The state of the world’s human rights 2024
This report documents human rights concerns during 2023 in 155 countries, connecting issues at global and regional levels and looking forward to the implications for the future. States and armed groups
This report documents human rights concerns during 2023 in 155 countries, connecting issues at global and regional levels and looking forward to the implications for the future. States and armed groups
Trading in emissions of nutrients and other pollutants into water courses is on the cards in the US, where the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has published its latest plans intended to reduce
The Japanese Government has announced that it will help fund projects in developing countries in return for emission credits, under the mechanisms of the Kyoto Protocol. The Government will shoulder
Accumulation of garbage in absence of an effective disposal system has become a serious health hazard creating numerous infectious and other disease in certain towns of Karachi city (Pakistan). These
Brazil's new Environment Minister Marina Silva says she wants to crack down on the country's record holder for environmental fines, state-owned oil giant Petrobras. In the past three years, Petrobras
Thousands of plastics industry workers marched in Taipei on the weekend, calling for the island's environmental chief to step down in a protest against new curbs on plastic bags and tableware. Using
Melbourne experienced its worst air pollution since the Ash Wednesday fires of 1983. Smoke from fires in the state's north pushed visibility from the normal 40 kilometres down to three kilometres in
After nearly 15 years since the Goa State Pollution Control Board(GSPCB) has been established, the Board has finally initiated the process of setting up its very own laboratory for analysing
Residents of more than 50 villages situated along the Pandu river, a tributary of Ganga which passes through Kanpur, are a disgruntled lot. They are bearing the brunt of the rampant pollution caused
The Guwahati Medical College Hospital (GMCH) has become a home to armies of rats. Colonies of rats are abundant in the entire GMCH building, starting from the Out Patient Department (OPD). The
Mayor Ms Vibha Patel performed bhoomi pujan for the plant to be established for the treatment of the biological waste in Bhanpur, Madhya Pradesh. The plant, to be established by SICON in association