common international regulatory framework, we will not be able to address the global and increasing challenge of plastic pollu ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* Participants in the WG meetings also discussed potential global benefit-sharing systems for the use of digital sequence information (DSI ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* This accord may be our final opportunity to stop the degradation of nature. As businesses and governments destroy our forests and prairi ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* Shouldn’t the negotiations held during the Conference of the Parties meetings present an opportunity to adapt existing agreements to bet ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* Now more than ever, the topic of climate change has been receiving global attention and is at the forefront of many conversations. In ad ...
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Dr Arvind Kumar* The G20 has no parallel among intergovernmental forums that comprises of major developed as well as developing economies, thus offering a ...
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ANALYSIS Dr. Arvind Kumar* Set against a difficult geopolitical backdrop, COP27 resulted in countries delivering a package of decisions that reaffirmed th ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* To reach the Net Zero destination, countries should plan large-scale interventions in 6 sectors i.e. energy and electricity, transport, ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* The renewed political and financial commitment towards forest climate action shown at COP27 is creating a new momentum for REDD+. We nee ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* Estimates suggest circular economy adoption in India will bring an annual benefit to a tune of Rs 40 lakh crore ($624 billion) in 2050 a ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar The climate emergency continues to challenge existing norms and ways of working. The recent IPCC reports and the Global Assessment R ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* Governments are more focused on energy security in the short-term, relying on low-hanging but risky alternatives, such as looking for ne ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* Biodiversity is vital to life on our planet. It is essentially the life support system for humanity. The biodiversity we see today is th ...
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OPINION 1.3 billion people still live in multidimensional poverty with almost half of them children and youth. Statistics show that 1.77 million Indians a ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* The world has witnessed climate change impacts in the form of rising temperatures, receding glaciers, drying rivers, reduction in wetlan ...
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SPECIAL REPORT Dr. Arvind Kumar* Metaphorically, the UN may well be “First among Equals”,its successes are indeed young relative to the colossal challenge ...
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*Dr. Arvind Kumar By 2050 the number of people living in cities will have nearly doubled, from 3.6 billion in 2011 to more than 6 billion. Yet the world’s ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* Air pollution harms our health, economies and the planet and is a global scale problem and one of the biggest contributors to climate ch ...
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AGENDA Dr. Arvind Kumar* Assumption of the Indian presidency of the G20 and Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) in 2023 and that of the UN Security Co ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* Water scarcity has particularly emerged as a highly critical and contentious issue within South Asia, one of the world’s most dynamic re ...
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REGIONAL COOPERATION-REPORT Dr. Arvind Kumar* The SCO declaration 2022 was a set of a mine run and promises and the proceedings were also banal. Yet, Indi ...
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REPORT Shweta Tyagi* “Almost half of the world’s human population relies heavily on groundwater for survival, and as that population continues to grow, ma ...
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BLOG (COP 27) Dr. Arvind Kumar* Hence, it’s a Hobson’s choice to initiate a paradigm shift in agricultural development approaches and practices through re ...
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Shweta Tyagi* The first half of this decade will be apparently remembered for deadly climate related catastrophes, among them, the great fires in Europe, ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* An era comes to an end as Queen Elizabeth passes away and leaves behind an unmatched legacy. Ironically the UK’s longest serving monarch ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* India’s assumption of the G20 presidency entails both challenges and opportunitiesand the present leadership of India is capable of meet ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* When the world was recuperating from the damages done by the corona virus on our health and economy another scare of monkey pox is at ou ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* Undeniably, the formation of I2 U2 with India joining it along with Israel, the UAE and the US is a welcome development and the location ...
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By Shweta Tyagi* The recently concluded G7 meet in Germany evince why the West may be adapting to accommodate the global South, particularly India. These ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* Plastic particles have not just pervaded throughout the environment, but are pervading our bodies too. A recent Dutch study examined blo ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* Accelerating extreme events largely due to destabilised climate systems are something India will have to deal with head on - even if it ...
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World Environment Day - States/ UTs and Urban Local Bodies across the country will swing into campaign mode, in a bid to make the country free of single u ...
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A report on UNCCDCOP-15 Shweta Tyagi* 15th Session of the Conference of the Parties of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) - L ...
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*Deepak Lakahnpal & Dr. S.K. Sharma Abstract A multi-stage process is recommendable towards determining economic feasibility of potential MAR projects ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* In a world increasingly impacted by geostrategic shifts, ideological rivalry and fractured power has the pragmatic foreign policy of PM ...
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The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi addressed the inaugural session of the fourth edition of the International Conference on Disaster Resilient Infrast ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* Water is fundamental to all biotic life, including human life, on Earth, despite it being a finite and irreplaceable resource, and is on ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* Rural development is often construed in terms of a procedure of facilitating improvement in the quality of life and economic well-being ...
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Ms. Neha Chaudhary, IRS* "Climate change is the defining crisis of our time and it is happening even more quickly than we feared" states the United Nation ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* Sri Lanka, an island nation inhabited by 22 million people with having tourism-based economy is currently in the throes of a worsening e ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* The close linguistic, marital, religious and cultural ties at people-to-people level between India and Nepal have remain there since tim ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* The release of the IPCC’s latest report on April 4, the third and final part of the IPCC’s thorough review of climate science, has sugge ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* The latest report of the IPCC endeavours to tackle the ticklish question of how humankind is expected to join hands as a species to fix ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* Recently-held 5th BIMSTEC Summit (29-30 March), apart from adopting a charter has also concurred on enhancing mutual cooperation in seve ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* Wildfires are wreaking havoc on the environment, wildlife, human health, and infrastructure from Australia to Canada, the United States ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* The current and rapidly evolving geopolitical global situation, especially in the aftermath of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, has seem ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* On average, 1,000,000 plastic bottles are bought every minute worldwide, and less than half of all plastic bottles end up getting recycl ...
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The Indian government is participating in a big way at the 9th World Water Forum. The Prime Minister is being represented by a high-level delegation under ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* Safari is a Swahili word· meaning ‘Journey’ which has become· synonymous with Big Game viewing in both Africa and In ...
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The Webinar will discuss the initiatives of the Government of India in the energy and resources sector including the Budget 2022 announcements and to elic ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* Even if emissions are cut as promised in the Paris Agreement levels, there is the likelihood that many parts of northern and coastal Ind ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* Trans-boundary Cooperation It is worth mentioning here that the Indus Water Treaty, signed between India and Pakistan in 1960, allocates ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* The ongoing Ukrainian crisis does not augur well for global peace and security because its geopolitical and geo-economic implications en ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* High hopes are often pegged at increased budgetary allocations each time as and when a budget is presented and in an eventuality of decr ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* With Ukraine and Taiwan hogging limelight as the most dangerous hotspots entailing the potential of triggering the Third World War becau ...
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Dr Arvind Kumar* Plenty of optimism seemingly lurks in the Economic Survey 2021-2022 tabled by the union finance minister in Parliament on 31 January proj ...
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DISCUSSION Dr Arvind Kumar* Utterances in the global forums like COP26 or Davos 2022 call for innovative and pragmatically feasible ideas, some of which m ...
