Why supporting Ukraine’s tech ecosystem is so important

War has decimated much of Ukraine’s economy, but a notable exception is the IT sector. As of November, the industry’s annual export revenues had hit a record $5.5 billion — 13% more than in the same period last year. Since Russia invaded in February, 58% of Ukrainian tech firms haveContinue Reading

Why is the environment-health nexus important for Asia and the Pacific and how to strengthen it?

As countries gathered at the United Nations’ biodiversity conference, or COP15, to agree on the post-2020 global biodiversity framework, policymakers, scientists, and rights advocates reaffirmed nature’s vital role in supporting human health and called for stronger and more integrated action to safeguard nature and overall human well-being. Biodiversity loss andContinue Reading

Plastic on the beach

  There is no planet B. Earth is our home, and we should take care of our beautiful home, not destroy it. One of the biggest issues is the amount of plastic we use daily, and often we use it without a second thought. Now stop and think about this.Continue Reading

Why Sustainability Is Important in Business

The interest in adopting a greener lifestyle is now less of a trend, but more of a necessity in recent years as environmental degradation and climate change becomes more widespread and prevalent. Traditional business models have been compelled to “adapt” in order to meet new market needs as aContinue Reading

Environmental pollution plays an important role

Graphical abstract. Credit: Science of The Total Environment (2022). DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.158439 Today, cancer represents the second leading cause of death in the world after cardiovascular diseases. In the last decades of cancer research, lifestyle—especially physical inactivity, poor diet, obesity, alcoholism, and smoking—and random or genetic factors have been identified asContinue Reading

Why is Integrated Development Environment (IDE) Important?

An integrated development environment or IDE is defined as a software platform that facilitates the creation of other software applications by providing a space to write, compile, and debug code, sometimes with value-adding tools that reduce development efforts. This article explains IDE’s different types and benefits and the top 12Continue Reading

Involvement of local communities important for environment-friendly tourism: Bhupendra Yadav

Union Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change Bhupender Yadav attended the inaugural session of Sustainable Mountain Development Summit-XI (SMDS-XI) at Leh, Ladakh from 10-12 October 2022, the government said in a press release. As per the release, the theme for SMDS-XI is ‘Harnessing tourism for sustainable mountain development’. TheContinue Reading