This study is aimed at systematically examining the nature and scope of regulatory instruments (“instruments”) such as orders, office memorandums (“OMs”), circulars, letters, and notifications, issued by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (“MoEFCC”) under the Environment Protection Act, 1986 (“EP Act”) during the COVID-19 pan
This report explores how business interests have tried to shape the recent course of the work of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) and, in many cases, have succeeded in doing so. It focuses specifically on the development of the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF).
The digital divide in the access and usage of ICTs and the internet has also led to an exclusionary consequence in three sectors of utmost significance: education, health and finance.
This paper uses a global data set from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development to assess the scale of funding for nature-based solutions to climate change aimed at developing countries. It also examines how effectively this funding is being put to use.
The Europe Sustainable Development Report 2022 is the fourth edition of independent quantitative report on the progress of the European Union, its member states and partner countries towards the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
The world’s ability to nourish its burgeoning population is under threat and without broader socioeconomic and environmental change, sustainable agrifood systems will be impossible to achieve, according to this new report by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
Persons with disabilities face a risk of dying up to 20 years earlier than other sections of society, according to this new report by the World Health Organization.
The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) on December 02, 2022 has notified that the Central Motor Vehicles (Twenty-second Amendment) Rules, 2022. The amendment provides that every armored vehicle shall comply with the standards in these rules, subject to the exemptions specified in AIS-194:2022, as amended from time to time.
As the world grapples with the challenges of climate change, the transition away from fossil fuels is having a major impact on the minerals industry. Metals used in electrification, renewable energy generation, electric mobility and new forms of energy storage have become critical to these expanding low and no carbon industries.