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OPINION Dr. Arvind Kumar* [This is a necessitated reform for a Democracy like India where the need for stable government would definitely bring Developmen ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* People of Afghanistan are reeling under woeful plight in socio-economic, political, and security terms since the hasty withdrawal of US- ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* Women constitute half of total global population and they entail the potential of playing pivotal role in furthering growth and the goal ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* India is the land of villages as rightly said by Mahatma Gandhi “I would say that if the village perishes India will perish too. India w ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* Cities are fast emerging as the major hub of sustainable development activities and are destined to play very important role in the real ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* (Image Courtesy: Freepik) The fashion value chain is of global importance, with millions of jobs attached to it, generating foreign exch ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* Prime Minister Modi’s clarion call to the farming community to adopt natural farming is very timely. Asserting that maximum benefits fro ...
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*Dr. Arvind Kumar Image 1-Courtesy: India Water Foundation The rugged landscapes and dramatic scenery, striking landmarks and freezing weather are what gi ...
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Editor's Desk* Dr. Arvind Kumar A pall of uncertainty that had descended on the inaugural day of the commencement of COP26 in the absence of clear-cut an ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* Higher expectations and lofty aspirations are always at place prior to the convening of a global conference like the Conference Of Parti ...
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FGR Bureau Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi availed of the occasion of his visit to Rome, Italy, where he had gone to participate in the 16th Summit Meet ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* Group of Twenty or G20 is an intergovernmental forum comprising 19 countries and the European Union that aims at improving international ...
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Latest UNEP Emissions Gap Report finds new and updated Nationally Determined Contributions only take 7.5% off predicted 2030 emissions, while 55% is neede ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar, Editor, Focus Global Reporter Geopolitics in the Indo-Pacific region in general and South Asia in particular has undergone tremendous tr ...
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Dr Arvind Kumar On road to COP-26 India has been participating in the COPs actively and adhering to the decisions taken at each COP and making sincere eff ...
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By Dr. Arvind Kumar, President, India Water Foundation Image Courtesy: marca.com Glasgow (UK) is going to be the focal point of attention and attraction w ...
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By Dr. Arvind Kumar, President, India Water Foundation In the ‘New Normal’ that has come to prevail in the wake of subsiding of the adverse impacts of COV ...
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By Dr Arvind Kumar The Indo-Pacific region is characterized by the emergence of Quad and now coming into being of the AUKUS, also designated as Asian NATO ...
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By India Water Foundation This report presents the global status on transboundary cooperation and acceleration needed to achieve target 6.5 by 2030, based ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar, President, India Water Foundation Dr. Arvind Kumar The IUCN World Conservation Congress, the world’s largest and most inclusive environm ...
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The water community plays a central role in nature conservation efforts. On the occasion of the World Conservation Congress, which brings together world l ...
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By Dr Arvind Kumar, President, India Water Foundation Picturesque and enchanting, Kashmir is cradled high in the lofty green Himalayas and hailed all over ...
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*Dr. K. Balachandra Kurup[1] *Dr. Balan is a Governance and institutional development expert with more than four decades of working experience in Policy, ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar, President, India Water Foundation The G20 recently held Ministerial Meetings at the end of July, 2021. Italy currently holds the Preside ...
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The Indian states with the highest fertility rates also have the lowest socioeconomic indicators. As India’s population crossed 1390 million population as ...
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*Dr. Arvind Kumar, President, India Water Foundation Only in India we are liberal with the health concerns, Will you eat this Wheat? the Supreme Court ask ...
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https://aippnet.org/emrip14-item-8-draft-report-efforts-implement-united-nations-declaration-rights-indigenous-peoples-indigenous-peoples-right-self-deter ...
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According to the draft, the government will offer fiscal incentives for EV buyers. This will be based on the model of vehicles. By Sudhir Suryawanshi | Ex ...
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PIB: BRICS Nations have unanimously agreed on an innovation co-operation at the 11th BRICS S&T Steering Committee Meeting. The proposal put forward by ...
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PIB: Snow and glaciers are melting rapidly in the Himalayan range due to climate change, altering water supplies in the rivers like Indus, Ganga and Brahm ...
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IUCN NEWS: IUCN, the official advisor on nature to the UNESCO World Heritage Committee, recommends adding four natural sites to the List of World Heritage ...
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by Dr. Arvind Kumar, President, India Water Foundation Picture credit: Wikipedia India’s geographical setting render it a key player in the South-East Asi ...
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Member (Health), NITI Aayog, Dr. V. K. Paul has informed that India has administered nearly 81 lakh vaccine doses, on the first day when the Revised Guide ...
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Sh. Narendra Modi PIB: On the occasion of seventh International yoga day, The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra talked of Yoga’s role during the pandemic. H ...
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Shri Narendra Modi The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi delivered a keynote address at the UN “High-Level Dialogue on Desertification, Land Degradation ...
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Land degradation from climate change and the expansion of agriculture, cities and infrastructure “undermines the well-being of 3.2 billion people”, the UN ...
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PIB: The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs chaired by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, has approved the proposal of Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES ...
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By Dr. Arvind Kumar, President, India Water Foundation Dr. Arvind Kumar While we can successfully restore biodiversity, structure, and function to a degra ...
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Proud moment for #IndiaWaterFoundation to be showcased as one of the four best civil societies in the world for their #climateactionstory ...
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3 - 7 June 2021 https://ipbes.net/ipbes-8/stakeholderdays/e-posters Link: https://ipbes.net/ipbes-8/stakeholderdays/e-posters ...
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by Shweta Tyagi, Chief Functionary, India Water Foundation Ms. Shweta Tyagi Biodiversity (biological diversity), is the abundance of living things that ma ...
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By Prof Ajit Tyagi, Honorary Patron & Chairman of the Committee on Climate Change, India Water Foundation Prof. Ajit Tyagi Prof. Ajit Tyagi is Honorar ...
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By Afroz Ahmad* Formerly Advisor to the Government of Maharashtra & Formerly Member (Environment and Rehabilitation), Narmada ...
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United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) The 2021 World Water Development Report on “Valuing Water” assesses the current ...
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United Nations Environmental Programme This report provides the bedrock for hope. By bringing together the latest scientific evidence showing the impacts ...
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United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) As water is the most disruptive element in the ongoing climate crisis, how land is managed pla ...
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United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) The establishment of a global target on LDN within the SDG framework is also expected. This wi ...
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Food and Agriculture organisation (FAO) This report constitutes a further step towards bridging persistent knowledge gaps and fostering a better understan ...
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United Nations Environmental Programme Sanitation, Wastewater Management and Sustainability: From Waste Disposal to Resource Recovery offers a new concept ...
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United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) The Global Methane Assessment is working to better characterize the benefits of methane reductions with state- ...
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By Dr S. K. Sharma1, 1 Retd. Member,Central Ground Water Board, Government of India, Consultant, WAPCOS and Principal Advisor, India Water Found ...
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By Mr. M Mehta, Former Commissioner, Ministry of Water Resources Govt. of India, New Delhi Mr. M. Mehta More than 46 years of experience in planning ...
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By Ms. Kavita Prasad Kavita is a documentation consultant and an experienced environmental science writer.She is the Founder of KGenesis and Chemeric Biot ...
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By Ananya Malik, Junior Researcher , India Water Foundation Turtles are reptiles that have been roaming the earth for over 150 million years. Turtles have ...
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By FGR Bureau There is no need to explain the importance of trees in our lives. History shows that the best of Indian cultures originated in the forests. ...
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By Shweta Tyagi, Chief Functionary India Water Foundation Figure 1 Eco-sensitive zones, Source: Project TIGER Eco-Sensitive Zones or Ecologically Fragile ...
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UN Newsभारत में संयुक्त राष्ट्र की रैज़िडेण्ट कोऑर्डिनेटर, रेनाटा डेज़ालिएन. UN NEWS (26 May 2021, Health): भारत में संयुक्त राष्ट्र की रैज़िडेण्ट कोऑर्डि ...
