Air Pollution Causes Greater Risk of Covid-19 Hospitalisation
As part of recovery, the Green New Deal will help London to become greener and fairer by creating new jobs and skills for Londoners. A new report by researchers from…
IAEA Offers Nuclear Solutions to Address Plastic Pollution
The IAEA has been pioneering NUTEC Plastics to assist countries in integrating nuclear and isotopic techniques alongside conventional techniques, to fight plastic pollution. The coastlines of Africa stretch across 30,000…
Indian Farmers Intensify Protest Against Modi Govt
Farmers fear that the new laws will deprive them of their farming rights and they will lose their lands which will be grabbed by Modi’s capitalist friends. By Rakesh Raman…
WMO Report Shows Impact of Covid-19 on Air Pollution
Air pollution has significant impacts on human health. The Covid-19 lockdown and travel restrictions led to a dramatic short-lived fall in emissions of key air pollutants in 2020, especially in…
High-income Countries Urged to Share Covid-19 Vaccines
The Co-Chairs noted that there needs to be much more rapid action on increasing vaccine production in low- and middle-income countries. The former Co-Chairs of the Independent Panel on Pandemic…
Drought Threatens Livelihoods of 7 Million Farmers in Afghanistan
FAO aims to assist 250,000 vulnerable farming families – some 1.5 million people – for the upcoming winter wheat season. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)…