According to this new UN report over 80% of the urban population added in the next 15 years will be found in China, India, South Africa,Nigeria, Indonesia and Pakistan & new strategies are needed to address impacts of the rapid urbanization.
In early 2006, Singur in West Bengal became the epitome of peasants’ struggle against neo-liberal expansion in land and livelihoods in India. Meanwhile, in 2010 the struggle in Sompeta exposed politics of ‘power’ in the name of energy production in Andhra Pradesh.
This MDGs report 2013 looks at significant areas like hunger, maternal health, sanitation and environmental protection and shows that the achievement of the MDGs has been uneven among and within countries.
A global phase-down of hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) under the Montreal Protocol will drive the development of super-efficient air conditioning and refrigeration that in turn reduces energy use and carbon dioxide pollution, according to representatives from the global air conditioning and refrigeration industry, meeting 30-31 June in Bangkok to show
This UNDP Strategy Paper on Sustainable and Inclusive Urbanization in Asia Pacific provides a strategic framework that will assist countries in formulating and implementing a specific national strategy focusing on cities as urban system and interconnection of different sectors in order to advance the cross-sectoral collaborations at the national and sub-national levels.
This is a comprehensive report submitted by ESG to the expert committee appointed by NGT on diversion of Challakere's ecologically sensitive Amrit Mahal Kaval Grasslands for defence, industrial and infrastructural developments.
Heavy rainfall has wreaked havoc on the region because of the fragile nature of the Himalayan range and poor soil stability in its steep slopes. But it is mand-made factors that have compounded the scale of the disaster. Read this special report by Down To Earth.
This report by the International Human Rights Clinic (IHRC) documents the human rights abuses being carried out to facilitate establishment of the POSCO project at Orissa and the associated illegal seizures of land which threaten to forcibly displace as many as 22,000 people in the state. It calls for a suspension of the POSCO-India project and a halt to the human rights abuses.
