Most nations miss deadline for plans to fight climate change. UN says take your time to do it right Most won't make the deadline. The U.N. says that's OK as long as they are working on them. Environment 11 Feb, 2025
Pollution of the potent warming gas methane soars and people are mostly to blame In 2000, 60% of the methane spewed into the air came from direct human activity. Now it's 65%, the study found. Environment 12 Sep, 2024
UN report says world is racing to well past warming limit as carbon emissions rise instead of plunge United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said “the emissions gap is more like an emissions canyon — a canyon littered with broken promises, broken lives and broken records.” Environment 20 Nov, 2023
6 young climate activists take European governments to court over climate change Afterward, some of the plaintiffs said they were dismayed by the nations' arguments. World 28 Sep, 2023
World on 'thin ice' as UN climate report gives stark warning World on 'thin ice' as UN climate report gives stark warning World 20 Mar, 2023
Escalating debt situation: Demands responsible lending and borrowing During the pandemic, in 2020, total global debt rose to 263 per cent of global gross domestic product (GDP), according to the World Bank. That was the highest level in half a century. Opinion 13 Oct, 2022
Green transformation: Crisis as an opportunity After the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, the German Environment Agency (UBA) conducted a meta-analysis encompassing around 130 studies and position papers on economic stimulus programmes designed to promote sustainable development. Opinion 30 Sep, 2022
Most major nations lag in acting on climate-fighting goals For most of the major carbon-polluting nations, promising to fight climate change is a lot easier than actually doing it. In the United States, President Joe Biden has learned that the hard way. World 20 Jul, 2022
Local election: Are candidates aware of climate issues? In keeping with his announcement made in June 2017, former US President Donald Trump had the US formally withdraw from the Paris Climate Agreement on November4, 2020, becoming the first nation to do so. Opinion 12 May, 2022
UN countries to create treaty to fight plastic pollution United Nations countries have agreed to create a legally binding global treaty to address plastic pollution in the world's oceans, rivers and landscape. Environment 03 Mar, 2022
Climate crisis: Mountain agenda connects, disconnects Fears are running high in Nepal’s Himalayan region after an avalanche fell from Tukuche Himal of Mustang in mid-November. Opinion 17 Dec, 2021
EDITORIAL - ADB's energy policy With climate change now becoming a global phenomenon and a major concern of every country, the new energy policy of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to promote the low-carbon transition in Asia and the Pacific is most welcome. Opinion 22 Oct, 2021