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UN NEWS Humanity is “waging a war on nature”, threatening biodiversity loss, climate disruption and escalating pollution, the UN chief said on Friday. “W ...
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Dr. Harsh Vardhan, Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare, Science & Technology and Earth Sciences, Government of India #UnitedNations75andBeyon ...
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UN NEWS Countries are on track to miss the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) relating to environmental protection, two UN entities warn in new report i ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar, President, India Water Foundation Dr. Arvind Kumar, President, India Water Foundation With the world still combating the most unpreceden ...
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WHO NEWS: https://www.who.int/news/item/17-05-2021-long-working-hours-increasing-deaths-from-heart-disease-and-stroke-who-ilo Long working hours led to 74 ...
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International Development and IWRM Expert Dr. Julie Ladel Dr. Julie LADEL has completed her PhD in Applied Hydrology from Paris University and is the dire ...
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Principal Chief Conservator of Forests & Head of Forest Force | Odisha Dr. Sandeep Tripathi, IFS A Natural Resource Management Professional belonging ...
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Secretary General | International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage (ICID) Sh. Ashwin B. Pandya Shri A.B. Pandya, in his long distinguished service en ...
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A report on the concluded Leaders Summit on Climate “Mother Nature is not waiting; we need a green planet — but the world is on red alert.” Said UN Secret ...
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Executive Director | United Nations Global Compact Network India Ms. Shabnam Siddiqui Ms. Shabnam Siddiqui is Officiating Executive Director at the United ...
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Director and Advisory Board Secretary | Climate Technology Centre & Network Dr. Rose Mwebaza (PhD) Dr. Rose Mwebaza (PhD) is the Director of CTCN and ...
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Dr. Shalini Dhyani1,2 Increased frequencies of extreme climate events are alarming for the entire South Asia region that is sensitive to ongoing climate c ...
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File photos of Joe Biden and Narendra Modi. News 18 India : Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday pitched for concrete action at a “high speed" and on ...
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Director General | International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) Dr. Pema Gyamtsho Dr. Pema Gyamtsho is the Director General of the In ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar, President, India Water Foundation Don’t you feel in addition to socio-economic determinants of human health, the impact of environmental ...
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UN Assistant Secretary-General and Head of New York Office at UNEP |Secretary of the UN Environment Management Group Mr. Satya S. Tripathi Mr. Satya S. Tr ...
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Secretary | DST |Ministry of Science & Technology, Government of India Prof. Ashutosh Sharma Mr. Ashutosh Sharma is Secretary to the Government of Ind ...
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Head | UN Environment Country Office, India Mr. Atul Bagai Mr. Atul Bagai joined UN Environment’s Ozone Action programme under the Montreal Protocol as th ...
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WMO/Boris JordanWind farms, like this one in Belgium, are a key source of sustainable energy. UNNEWS: The world is “a long way off” from meeting the goals ...
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Chief of Development Operations | JICA India Office | New Delhi| Mr. M. P. Singh Mr. M P Singh, Chief of Development Operations, JICA India Office was for ...
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Director & Head | South and South-West Asia Office | United Nations ESCAP Dr. Arvind Kumar Dr. Nagesh Kumar is Director and Head of South and South-We ...
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UN NEWS: Climate change and loss of biodiversity is seen as the most pressing challenge over the decade, according to the World in 2030 Survey report publ ...
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Secretary |Ministry of Women and Child Development | Government of India Mr. R. M. Mishra, IAS Mr. Ram Mohan Mishra, Secretary to the Government of India, ...
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President | World Water Council Mr. Loïc Fauchon is President of the World Water Councilsince 2018 after having previously served two mandates from 2005 t ...
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Executive Secretary | Convention on Biological Diversity Ms. Elizabeth MarumaMrema, is the Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity. ...
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Director General |NMCG | Ministry of Jal Shakti | Government of India Mr. Rajiv Ranjan Mishra, IAS, DG, NMCG, Ministry of Jal Shakti, GOI Mr. Rajiv Ranjan ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar, President, India Water Foundation Dr. Arvind Kumar In the last three decades alone, nearly one-third of natural wetlands have been lost ...
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Born on 27th January 1978, Dr. Conrad K. Sangma is the 12th Chief Minister of Meghalaya. His vision for Meghalaya was shaped extensively by the ...
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Nairobi, 23 February 2021 –Ministers of environment and other leaders from more than 150 nations today concluded a two-day online meeting of the ...
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Delhi receives at least 232 MGD (million gallons per day) water through the Nangal channel, which helps meet the city’s 25% water requirement, which is es ...
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UNDP Zambia Sylvia Chiinda has boosted her income by farming goats. 20 February 2021 | SDGs UN NEWS: In Zambia, where the climate crisis is making it incr ...
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By Shweta Tyagi, Chief Functionary, India Water Foundation Footage shows the flood in Chamoli, Uttarakhand, on Saturday.Reuters In a tragic turn of events ...
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Post Source/Credit: ETV Bharat, Published on: Feb 2021, 10:59 PM IST Having taken notes from the Uttarakhand disaster, Bihar State Pollution Control Board ...
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National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG), Ministry of Jal Shakti and India Water Foundation (IWF), celebrated World Wetland Day 2021, to raise awareness ab ...
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Analysis by Shweta Tyagi, Chief Functionary, India Water Foundation and Amritha J, Intern, India Water Foundation INTRODUCTION The COVID 19 virus has caus ...
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Each year the World Economic Forum publishes a report looking ahead to the short term and long term risks facing organizations around the world. The 2021 ...
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Though countries have made progress in planning for climate change adaptation, there are significant financing shortfalls in getting them to the stage whe ...
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By Abraham Thomas PUBLISHED ON Hindustan Times, JAN 14, 2021 05:18 AM IST High levels of ammonia in the Yamuna had prompted the Delhi Jal Board (DJB) to r ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar, President, India Water Foundation “The goal is to find the most appropriate blend of green and blue investments to maximize benefits and ...
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WASHINGTON DC, December 15, 2020 — The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors today approved a $400 million projectto support India’s efforts at provid ...
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While lakhs of poultry were reported dead from Haryana, migratory birds died in Himachal Pradesh. In Madhya Pradesh, hundreds of crows were found dead in ...
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https://www.cifor.org/knowledge/publication/7819/ The global food system is causing large‐scale environmental degradation and is a major contributor to cl ...
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Digital Ocean is a big step towards Digital India, will help expand ‘Blue Economy’ and promote Atmanirbhar Bharat: Dr Harsh Vardhan PIB: The Minister of E ...
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UNEP: Pixabay / 17 Dec 2020 Nairobi/Colombo, 17 December 2020 - From source to sea, our waters are contaminated by a plastics scourge. A new study by the ...
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Nehru Yuva Kendra Sangthan to undertake ‘Catch the Rain’ awareness campaign covering 623 districts across the nation from December 2020 to March 2021. PIB ...
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#SDGAction37039 Description of Acceleration Action Objectives: Promoting Water as a socio-economic connector in everyday lives, utilization of science and ...
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DESCRIPTION OF GOOD PRACTICE Introduction The Integrated Basin Development and Livelihood Promotion (IBDLP) Programme was launched by the Government of Me ...
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India figured in the bottom third for most development indicators, including quality of health and education and an adverse sex ratio, according to the re ...
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The Gwalior Fort occupies a sandstone plateau overlooking the city and is accessed via a winding road lined with sacred Jain statues. Source The Tribune B ...
