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By Niranjan Suresh, BITS Pilani What is the first thing that comes to your mind when you think of cities? The hustle and bustle, skyscrapers towering across the landscape, cars and bikes zooming past you, malls the size of football fields? This is what most people will tell you. In reality, we have creaking, outdated … Continue reading
By Apoorva Neral, Hidayatullah National Law University, Raipur India has been traditionally vulnerable to natural disasters on account of its unique geo-climatic conditions. Floods, droughts, cyclones, earthquakes and landslides have been recurrent phenomena. About 60% of the landmass is prone to earthquakes of various intensities; over 40 million hectares is prone to floods; about 8% … Continue reading
By Gracious Timothy, V. M. Salgaocar College of Law, Goa University, Panjim The first step in the process was the formal approval at the World Conference on Disaster Reduction of the Hyogo Framework of Action (2005-2015). Three year before the destination 2015, the priority action came under a check at Rio +20 UN Conference on … Continue reading
By Gracious Timothy, V. M. Salgaocar College of Law, Goa University, Panjim Natural Disaster occurs when societies and communities are exposed to potentially hazardous events and when people are unable to absorb the impact or recover from the hazardous impact, such as extremes of temperature showing way to droughts and threatening food security in Africa; … Continue reading
By Keshav Gaur, Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law, Patiala. Rio Declaration Negotiations The aim of the conference is to achieve full and productive employment and decent work for all, including women and young people. It also laid emphasis on increase decent employment, credit and income for the urban poor, through appropriate national policies, promoting … Continue reading
By Sarat Chandra, NIT Calicut The Rio +20 conference has been just a conference for formality and no major changes rather no changes were made in the drafts earlier drawn out for the summit. “Pathway for a sustainable development” was the title they came up with although it lacked many aspects as believed by those … Continue reading
By Adarsh Tripathi, National Law University, Orissa It creates a surprise as to how environment can create employment. But this is a reality which will take place due to the deliberations taking place by way of Rio+20 Earth Summit. The Earth Summit in Rio in 1992 (known officially as the UN Conference on Environment and … Continue reading
By Ashwarya R S Chauhan, Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law, Punjab Food security is met when “All people, at all times, have physical, social and economic access to sufficient, safe and nutritious food to meet their dietary needs and food preferences for an active and healthy life” (FAO 2002). The challenge of feeding the … Continue reading
By Adarsh Tripathi, National Law University, Orissa A future with better environment, development and less pollution was expected to be the primary aim of recently concluded Rio+20 Earth Summit. Unlike the first Rio Earth Summit 20 years ago, this meeting never aimed to produce a new international treaty or a process that would lead to … Continue reading
COP 1….. COP17. Rio… Rio+20. Many gone. Many more to come. How many countries and cities do we have to travel? How many money do the youth have to spend? How many battles do we have to wage? Time and again, our leaders have been procrastinating taking action to save the world. In COP, … Continue reading
By Ashwarya R S Chauhan, Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law, Punjab June 20-22, saw the much awaited gathering of world leaders at Rio de Janeiro to decide the human stand to save our planet withering away from environmental crisis. It was concluded twenty years after the 1992 Earth Summit i.e., The United Nations Conference … Continue reading
By Karan Lakhwani, Alliance School of Management, Bangalore The Rio +20 United Nations Conference began with over 130 countries discussing ways to sustain the balance between the environment and the growing human population and also proper utilization of resources on which human life depends. Ocean campaigners have however been disappointed with the progress in Rio … Continue reading
By Romit Raja Srivastava, Symbiosis Law School, Noida Several rounds of discussion were held at the Rio +20 conference on the agenda on food security and sustainable agriculture. Finally, the outcome was that eradicating poverty is the greatest global challenge facing the world today and an indispensable requirement for sustainable development. In this all agreed … Continue reading
By Keshav Gaur, Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law, Patiala. What is the purpose of Green Jobs? Today’s world has been facing numerous sustainable development challenges which require coordinated action, as evidenced recurring food, fuel, climate and financial crises. The purpose of green jobs is an attempt to look synergies in simultaneously addressing employment, energy … Continue reading
By Sarat Chandra, NIT Calicut When nature unleashes its fury we humans have to pay for it. May it be an earthquake or a tsunami or a hurricane; the cost is the same; human lives. Nature always warns us to be more cautious and pre prepared for “Natural Disasters”. The recent “Earthquake” and “Tsunami” in … Continue reading
By Romit Raja Srivastava, Symbiosis Law School, Noida Twenty years after the 1992 Earth Summit, the implementation of the agenda of promoting sustainable agriculture and rural development with the aim of increasing sustainable food production and enhancing food security remains deficient and a coherent approach to fighting hunger and poverty is still missing. So far … Continue reading
By Karan Lakhwani, Alliance School of Management, Bangalore Oceans cover around 72% of the Earth’s surface. It plays a vital role in supporting life, driving the climatic and hydrological cycles and providing vital resources. It is one of the most important resources for all developing countries and forms a base for the development of any … Continue reading
As human population expands, economic development proceeds and new technologies arise, society faces more complex and previously unknown environmental problems. These problems need to be addressed in the context of an increasingly globalised economy where significant differences of environmental quality and quality of life persist. Already existing regulatory structures add another layer of complexity. We … Continue reading
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