If a country is using 20-40 per cent of available freshwater, it is said to be suffering from 'water stress" according to the estimates of the United Nations Environment Programme. About
Poor environmental conditions would increase human health risks, warns a study jointly conducted by the World Resource Institute (WRI), the United Nations Development Programme, the United Nations
As the first ever assembly of the 161 member Global Environment Facility GEF draws near, many non governmental organisations are left out in the cold. Only 28 such organisations worldwide are being funded by the GEF to attend the assembly
The United Nations (UN) has denounced human cloning saying that the universal declaration on human genome and human rights bans the practice as an offence against humanity. The declaration against
The amendments to the Montreal Protocol made at the 9th Meeting of Parties may help curb smuggling of ozone depleting substances and ensure compliance. But they place a heavy responsibility on developing countries who have to move towards the use of subst
Some countries have failed to live up to commitments. But measures to ensure compliance to the protocol do not address the issue of North South inequality
The good news... CFCs, halons, carbon tetrachloride and methyl chloroform have been phased out in developing countries to a large extent. Growth rates of CFCs and methyl chloroform in the