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About this contentKaren McVeigh@karenmcveigh1Mon 7 Dec 2020 09.12 GMT Companies accused of “zero progress” on reducing plastic waste, with Coca-Cola ranke ...
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Dechen Palmo Updated: Dec 05, 2020, 20:46 IST The new dam’s ability to generate hydropower could be three times that of central China’s Three Gorges Dam ( ...
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A staggering two-thirds of world’s school-aged children – 1.3 billion children aged 3-17 – do not have internet connection in their homes, preventing them ...
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New Delhi, Dec 2 (PTI) Delhi's air quality was in the upper end of the very poor category Wednesday morning, while pollution levels have already ente ...
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UNEP (2020-06-24) India Water Foundation of Potential response options pursuant to subparagraph 10 (d) of UNEA resolution 3/7 MEETING REPORT/PROCEEDI ...
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Summary of Takeaways to be incorporated within the framework of climate change https://unfccc.int/documents/254231 The need for vigorous incorporation of ...
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Striking lack of progress on environmental SDGs in Asia-Pacific, reveals new UN report There is overwhelming evidence that the Asia-Pacific region needs t ...
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By Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana, United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Executive Secretary of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacif ...
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Dr Arvind Kumar**President, India Water Foundation, New Delhi (India).Broadly speaking, there are more than two billion people worldwide who are currently ...
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If the pandemic has brought extraordinary challenges to the achievement of the SDGs, it also raised ‘new normal’ opportunities to realize the decade. 2020 ...
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By Dr. Arvind Kumar, President, India Water Foundation “The world has long benefited from the strong, collaborative engagement with the government and the ...
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Concern that new strategy, which also includes protecting primeval forests, ‘lacks tools’ The European commission will launch a sweeping effort to tackle ...
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By Syl Kacapyr | May 18, 2020 Within the Colorado River basin, management laws dictate how water is allocated to farms, businesses and homes. Those laws, ...
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Sustainability and development go hand-in-hand. There is a dire need for the industry to increasingly adopt sustainable practices to safeguard ecological ...
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https://www.cifor.org/knowledge/publication/7819/ The global food system is causing large‐scale environmental degradation and is a major contributor to cl ...
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Dr. S. K. Sharma*, Vimal Belani*, Lalit Gupta* ABSTRACT: The article outlines practices & policies for developing and managing RWH & Managed ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* Whether it's the effects of climate change or deforestation, our planet is facing some of the biggest challenges generations has ever kn ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* The triple planetary crisis of climate change, nature and biodiversity loss and pollution and waste is upon us and bearing down harder e ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* Climate scientists predicted that April 2024 will likely be the hottest April ever recorded globally. This would make it the 9th consecu ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* There is no food security without peace, and no peace without food security, it is no coincidence that half of the world’s hungry people ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* Water is a basic human right of every individual inhabiting the planet, without water life is impossible. Access to safe water is impera ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* Rivers are the lifeline of every country, similarly for millions of Indians through millennia. It’s a country which also derives its mod ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* On the face of the triple planetary crisis of climate change, biodiversity loss and pollution, the world has not just an environment to ...
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26TH February - 1st March, 2024, Nairobi, Kenya By Shweta Tyagi* OPENING: The sixth session of the UN Environment Assembly (UNEA-6) began on Monday, Febru ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar, Editor, Focus Global Reporter conducted an interview with Mr. Kapil NARULA, Ph.D., Senior Analyst Breakthrough Agenda, Climate Champions ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* Human rights reflect shared values and apply to every human being regardless of the specific laws that their country may hold. Such valu ...
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Dr Eric Tardieu* Dr Eric Tardieu As water resource management at the basin level is increasingly recognized as an essential component in effectively addre ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar, Editor, Focus Global Reporter conducted an interview with Mr. Takayuki Hagiwara, FAO Representative in India, Food and Agriculture Organ ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar, Editor, Focus Global Reporter conducted an interview with Dr. Pema Gyamtsho, Director General of ICIMOD. Excerpts from the Interview are ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* Agriculture contributes 16% of the overall GDP and accounts for employment of approximately 52% of the Indian population. Rapid growth i ...
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6-9th February 2024, Goa Ms. Shweta Tyagi* India is not only embracing but also leading changes with its vast resources, booming economy, and progressive ...
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Ms. Shweta Tyagi, Associate Editor, Focus Global Reporter conducted an interview with Dr. Sandeep Tripathi, IEM, Central Vigilance Commission, Govt. of In ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* The United Nations Environment Assembly is the world’s highest-level decision-making body for matters related to the environment. It set ...
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Shri B. P. PATI* & Shri SUNIL BHAWARIA** Coal/Lignite PSUs have spearheaded commendable efforts in leveraging mine water to alleviate water scarcity, ...
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Mr. Jaideep N. Malaviya a professional in solar energy since 1996 is Founder-Secretary General of Solar Thermal Federation of India and also Managing Dire ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* In an era of planetary crises and increasing environmental challenges, finding innovative and sustainable solutions to safeguard t ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* Our planet is heading for a scorching three-degree increase in global temperatures. Droughts, storms, fires and floods are pummeling cou ...
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By FGR Bureau MoEF&CC has submitted three nominations from India for Wetland City Accreditation (WCA) of Indore (Madhya Pradesh), Bhopal (Madhya Prade ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* In 2023 most of the planet including the oceans experienced above-average or record-breaking heat, with more intense rainfall and catast ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* Economic corridors are infrastructure projects designed to enhance connectivity and facilitate economic development between different re ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* Agriculture represents a crucial sector that underpins our population growth and well-being. It has been providing nourishment for gener ...
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30th November-12th December 2023, Dubai Ms. Shweta Tyagi* “The UN warns of an alarming path toward catastrophic global heating, the world witnesses the br ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* The 28th edition of the Conference of the Parties (COP 28) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) unfolde ...
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By FGR Bureau 14 December, New Delhi: The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), which is a comprehensive list of inalienable human rights agr ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* In an agreement on a loss and damage fund to help developing countries cope with the effects of climate change, COP28 began with a histo ...
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Message of UN Secretary-General António Guterres Seventy-five years ago, in the wake of the horrors of the Holocaust, States adopted the Convention on the ...
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Message of UN Secretary-General António Guterres “All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights.” The iconic opening sentence of the Univ ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* A landmark deal to help the world’s poorest and most vulnerable countries pay for the irreversible impacts of climate disaster was agree ...
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by FGR Bureau Message of UN Secretary-General António Guterres This first World Sustainable Transport Day reminds us that the road to a better future depe ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* Human rights are rights we have simply because we exist as human beings - they are not granted by any state. These universal rights are ...
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By FGR Bureau Message of UN Secretary-General António Guterres Violence against women is a horrific violation of human rights, a public health crisis and ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* Summer 2023’s record-setting temperatures aren’t just a set of numbers – they result in dire real-world consequences. From sweltering te ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* Our planet is buckling under the weight of intertwined environmental crises: conflict, climate change, biodiversity loss and pollution. ...
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Shweta Tyagi* An Overview of the Third World Food Forum (WFF) Event Agrifood systems are a major contributor to climate change, but they also have the pot ...
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By Dr. Arvind Kumar* Air pollution, stemming from the introduction of noxious agents such as gases, particles, and biological compounds, can inflict sever ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* At this time of year like the advent of festival season the annual ritual of Air Pollution also arrives in Delhi. Its air is increasingl ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* Agrifood systems are a major contributor to climate change, but they also have the potential to be part of the solution. Being the compl ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* The 54th regular session of the UN Human Rights Council (HRC), which was held from September 11 to October 13, 2023, was a meeting of th ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* The world is facing increasingly complex climate-related challenges that are reducing our resilience to climate shocks and increasing ou ...
