SCHOOL CLOSURES COULD IMPOVERISH WHOLE GENERATION
This generation of students now risks losing $17 trillion in lifetime earnings in present value, or about 14 per cent of today’s global GDP, as a result of COVID-19 pandemic-related…
THE BUSINESS OF SUSTAINABILITY: OPPORTUNITIES FOR INDIA
A speech by Inger Andersen, Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme, at the Shri Ram Research Festival hosted by the Shri Ram College of Commerce, University of Delhi.…
UNEP AND INDIA TO COLLABORATE ENVIRONMENTAL ACTION
The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) and India have signed a Host Country Agreement on the sidelines of the UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) in Glasgow. India was represented by Shri…
INDIA’S TRANSITION TO GREEN ECONOMY A $1 TRILLION OPPORTUNITY
As consensus emerges on the urgency and magnitude of the transformation needed to decarbonise the global economy, India’s role and contributions will be critical if the world is to achieve…
FOSSIL FUEL PLANS OUT OF SYNC WITH PARIS AGREEMENT
The 2021 Production Gap Report, by leading research institutes and the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), finds that despite increased climate ambitions and net-zero commitments, governments still plan to produce more…
INDIA PROJECTED TO BE ONE OF FASTEST RECOVERING ECONOMIES
India was among the fastest-growing economies in the world in the decade before the pandemic, lifting millions out of poverty. While the economy was moderating prior to the COVID-19 shock,…
TUBERCULOSIS DEATHS RISE AGAIN BECAUSE OF PANDEMIC
The COVID-19 pandemic has reversed years of global progress in tackling tuberculosis and, for the first time in over a decade, TB deaths have increased, according to the World Health Organization’s…