2 hours ago By Rosie Mercer, BBC News Getty Images The actor Michael Sheen described what he discovered as “extraordinary” Michael Sheen was relaxing at his Los Angeles home when something caught his eye on Wikipedia. It was a single line about a man named Douglas Gowan, who had discovered dangerously high levels of a toxic chemical … Read more
France’s President Emmanuel Macron (C) poses for a family photo with other leaders and participants at the end of the Tripling Nuclear Energy by 2050 session at the United Nations climate summit in Dubai on December 2, 2023. | Photo Credit: AFP More than 20 countries called for the tripling of world nuclear energy capacity at U.N. … Read more
Dr. P.O. Nameer, Dean, College of Climate Change and Environmental Science, College of Forestry, Kerala Agricultural University, has been selected for the fourth Dr. Kamaruddin Environmental Award. The award has been instituted in the name of Dr. Kamaruddin, eminent environmental activist and former reader of the Botany Department, Kerala University. Dr. Nameer has been selected … Read more
Tamil Nadu Tourism Minister K .Ramachandran (middle) inspecting at Dodabetta peak for the possibility of rope car service. File | Photo Credit: M. Sathyamoorthy Tamil Nadu Tourism Minister, K. Ramachandran, inspected the Doddabetta Peak to ascertain the feasibility of a cable car project running between Doddabetta Peak and Manthada. However, concerns over the environmental impact … Read more
President Droupadi Murmu addresses the Human Rights Day function at Vigyan Bhavan, in New Delhi on December 10, 2022. | Photo Credit: PTI Climate change is knocking on the doors and people in poorer nations are going to pay a “heavier price” for the degradation of the environment President Droupadi Murmu said on December 10 … Read more
The discourse has fortunately influenced the receptive global investor psyche. Today they seem increasingly interested in the environmental, social, and governance (ESG) accountability of their funds. By Akanksha Sharma Episodes of unfretted institutional greed that rewrite the terms of wealth distribution, favouring the few, are not rare in modern economic history. The response has often oscillated … Read more
The mainstreaming of sustainability is a welcome shift from the single bottom line cognizance of profitability. By Akanksha Sharma Consider a company losing its social license to operate owing to its cavalier water handling or a brand compromising its competitive advantage due to high attrition. While both instances pose obvious business risks, the global investor … Read more
Turkey’s role in the growing clash between Armenia and Azerbaijan—two countries Moscow regards as within its sphere of influence—is adding a new element to a string of proxy fights pitting Turkey and Russia against each other and challenging Russia’s longstanding policy of neutrality over the simmering conflict. Roughly the size of Delaware, the province of … Read more
HONG KONG—At least five organizations say they won’t help companies audit their supply chains in China’s Xinjiang region, where human-rights activists say a police-state atmosphere and government controls make it too difficult to determine whether factories and farms are relying on forced labor. China’s increasingly repressive tactics in the northwestern region, where large numbers of … Read more