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Tasneem Balasinorwala with Diya Deb Are we missing a golden opportunity in carbon offset projects?&n
A report last year by Minority Rights Group documented atrocities committed against the Batwa by the
Brett Wilkins Fund for Frontline Power is a solidarity philanthropy centering on leaders from impact
Cheena Kapoor Official responses to high death rates during extreme heat in Uttar Pradesh has raised
The study reveals a significant decline in fish populations, pushing them towards unsustainable leve
Ahead of Plastic Pollution Negotiations, UN Report Highlights Market Shifts and Policies for a Circu
Ranjit Devraj Climate change action demands stricter emissions control of Asia Pacific’s coal burn
Max-Otto Baumann This blog post presents insights from my ongoing research on the UN’s development
In a survey conducted by Oxfam, more than 400 cocoa farmers in Ghana revealed that their net incomes
Dimitri Selibas By compensating landholders for land restoration, government programs support servic
With India being home to the largest livestock population, the country faces unique challenges in mi
Immediate action is needed to address the silent emergency of preterm birth, as persistent rates and
Ayesha Tandon The extreme heatwave that swept across Spain, Portugal, Morocco and Algeria in April 2
Economic shocks grew as driver of food crises; war in Ukraine contributed to acute food and nutritio
Xia Zhijian Techniques that use less water, produce more rice and emit less methane are gaining trac
Authorities in Brazil have launched a major operation to remove thousands of illegal goldminers from
Environmental lawyer Dang Dinh Bach is one of several silenced by the Vietnamese government after at
Robert Zullo The authors encourage the U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, which leases federal
Karan Anand Intense wildfires damage soil on the forest floor, contributing to dangerous flash flood
Julia Conley “The lake’s ecosystem is not only on the edge of collapse. It is collapsing
Isabel Esterman Home to the world’s third-largest expanse of tropical forest, the world’s fourth
Supreme Court overreach may weaken EPA’s science-based rule The U.S. Environmental Protection Agen
Nearing the conclusion of a sometimes fractious two-week meeting, nations of the world agreed on a h
The initiatives were declared World Restoration Flagships and are eligible to receive UN-backed prom
BMW and Jaguar Land Rover’s leather suppliers are linked to illegal deforestation in the territor
Syriacus Buguzi New approaches are needed to tackle malaria after disruption caused by COVID-19 led
Mary Hoff 15 emerging issues that anyone who cares about biodiversity ought to keep an eye on What s
The movement to grant rights to nature or its components is not new. For example, the constitution o
The organizations call for any conservation targets included as part of a new Global Biodiversity Fr
They label global efforts to invest in renewables and mitigate emissions to support the carbon trans
Kenny Stancil Hours before the first round of negotiations to advance a global plastics treaty conc
Joydeep Gupta The only solace is the start of a fund to pay poor nations for the loss and damage..
Mary Hoff Experts from around the world put their heads together to consider effects of emerging tre
Peter Walton Since the 2016 World Humanitarian Summit and the inception of the Grand Bargain, t
Tobias Schmitz The role of water in climate mitigation is much greater than commonly understood, acc
Cities, no doubt, are aspirational and most people want to move into them for upgrading their stands
Dr Jennifer Allan and Dr Rishikesh Ram Bhandary When nations gather in the Egyptian resort town of S
In yet another ominous climate change warning, atmospheric levels of the three main greenhouse gases
Through South-South Cooperation, sharing these lessons can help African countries avoid similar hurd
The $43-million initiative will support businesses to manage risks to workers and eliminate the most
Colin Davis, University of Bristol Protest plays a role in agenda seeding. It doesn’t necessarily
Ed Holt Ethiopia has lost large swathes of its forest cover in recent decades, including areas clea
Xia Zhijian Climate adaptation of industry and infrastructure is a matter of national concern after
An ADB report warns that sea levels in the Asia-Pacific could exceed two metres by 2100 due to the
The report identifies several key drivers of biodiversity decline including habitat loss, species ov
With COP27 coming up in November, here’s what we know so far about this year’s most important cl
The report highlights that the control and use of land and territory is a central issue in countries
The platform helps event organizers systematically evaluate the GHG emission profile and sustainabil
Eva Amsen Some researchers say that ignoring non-English papers could have disastrous consequences f
Tasneem Balasinorwala and Diya Deb As we make our way one step at a time to make carbon markets and.
