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UNCTAD raises alarm over disruptions in shipping routes for global trade

India, Feb. 23 -- Issues in Suez Canal, Panama Canal and Black Sea pose unprecedented challenges; may increase shipping costs, impact developing nations United Nations's trade and development body ha... Read More


8 million women and girls require urgent humanitarian aid in Ukraine amid 2 years of conflict

India, Feb. 23 -- Gender-based violence, including conflict-related sexual violence and human trafficking, has surged: UN Women In 2024, the dire aftermath of Russia's prolonged conflict in Ukraine c... Read More


Groundwater contamination due to arsenic, fluoride not being effectively addressed: NGT

India, Feb. 23 -- CGWA has a total of 16 chemical laboratories in India, of which 10 labs are NABL-certified where 27,500 to 32,500 water samples are tested every year The problem of toxic arsenic an... Read More


Used heavy duty vehicles major polluters, UN releases recommendation ahead of environment assembly

India, Feb. 23 -- HDVs projected to significantly grow in numbers with increasing economic activities, report estimates The increasing use of heavy-duty vehicles (HDV) has considerably escalated poll... Read More


Managing quality and utilisation of compost is long standing challenge in handling biodegradable waste

India, Feb. 23 -- While mainiting qualityis crucial,effective product marketing is vital for the sustainability of composting plants India, with its burgeoning population, faces a colossal challenge ... Read More


Fifteen non-profits take fresh legal action against Europe's biggest plastics project

India, Feb. 23 -- This marks a new phase in the over three-year long legal battle against INEOS' 'Project One', a €3 billion plastic project in Belgium ClientEarth, a global environmental organ... Read More


Inger Andersen urges inclusion of 'super pollutants' such as methane and black carbon in NDCs

India, Feb. 23 -- By addressing short-lived climate pollutants, the world can deliver climate action, improve air quality and human health, said Andersen at the Climate and Clean Air Conference, 2024 ... Read More


Threat to African tropical grasslands by misguided tree planting, study warns

India, Feb. 22 -- An area size of France threatened by forest restoration initiatives; tree planting widespread across non-forest systems Scientists have issued a warning that ill-conceived tree-plan... Read More


East Africa is losing its glaciers at astonishing speed, all on Kilimanjaro retreating

India, Feb. 22 -- Compared to previous estimations, the overall area has declined by more than a half of its early 21st-century extent Analysis of high-resolution satellite images for the years 2021-... Read More


War in Sudan enters its breadbasket, threatens to worsen hunger, malnutrition

India, Feb. 22 -- A third of Sudanese in need of emergency food aid; country faces the greatest displacement crisis in history The armed conflict in Sudan that has plunged the Africa country into a s... Read More