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https://youtu.be/IgSWYjdTBGU Side event on Linguistic Minorities and Human Rights in India organised by Sindhi Adhikar Manch on 25th September 2023 at the ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* Europe is experiencing some of the hottest temperatures of summer 2023 so far, as a ‘heat dome’ expands over the southern half of the co ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* Is the Political Declaration at the UN SDG Summit 2023 actually a transformative action or just old wine in new bottle? A fundamental sh ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* Under the theme of ‘Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam’ the G20 leaders met at a defining moment in history where the decisions made will determine t ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* 2023 mark the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration on Human Rights (UNDHR). The Human Rights Council is known as the most open ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* India’s G20 presidency has been regarded by experts across the world as an exceptional and unprecedented opportunity with immense scope ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* One of the clearest trends the world witnessed in 2022 was the accelerating eastward shift in global economic power. For almost 80 years ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* Scorching heat gripped parts of Europe, Asia, and North America, bringing with it record-breaking temperatures, driving wildfires, and p ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* There has been increased attention put on the financial resources needed to help developing countries mitigate and adapt to climate chan ...
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10th -19th July 2023 By Dr. Arvind Kumar “Unless we act now, the 2030 Agenda will become an epitaph for a world that might have been” said UN Secretary-Ge ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* Since systematic scientific assessments began in the 1970s, the influence of human activity on the warming of the climate system has evo ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* Artificial Intelligence is rapidly shaping the future of humanity across nearly every industry. It is already the main driver of emergin ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* The world is crying out for high-level political action. Actions to make the Sustainable Development Goals a reality for everyone, every ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* The summer monsoon brings South Asia 70-80% of its annual rainfall, as well as death and destruction due to flooding and landslides. Dur ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* The recent visit of Amina Mohammed UN Deputy Secretary General focused on a range of critical topics, including India’s ongoing G20 pres ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* India is a diverse country with a large population that faces various challenges related to poverty, healthcare, education, infrastructu ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* We are left in an interesting — and concerning — place these past couple of years. The world’s pandemic proved it was far from over, sic ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* We are in a race against time in this climate emergency. Governments must use the time and opportunity to prepare for an ambitious outco ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* Everybody agrees that we are living through unprecedented times. The nature and scale of what the triple planetary crisis has led to is ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* The triple planetary crisis of climate change, nature and biodiversity loss and pollution and waste is upon us and bearing down harder e ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* IPCC has warned that India—home to 20 percent of the world’s population—could face multiple climate change-induced disasters in the nex ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* The choice for the first set of single-use plastic items for the ban was based on "difficulty of collection, and therefore recycling. Wh ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* The loss of biodiversity can have significant impacts on human health if we do not guarantee that the ecosystem services it provides are ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* The format of Mann ki Baat is a monologue by the Prime Minister, where he shares his thoughts, experiences, and ideas on a wide range of ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* The overall human impact due to overpopulation on the environment is causing overconsumption, excessive pollution, and proliferation of ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* India's Presidency of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) has come at a time when the global economy and landscape is facing sig ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar From the vehicle you ride to the television you watch; plastics are everywhere around us… quite literally! Most plastic items never fully ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* The discussions all throughout the year from South Asia Forum on sustainable development to the Asia Pacific Forum for sustainable devel ...
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Report: Travelogue Dr. Arvind Kumar* The ten day sojourn from Delhi- New York- Incheon- Bangkok-Delhi was almost 40 hours of intermittent flying. Landing ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* The UN 2023 Water Conference was convened from 22-24th March2023 in New York on the theme of water was after 44 years since 1977 and ope ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* Civil20 not only represents the voice of civil society in the G20 countries, but also globally, including in the southern hemisphere. Gi ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* While the world was grappling with the adverse socio-economic impacts caused by the triple planetary crisis of pollution, climate change ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* The cooperation and alignment are necessary, need to be scaled up, and require commitment and strong leadership. By promoting cooperatio ...
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ANALYSIS:G20 Dr. Arvind Kumar* The Migration and Mobility Partnership Agreement, which was inked in December 2022, will strengthen this cooperation even m ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* The world is currently experiencing the disastrous effects of climate change, including storms, floods, heat waves, wildfires, cyclones, ...
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Shweta Tyagi* Hazards always come as a surprise but are also inevitable. The tragic events in Syria and Turkey are virtually identical. They were caused b ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* The world faces multiple challenges of war, energy, food shortages, viruses, and recession therefore a global response is needed. The im ...
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A report on India Energy Week 2023 Shweta Tyagi* The first major event under India’s G20 Presidency the India Energy Week 2023 India held in Bengaluru fro ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* As inevitable climate hazards worsen, the rate of global warming is outpacing attempts to protect billions of people. Get ready for a gr ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* The main asset in the modern period is energy and unquestionably necessary for a developing economy like India because it is the backbon ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* Wetlands' vulnerability will undoubtedly rise as a result of climate change and its associated drivers and pressures. The conservation a ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* From COVID-19 pandemic to violent conflicts, forced displacement and climate change, humanity is badly affected. We have to work towards ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* There are significant lessons that must be learned in order to navigate the future as the globe recovers from the challenges that the Co ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* With the announcements coming from the European Union, Kazakhstan, Namibia, Egypt, Oman, and Kenya, green hydrogen took a centre stage a ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* The G20 India’s focus to cater to range of development challenges for the world has aroused global citizenry to actively look towards th ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* Experts on disaster management suggest the adoption of integrated watershed management by advocating coordinated development planning at ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* Without a common international regulatory framework, we will not be able to address the global and increasing challenge of plastic pollu ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* Participants in the WG meetings also discussed potential global benefit-sharing systems for the use of digital sequence information (DSI ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* This accord may be our final opportunity to stop the degradation of nature. As businesses and governments destroy our forests and prairi ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* Shouldn’t the negotiations held during the Conference of the Parties meetings present an opportunity to adapt existing agreements to bet ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* Now more than ever, the topic of climate change has been receiving global attention and is at the forefront of many conversations. In ad ...
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Dr Arvind Kumar* The G20 has no parallel among intergovernmental forums that comprises of major developed as well as developing economies, thus offering a ...
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ANALYSIS Dr. Arvind Kumar* Set against a difficult geopolitical backdrop, COP27 resulted in countries delivering a package of decisions that reaffirmed th ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* To reach the Net Zero destination, countries should plan large-scale interventions in 6 sectors i.e. energy and electricity, transport, ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* The renewed political and financial commitment towards forest climate action shown at COP27 is creating a new momentum for REDD+. We nee ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* Estimates suggest circular economy adoption in India will bring an annual benefit to a tune of Rs 40 lakh crore ($624 billion) in 2050 a ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar The climate emergency continues to challenge existing norms and ways of working. The recent IPCC reports and the Global Assessment R ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* Governments are more focused on energy security in the short-term, relying on low-hanging but risky alternatives, such as looking for ne ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* Biodiversity is vital to life on our planet. It is essentially the life support system for humanity. The biodiversity we see today is th ...
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OPINION 1.3 billion people still live in multidimensional poverty with almost half of them children and youth. Statistics show that 1.77 million Indians a ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* The world has witnessed climate change impacts in the form of rising temperatures, receding glaciers, drying rivers, reduction in wetlan ...
