IPBES Business and Biodiversity Assessment
- First global scientific review detailing how businesses depend on and destroy biodiversity
- 60% of indigenous lands globally face industrial development pressure
- Global finance harmful to nature: $7.3 trillion vs conservation funding: $220 billion
NITI Aayog Report on AI
- AI could wipe out 2.7 million tech jobs in India by 2031
- India’s share in global AI patents: under 5% (2023)
- Calls for an “India AI Talent Mission”
Amazon Carbon Sink Reversal (AGU Study)
- Due to extreme drought and heatwaves in 2023, the Amazon rainforest temporarily transitioned from a carbon sink to a net carbon source (American Geophysical Union study)
Pax Silica
- US-led coalition joined by India to secure a common supply chain for electronics and critical minerals
Olivier Sterck’s “Average Poverty” Measure
- New economic metric measuring poverty by calculating the average time it takes a person to earn $1
- Eliminates the arbitrary “poverty line” to ensure targeted interventions reach those slightly above the threshold
Sources: Down to Earth, CSE