COVID-19 Global Gender Response Tracker
<p>Most of the world’s nations are not doing enough to protect women and girls from the economic and social fallout being caused by the COVID-19 crisis, according to new data released today by UNDP
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Outdoor air pollution killed 4.2mn people in 2016, says UN
A United Nations report published on Wednesday said in 2016, an estimated 4.2 million people died as a result of high levels of ambient air pollution. "In 2016, 91 per cent of the urban population worldwide
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India offers to provide renewable solar energy to power the UN headquarters
UN was working on the details of the plan for installing solar equipment at the headquarters India has offered to power the UN headquarters with solar energy, helping bring the organisation in line
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Delhi to be most populous city in world by 2028: UN report
Delhi is projected to become the most populous city in the world around 2028, according to new United Nations estimates released here on Wednesday, which said India is expected to add the largest number
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Shun plastic use, save environment, says Harsh Vardhan
"One may choose any deed as his green social responsibility on the app. If people start taking green initiatives seriously, we can soon make the planet a better place to live in," Union minister Harsh
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UN & BCCI bat for zero-waste green cricket
INDORE: United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) is in talks with Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) to promote 'green cricketing' by implementing the 3R concept (reduce, reuse, recycle) at
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Activist likely to visit UN again over uranium mining
SHILLONG: Activist and writer Morning Star Sumer is planning to meet representatives of the United Nations again, possibly at its headquarters in New York City, soon. Sumer, who recently raised the issue
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Technology, public mobilisation will defeat climate change: UN
UNITED NATIONS: Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is betting that the battle against climate change will be won through the technological advances and public mobilisation even if governments fail to act.
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200 environmental women defenders killed in 2017: Activists
This year has been the deadliest for environmental women defenders, with 200 assignations reported across the globe, and most of them were killed over land and forest conflicts, rights activists said on
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India urges UN to push use of millets to combat hunger, climate change
This will go a long way in popularising millets which would benefit future generation of farmers & consumers: Centre India has asked the United Nations to declare 2018 as the 'International Year of
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China may grasp climate leadership at UN talks with Trump pulling out
BONN, Germany: China has a chance to assert leadership of a global plan to combat global warming this week at the first UN climate talks since US President Donald Trump decided to quit the 195-nation Paris