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SPECIAL REPORT Dr. Arvind Kumar* Metaphorically, the UN may well be “First among Equals”,its successes are indeed young relative to the colossal challenge ...
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*Dr. Arvind Kumar By 2050 the number of people living in cities will have nearly doubled, from 3.6 billion in 2011 to more than 6 billion. Yet the world’s ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* Air pollution harms our health, economies and the planet and is a global scale problem and one of the biggest contributors to climate ch ...
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AGENDA Dr. Arvind Kumar* Assumption of the Indian presidency of the G20 and Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) in 2023 and that of the UN Security Co ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* Water scarcity has particularly emerged as a highly critical and contentious issue within South Asia, one of the world’s most dynamic re ...
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REGIONAL COOPERATION-REPORT Dr. Arvind Kumar* The SCO declaration 2022 was a set of a mine run and promises and the proceedings were also banal. Yet, Indi ...
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REPORT Shweta Tyagi* “Almost half of the world’s human population relies heavily on groundwater for survival, and as that population continues to grow, ma ...
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BLOG (COP 27) Dr. Arvind Kumar* Hence, it’s a Hobson’s choice to initiate a paradigm shift in agricultural development approaches and practices through re ...
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Shweta Tyagi* The first half of this decade will be apparently remembered for deadly climate related catastrophes, among them, the great fires in Europe, ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* An era comes to an end as Queen Elizabeth passes away and leaves behind an unmatched legacy. Ironically the UK’s longest serving monarch ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* India’s assumption of the G20 presidency entails both challenges and opportunitiesand the present leadership of India is capable of meet ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* When the world was recuperating from the damages done by the corona virus on our health and economy another scare of monkey pox is at ou ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* Undeniably, the formation of I2 U2 with India joining it along with Israel, the UAE and the US is a welcome development and the location ...
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By Shweta Tyagi* The recently concluded G7 meet in Germany evince why the West may be adapting to accommodate the global South, particularly India. These ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* Plastic particles have not just pervaded throughout the environment, but are pervading our bodies too. A recent Dutch study examined blo ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* Accelerating extreme events largely due to destabilised climate systems are something India will have to deal with head on - even if it ...
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World Environment Day - States/ UTs and Urban Local Bodies across the country will swing into campaign mode, in a bid to make the country free of single u ...
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A report on UNCCDCOP-15 Shweta Tyagi* 15th Session of the Conference of the Parties of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) - L ...
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*Deepak Lakahnpal & Dr. S.K. Sharma Abstract A multi-stage process is recommendable towards determining economic feasibility of potential MAR projects ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* In a world increasingly impacted by geostrategic shifts, ideological rivalry and fractured power has the pragmatic foreign policy of PM ...
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The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi addressed the inaugural session of the fourth edition of the International Conference on Disaster Resilient Infrast ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* Water is fundamental to all biotic life, including human life, on Earth, despite it being a finite and irreplaceable resource, and is on ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* Rural development is often construed in terms of a procedure of facilitating improvement in the quality of life and economic well-being ...
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Ms. Neha Chaudhary, IRS* "Climate change is the defining crisis of our time and it is happening even more quickly than we feared" states the United Nation ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* Sri Lanka, an island nation inhabited by 22 million people with having tourism-based economy is currently in the throes of a worsening e ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* The close linguistic, marital, religious and cultural ties at people-to-people level between India and Nepal have remain there since tim ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* The release of the IPCC’s latest report on April 4, the third and final part of the IPCC’s thorough review of climate science, has sugge ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* The latest report of the IPCC endeavours to tackle the ticklish question of how humankind is expected to join hands as a species to fix ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* Recently-held 5th BIMSTEC Summit (29-30 March), apart from adopting a charter has also concurred on enhancing mutual cooperation in seve ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* Wildfires are wreaking havoc on the environment, wildlife, human health, and infrastructure from Australia to Canada, the United States ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* The current and rapidly evolving geopolitical global situation, especially in the aftermath of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, has seem ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* On average, 1,000,000 plastic bottles are bought every minute worldwide, and less than half of all plastic bottles end up getting recycl ...
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The Indian government is participating in a big way at the 9th World Water Forum. The Prime Minister is being represented by a high-level delegation under ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* Safari is a Swahili word· meaning ‘Journey’ which has become· synonymous with Big Game viewing in both Africa and In ...
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The Webinar will discuss the initiatives of the Government of India in the energy and resources sector including the Budget 2022 announcements and to elic ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* Even if emissions are cut as promised in the Paris Agreement levels, there is the likelihood that many parts of northern and coastal Ind ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* Trans-boundary Cooperation It is worth mentioning here that the Indus Water Treaty, signed between India and Pakistan in 1960, allocates ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* The ongoing Ukrainian crisis does not augur well for global peace and security because its geopolitical and geo-economic implications en ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* High hopes are often pegged at increased budgetary allocations each time as and when a budget is presented and in an eventuality of decr ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* With Ukraine and Taiwan hogging limelight as the most dangerous hotspots entailing the potential of triggering the Third World War becau ...
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Dr Arvind Kumar* Plenty of optimism seemingly lurks in the Economic Survey 2021-2022 tabled by the union finance minister in Parliament on 31 January proj ...
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DISCUSSION Dr Arvind Kumar* Utterances in the global forums like COP26 or Davos 2022 call for innovative and pragmatically feasible ideas, some of which m ...
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OPINION Dr. Arvind Kumar* [This is a necessitated reform for a Democracy like India where the need for stable government would definitely bring Developmen ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* People of Afghanistan are reeling under woeful plight in socio-economic, political, and security terms since the hasty withdrawal of US- ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* Women constitute half of total global population and they entail the potential of playing pivotal role in furthering growth and the goal ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* India is the land of villages as rightly said by Mahatma Gandhi “I would say that if the village perishes India will perish too. India w ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* Cities are fast emerging as the major hub of sustainable development activities and are destined to play very important role in the real ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* (Image Courtesy: Freepik) The fashion value chain is of global importance, with millions of jobs attached to it, generating foreign exch ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* Prime Minister Modi’s clarion call to the farming community to adopt natural farming is very timely. Asserting that maximum benefits fro ...
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*Dr. Arvind Kumar Image 1-Courtesy: India Water Foundation The rugged landscapes and dramatic scenery, striking landmarks and freezing weather are what gi ...
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Editor's Desk* Dr. Arvind Kumar A pall of uncertainty that had descended on the inaugural day of the commencement of COP26 in the absence of clear-cut an ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* Higher expectations and lofty aspirations are always at place prior to the convening of a global conference like the Conference Of Parti ...
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FGR Bureau Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi availed of the occasion of his visit to Rome, Italy, where he had gone to participate in the 16th Summit Meet ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar* Group of Twenty or G20 is an intergovernmental forum comprising 19 countries and the European Union that aims at improving international ...
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Latest UNEP Emissions Gap Report finds new and updated Nationally Determined Contributions only take 7.5% off predicted 2030 emissions, while 55% is neede ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar, Editor, Focus Global Reporter Geopolitics in the Indo-Pacific region in general and South Asia in particular has undergone tremendous tr ...
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Dr Arvind Kumar On road to COP-26 India has been participating in the COPs actively and adhering to the decisions taken at each COP and making sincere eff ...
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By Dr. Arvind Kumar, President, India Water Foundation Image Courtesy: marca.com Glasgow (UK) is going to be the focal point of attention and attraction w ...
