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UNITED NATIONS - The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) has named India for the first time as the global host of World Environment Day 2011 (WED) on June 5 for "embracing the process of a transition to a Green Economy." This year's theme 'Forests: Nature at Your Service' underscores the intrinsic link between quality of life and the health of forests and forest ecosystems.

UNITED NATIONS - A United Nations-led alliance to fight wildlife crime and eliminate threats to wild cats around the world has pledged to double tiger numbers by 2022 in India and 12 other tiger range countries.

UNITED NATIONS - India, the world's fourth largest greenhouse gas emitter, has launched a new United Nations-backed project to reduce emissions and develop a low-carbon transport system.

UNITED NATIONS - Representatives from developing nations railed at the world's rich nations for failing to fulfill their commitments to increase financial aid, reiterating that developed nations are responsible for challenges like global warming that the poorer nations are now grappling with.

UNITED NATIONS - Climate ministers and top negotiators from dozens of nations remain deadlocked over how to cut greenhouse gases less than three months before the next major international climate summit.