Excerpt: Asia Pacific report on the progress of the SDGs released by UNESCAP recently shows that SDGS will not be achieved in the region before 2072 at the current pace. No sub region or no country is in the position to achieve the SDGs by 2030 at the current pace. There is continued regression on the Sustainable Consumption and production (SDG 12) and climate action (SDG13); however, many more goals show a trend of regression or lack of progress. Agenda 2030 is a failed promise for girls in the rural areas, women, refugees, people with disability and race, caste and ethnic groups who are at the bottom of the pyramid. Download
Excerpt: India recorded 280 heat wave days in 2022 between 11th March to 24th April as compared to 40 heat wave days in 2011. Just 5 states (Rajasthan, MP, HP, Gujarat and Haryana) accounted for 54% of heat wave days in the country. Rajasthan faced 39 HW days, MP 38 and Himachal Pradesh faced 37 heat wave days. HP, J&K, Uttarkhand too have been unusually hot this year. Download
Excerpt: Right now we are in a series of crises, or rather lunging from one crisis to another, to put it more appropriately. Biggest challenge before the humanity right now is the lack of vaccines and vaccine equity in the world. All of us are vaccinated and boosted but one-third of humanity is yet to take the first shot. Majority of the countries in Africa (and some in Asia too viz. Afghanistan) have less than 10% full vaccination rates. Countries like Burundi, Chad and DRC etc. have less than 1% full vaccination rates. Download