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By Dr. Arvind Kumar, President, India Water Foundation In the ‘New Normal’ that has come to prevail in the wake of subsiding of the adverse impacts of COV ...
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By Dr Arvind Kumar The Indo-Pacific region is characterized by the emergence of Quad and now coming into being of the AUKUS, also designated as Asian NATO ...
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By India Water Foundation This report presents the global status on transboundary cooperation and acceleration needed to achieve target 6.5 by 2030, based ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar, President, India Water Foundation Dr. Arvind Kumar The IUCN World Conservation Congress, the world’s largest and most inclusive environm ...
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The water community plays a central role in nature conservation efforts. On the occasion of the World Conservation Congress, which brings together world l ...
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By Dr Arvind Kumar, President, India Water Foundation Picturesque and enchanting, Kashmir is cradled high in the lofty green Himalayas and hailed all over ...
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*Dr. K. Balachandra Kurup[1] *Dr. Balan is a Governance and institutional development expert with more than four decades of working experience in Policy, ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar, President, India Water Foundation The G20 recently held Ministerial Meetings at the end of July, 2021. Italy currently holds the Preside ...
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The Indian states with the highest fertility rates also have the lowest socioeconomic indicators. As India’s population crossed 1390 million population as ...
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*Dr. Arvind Kumar, President, India Water Foundation Only in India we are liberal with the health concerns, Will you eat this Wheat? the Supreme Court ask ...
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https://aippnet.org/emrip14-item-8-draft-report-efforts-implement-united-nations-declaration-rights-indigenous-peoples-indigenous-peoples-right-self-deter ...
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According to the draft, the government will offer fiscal incentives for EV buyers. This will be based on the model of vehicles. By Sudhir Suryawanshi | Ex ...
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PIB: BRICS Nations have unanimously agreed on an innovation co-operation at the 11th BRICS S&T Steering Committee Meeting. The proposal put forward by ...
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PIB: Snow and glaciers are melting rapidly in the Himalayan range due to climate change, altering water supplies in the rivers like Indus, Ganga and Brahm ...
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IUCN NEWS: IUCN, the official advisor on nature to the UNESCO World Heritage Committee, recommends adding four natural sites to the List of World Heritage ...
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by Dr. Arvind Kumar, President, India Water Foundation Picture credit: Wikipedia India’s geographical setting render it a key player in the South-East Asi ...
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Member (Health), NITI Aayog, Dr. V. K. Paul has informed that India has administered nearly 81 lakh vaccine doses, on the first day when the Revised Guide ...
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Sh. Narendra Modi PIB: On the occasion of seventh International yoga day, The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra talked of Yoga’s role during the pandemic. H ...
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Shri Narendra Modi The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi delivered a keynote address at the UN “High-Level Dialogue on Desertification, Land Degradation ...
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Land degradation from climate change and the expansion of agriculture, cities and infrastructure “undermines the well-being of 3.2 billion people”, the UN ...
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PIB: The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs chaired by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, has approved the proposal of Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES ...
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By Dr. Arvind Kumar, President, India Water Foundation Dr. Arvind Kumar While we can successfully restore biodiversity, structure, and function to a degra ...
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Proud moment for #IndiaWaterFoundation to be showcased as one of the four best civil societies in the world for their #climateactionstory ...
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3 - 7 June 2021 https://ipbes.net/ipbes-8/stakeholderdays/e-posters Link: https://ipbes.net/ipbes-8/stakeholderdays/e-posters ...
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by Shweta Tyagi, Chief Functionary, India Water Foundation Ms. Shweta Tyagi Biodiversity (biological diversity), is the abundance of living things that ma ...
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By Prof Ajit Tyagi, Honorary Patron & Chairman of the Committee on Climate Change, India Water Foundation Prof. Ajit Tyagi Prof. Ajit Tyagi is Honorar ...
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By Afroz Ahmad* Formerly Advisor to the Government of Maharashtra & Formerly Member (Environment and Rehabilitation), Narmada ...
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United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) The 2021 World Water Development Report on “Valuing Water” assesses the current ...
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United Nations Environmental Programme This report provides the bedrock for hope. By bringing together the latest scientific evidence showing the impacts ...
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United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) As water is the most disruptive element in the ongoing climate crisis, how land is managed pla ...
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United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) The establishment of a global target on LDN within the SDG framework is also expected. This wi ...
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Food and Agriculture organisation (FAO) This report constitutes a further step towards bridging persistent knowledge gaps and fostering a better understan ...
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United Nations Environmental Programme Sanitation, Wastewater Management and Sustainability: From Waste Disposal to Resource Recovery offers a new concept ...
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United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) The Global Methane Assessment is working to better characterize the benefits of methane reductions with state- ...
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By Dr S. K. Sharma1, 1 Retd. Member,Central Ground Water Board, Government of India, Consultant, WAPCOS and Principal Advisor, India Water Found ...
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By Mr. M Mehta, Former Commissioner, Ministry of Water Resources Govt. of India, New Delhi Mr. M. Mehta More than 46 years of experience in planning ...
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By Ms. Kavita Prasad Kavita is a documentation consultant and an experienced environmental science writer.She is the Founder of KGenesis and Chemeric Biot ...
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By Ananya Malik, Junior Researcher , India Water Foundation Turtles are reptiles that have been roaming the earth for over 150 million years. Turtles have ...
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By FGR Bureau There is no need to explain the importance of trees in our lives. History shows that the best of Indian cultures originated in the forests. ...
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By Shweta Tyagi, Chief Functionary India Water Foundation Figure 1 Eco-sensitive zones, Source: Project TIGER Eco-Sensitive Zones or Ecologically Fragile ...
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UN Newsभारत में संयुक्त राष्ट्र की रैज़िडेण्ट कोऑर्डिनेटर, रेनाटा डेज़ालिएन. UN NEWS (26 May 2021, Health): भारत में संयुक्त राष्ट्र की रैज़िडेण्ट कोऑर्डि ...
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UN NEWS Humanity is “waging a war on nature”, threatening biodiversity loss, climate disruption and escalating pollution, the UN chief said on Friday. “W ...
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Dr. Harsh Vardhan, Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare, Science & Technology and Earth Sciences, Government of India #UnitedNations75andBeyon ...
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UN NEWS Countries are on track to miss the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) relating to environmental protection, two UN entities warn in new report i ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar, President, India Water Foundation Dr. Arvind Kumar, President, India Water Foundation With the world still combating the most unpreceden ...
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WHO NEWS: https://www.who.int/news/item/17-05-2021-long-working-hours-increasing-deaths-from-heart-disease-and-stroke-who-ilo Long working hours led to 74 ...
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International Development and IWRM Expert Dr. Julie Ladel Dr. Julie LADEL has completed her PhD in Applied Hydrology from Paris University and is the dire ...
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Principal Chief Conservator of Forests & Head of Forest Force | Odisha Dr. Sandeep Tripathi, IFS A Natural Resource Management Professional belonging ...
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Secretary General | International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage (ICID) Sh. Ashwin B. Pandya Shri A.B. Pandya, in his long distinguished service en ...
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A report on the concluded Leaders Summit on Climate “Mother Nature is not waiting; we need a green planet — but the world is on red alert.” Said UN Secret ...
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Executive Director | United Nations Global Compact Network India Ms. Shabnam Siddiqui Ms. Shabnam Siddiqui is Officiating Executive Director at the United ...
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Director and Advisory Board Secretary | Climate Technology Centre & Network Dr. Rose Mwebaza (PhD) Dr. Rose Mwebaza (PhD) is the Director of CTCN and ...
