by Team Spectrum Books | Dec 10, 2020 | Reports
As reported on October 29, 2020, a report drafted by the UN penal, namely, ‘Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES)’ states that future pandemics will happen more often, kill more people, and wreak even worse damage to...
by Team Spectrum Books | Dec 10, 2020 | Reports
Gender Social Norms Index 2020 was released by the UN Development Programme (UNDP). The index measures how social beliefs obstruct gender equality in areas like politics, education, and work. It contains data from 75 countries, i.e., over 80 per cent of the world’s...
by Team Spectrum Books | Dec 9, 2020 | Reports
The annual Global Hunger Index published by Concern Worldwide and Welthungerhilfe ranked India at 94th among the 107 countries in the Global Hunger Index (GHI) 2020. With a score of 27.2/100, India falls in the ‘serious’ hunger category. The GHI is an annual...
by Spectrum | Sep 4, 2019 | Reports
The International Energy Agency (IEA) came out with its Global Energy and CO2 Status Report 2018, in March 2019. The report gives us a gist of recent global trends and developments across fuels, energy efficiency, and carbon emissions, and renewable sources in 2018....
by Spectrum | Sep 4, 2019 | Reports
The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) has come out with its sixth edition of the Global Environment Outlook 2019, entitled, ‘Healthy Planet, Healthy People’. The report is the UN’s most comprehensive report on the state of the global environment, and is...