SDGs
COVID-19: Address Vulnerability of Children on Priority
There would be huge impact of the ongoing COVID-19 crisis on poor families and their children. The economic, health and… Read More
Rebirthing Global Economy: UN Calls for Concrete, Radical Ideas and Action
The COVID-19 pandemic, and the global recession it has triggered, are of course causing immense human suffering around the world.… Read More
Post-Pandemic Recovery: UN to Focus on Financial Architecture and Erasing Inequalities
The current pandemic has wreaked havoc on the socioeconomic conditions of our world and has put a great strain on… Read More
International Migration Governance is Alive and Well: Says ILO’s Migration Specialist
Migration – domestic and international – has received renewed attention in recent months in the wake of the global pandemic… Read More
From Kyoto Protocol to Paris Agreement: A Transition in Question
The 11th Petersberg Climate Dialogue was held virtually in the wake of COVID-19 pandemic. Prakash Javadekar, Union Minister for Environment,… Read More
Housing and Smart Cities: Why a ‘Steel Transition’ is Required?
Globally, another 2.5 billion people are expected to live in urban areas by 2050, and 90 per cent of this… Read More
Steel Structure Housing: A New Roadmap for India’s ‘Housing for All’
“Housing for All by 2022’ has been one of the key declared objectives of the Indian government since 2015. Although… Read More
India’s NAP on Business and Human Rights: Will It Leverage Public Procurement?
The UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human rights (UNGP) envisages Protect–Respect–Remedy framework locating the state’s role primarily in the… Read More
Changing Public Procurement—Triple Bottom Line Approach
In March 2018, the meeting of the Task Force on Sustainable Procurement noted economic and environmental dimensions as key components… Read More
Banana Leaf: An Alternative To Single-Use Plastic
Humanity stands on the verge of an irreversible environment crisis as deforestation and plastic epidemic contributes to global warming. Paper… Read More