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Dr. Shalini Dhyani1,2 Increased frequencies of extreme climate events are alarming for the entire South Asia region that is sensitive to ongoing climate c ...
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File photos of Joe Biden and Narendra Modi. News 18 India : Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday pitched for concrete action at a “high speed" and on ...
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Director General | International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) Dr. Pema Gyamtsho Dr. Pema Gyamtsho is the Director General of the In ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar, President, India Water Foundation Don’t you feel in addition to socio-economic determinants of human health, the impact of environmental ...
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UN Assistant Secretary-General and Head of New York Office at UNEP |Secretary of the UN Environment Management Group Mr. Satya S. Tripathi Mr. Satya S. Tr ...
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Secretary | DST |Ministry of Science & Technology, Government of India Prof. Ashutosh Sharma Mr. Ashutosh Sharma is Secretary to the Government of Ind ...
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Head | UN Environment Country Office, India Mr. Atul Bagai Mr. Atul Bagai joined UN Environment’s Ozone Action programme under the Montreal Protocol as th ...
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WMO/Boris JordanWind farms, like this one in Belgium, are a key source of sustainable energy. UNNEWS: The world is “a long way off” from meeting the goals ...
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Chief of Development Operations | JICA India Office | New Delhi| Mr. M. P. Singh Mr. M P Singh, Chief of Development Operations, JICA India Office was for ...
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Director & Head | South and South-West Asia Office | United Nations ESCAP Dr. Arvind Kumar Dr. Nagesh Kumar is Director and Head of South and South-We ...
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UN NEWS: Climate change and loss of biodiversity is seen as the most pressing challenge over the decade, according to the World in 2030 Survey report publ ...
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Secretary |Ministry of Women and Child Development | Government of India Mr. R. M. Mishra, IAS Mr. Ram Mohan Mishra, Secretary to the Government of India, ...
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President | World Water Council Mr. Loïc Fauchon is President of the World Water Councilsince 2018 after having previously served two mandates from 2005 t ...
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Executive Secretary | Convention on Biological Diversity Ms. Elizabeth MarumaMrema, is the Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity. ...
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Director General |NMCG | Ministry of Jal Shakti | Government of India Mr. Rajiv Ranjan Mishra, IAS, DG, NMCG, Ministry of Jal Shakti, GOI Mr. Rajiv Ranjan ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar, President, India Water Foundation Dr. Arvind Kumar In the last three decades alone, nearly one-third of natural wetlands have been lost ...
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Born on 27th January 1978, Dr. Conrad K. Sangma is the 12th Chief Minister of Meghalaya. His vision for Meghalaya was shaped extensively by the ...
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Nairobi, 23 February 2021 –Ministers of environment and other leaders from more than 150 nations today concluded a two-day online meeting of the ...
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Delhi receives at least 232 MGD (million gallons per day) water through the Nangal channel, which helps meet the city’s 25% water requirement, which is es ...
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UNDP Zambia Sylvia Chiinda has boosted her income by farming goats. 20 February 2021 | SDGs UN NEWS: In Zambia, where the climate crisis is making it incr ...
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By Shweta Tyagi, Chief Functionary, India Water Foundation Footage shows the flood in Chamoli, Uttarakhand, on Saturday.Reuters In a tragic turn of events ...
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Post Source/Credit: ETV Bharat, Published on: Feb 2021, 10:59 PM IST Having taken notes from the Uttarakhand disaster, Bihar State Pollution Control Board ...
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National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG), Ministry of Jal Shakti and India Water Foundation (IWF), celebrated World Wetland Day 2021, to raise awareness ab ...
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Analysis by Shweta Tyagi, Chief Functionary, India Water Foundation and Amritha J, Intern, India Water Foundation INTRODUCTION The COVID 19 virus has caus ...
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Each year the World Economic Forum publishes a report looking ahead to the short term and long term risks facing organizations around the world. The 2021 ...
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Though countries have made progress in planning for climate change adaptation, there are significant financing shortfalls in getting them to the stage whe ...
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By Abraham Thomas PUBLISHED ON Hindustan Times, JAN 14, 2021 05:18 AM IST High levels of ammonia in the Yamuna had prompted the Delhi Jal Board (DJB) to r ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar, President, India Water Foundation “The goal is to find the most appropriate blend of green and blue investments to maximize benefits and ...
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WASHINGTON DC, December 15, 2020 — The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors today approved a $400 million projectto support India’s efforts at provid ...
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While lakhs of poultry were reported dead from Haryana, migratory birds died in Himachal Pradesh. In Madhya Pradesh, hundreds of crows were found dead in ...
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Digital Ocean is a big step towards Digital India, will help expand ‘Blue Economy’ and promote Atmanirbhar Bharat: Dr Harsh Vardhan PIB: The Minister of E ...
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UNEP: Pixabay / 17 Dec 2020 Nairobi/Colombo, 17 December 2020 - From source to sea, our waters are contaminated by a plastics scourge. A new study by the ...
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Nehru Yuva Kendra Sangthan to undertake ‘Catch the Rain’ awareness campaign covering 623 districts across the nation from December 2020 to March 2021. PIB ...
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#SDGAction37039 Description of Acceleration Action Objectives: Promoting Water as a socio-economic connector in everyday lives, utilization of science and ...
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DESCRIPTION OF GOOD PRACTICE Introduction The Integrated Basin Development and Livelihood Promotion (IBDLP) Programme was launched by the Government of Me ...
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India figured in the bottom third for most development indicators, including quality of health and education and an adverse sex ratio, according to the re ...
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The Gwalior Fort occupies a sandstone plateau overlooking the city and is accessed via a winding road lined with sacred Jain statues. Source The Tribune B ...
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About this contentKaren McVeigh@karenmcveigh1Mon 7 Dec 2020 09.12 GMT Companies accused of “zero progress” on reducing plastic waste, with Coca-Cola ranke ...
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Dechen Palmo Updated: Dec 05, 2020, 20:46 IST The new dam’s ability to generate hydropower could be three times that of central China’s Three Gorges Dam ( ...
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A staggering two-thirds of world’s school-aged children – 1.3 billion children aged 3-17 – do not have internet connection in their homes, preventing them ...
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New Delhi, Dec 2 (PTI) Delhi's air quality was in the upper end of the very poor category Wednesday morning, while pollution levels have already ente ...
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UNEP (2020-06-24) India Water Foundation of Potential response options pursuant to subparagraph 10 (d) of UNEA resolution 3/7 MEETING REPORT/PROCEEDI ...
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Summary of Takeaways to be incorporated within the framework of climate change https://unfccc.int/documents/254231 The need for vigorous incorporation of ...
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Striking lack of progress on environmental SDGs in Asia-Pacific, reveals new UN report There is overwhelming evidence that the Asia-Pacific region needs t ...
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By Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana, United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Executive Secretary of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacif ...
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With more than 21 percent of the world’s population, the South Asia region (comprising of Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, the Maldives, Nepal, Pak ...
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The special information seminar on “Biodiversity for food and agriculture: taking stock for the future” was held at the headquarters of the UN Food and Ag ...
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[This report is based on the personal observations made by Dr. Arvind Kumar, President of Water India Foundation, New Delhi, during his recent to the Nort ...
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Barriers to combating marine litter and microplastics, including challenges related to resources in developing countries: Photo Source https://environment ...
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The Holy River of Ganga runs its course of over 2500 kms from Gangotri in the Himalayas to Ganga Sagar in the Bay of Bengal through 29 cities and about 48 ...