Jessica Corbett Fast transition would feature an end to fossil fuels by 2050; the estimate is that t
The new Global Alliance for Ending AIDS in Children by 2030 was announced by leading figures at the
The EU aims to cut its climate emissions by 55 percent by 2030 and thus comply with the Paris climat
Fiona Broom For almost 40 years, the controversial US ‘global gag rule’ has been used by Republi
Zubaida Mabuno Ismail In western Kenya, the Ogiek battle for land rights and a chance to demonstrate
Radhika Mia Social entrepreneurs are transforming the lives of 722-million people worldwide, and in
Researchers from the Indian Institute of Science (IISC) found out that pollutants like micro-plastic
Lázaro Thor Borges Seeking re-election, Jair Bolsonaro’s government has championed the easing of
70 per cent of 10-year-olds in ‘learning poverty’, unable to read and understand a simpl
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) warns about a looming food crisis
Julia Conley Deepening campaigners’ anger was the fact that European countries present at the
The European Commission has claimed that the Recovery and Resilience Facility (EUR 672.5 billion) wi
WHO has revealed new information on the extent to which tobacco damages both the environment and hum
Dann Okoth The report singles out lost education as one of the worst consequences of the pandemic,
Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology Seagrass beds are underwater oases. Now researchers hav
Yan Tian Baxter Chinese NGO GEI aims to equip food producing regions in Brazil with good practices t
The Global Forest Resources Assessment Remote Sensing Survey says expansion of croplands the biggest
Fiona Broom Families in some of the poorest parts of the world turned to buying bottled water as the
This so-called Rural Multidimensional Poverty Index (R-MPI) was built on the widely accepted notion
Dipak Gyawali A Millennium Challenge Corporation grant to build an electricity transmission line has
These laws, and their hurried legislation, have been criticised by civil society groups for attempti
Scientists conducted pioneering research to understand how solar radiation management (SRM) geoengin
Samantha Young California awarded the Medi-Cal Rx program to a unit of Magellan Health, a company wi
A staggering 40 percent increase in prices has been witnessed in Liberia, Sierra Leone, Nigeria, Bur
Thousands of Batwa were evicted when the park was expanded in 1975. Since then they’ve mostly live
Tara Lohan Warming temperatures, stronger storms and rising seas present a cascade of challenges tha
Tasneem Balasinorwala and Diya Deb Project funding decisions are primarily influenced by internation
From the conservation industry’s perspective, the idea is simple: corporations pay them to enc
UK new Environment Act could fail to tackle much of the country’s deforestation footprint abro
Jessica Corbett “As we enter the third year,” an expert at the group says, “the in
Thinking about the future of food safety – A foresight report from WHO maps out some of the m
Notwithstanding the Australian government’s sub-par climate policies, Australia has created a gove
Along with putting an end to plastic pollution, a second key resolution supports the establishment o
Lívia Machado Costa New report shows that companies from Brazil and abroad are sieging sites of int
Climate crisis has exposed millions of people to acute food and water insecurity, especially in Afri
However, the reef is dying. Climate change, driven by anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions, is the
Plastic pollution is one of the key concerns for the entire globe at the moment. Something that st
Dr. Sanjeev Narrainen The UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change 2019 Report revealed that our
So far, GMO-free agriculture in Germany and Europe has been a success story: fields have been largel
Gurvinder Singh Giving up hunting and tree felling, two Assamese villages are conserving their fores
Emilio Godoy The country has signed international commitments to reduce methane emissions, but has
Up to 80,000 people, including at least 28,000 children, are estimated to have been affected across
Michael Kaloki Climate change has brought about several extremes including drought, which affects ou
From a Brazilian entrepreneur using hip-hop to turn Favela youth away from crime, a Dutch nurse revo
Brett Wilkins This report underscores the reality of how the climate crisis is already affecting peo
Nextblue Urban growth, temperature rise and melting glaciers threaten river deltas around the world.
Kamaljit RayR.K. GiriS.S. RayA.P. Dimri dM. Rajeevan Floods are becoming the most frequently occurri
Ate Hoekstra, Yon Sineat Climate change, unsustainable and illegal fishing and the proliferatio
The three-way coalition set to assume power under chancellor-in-spe Olaf Scholz further prioritizes
Lily Hess Addressing emissions other than those from CO2 could significantly stymie temperature rise
Teddy Winn In PNG there are many laws against corruption. There are also a host of integrity agencie
Torbjørn Gjefsen The lead author of a Rainforest Foundation Norway report showing how little fund
The areas under “conservancies” are the ancestral grazing lands of pastoralist peoples such as t
Christopher Davy The Paris rulebook has been finalised, the focus has been put on cutting emissions
and Ajaya Dixit Recurring floods in major cities point to need for moving away from land-centric urb
To curb overfishing, biodiversity degradation and loss, and CO2 emissions, and to safeguard food an
Julia Conley If all the announced net-zero commitments are implemented, the global temperature would
Glasgow COP with over 40,000 registered delegates is the biggest COP till date, but gender based dat
Fiona Broom A participation revolution is needed to stop the “outrageous” exclusion of civil soc
Women and girls make up over half of the world’s IDPs, 5 million IDPs are living with disabilities
vlogbrothers We should act as if this is an emergency, because it is. But part of that is understand
Sarah Purnell, University of Brighton and James Edward Ebdon, University of Brighton The UK has arou
Indonesia has a vast tract of suboptimal land that is rarely used as land for agriculture because it
Situation demands to go beyond the business-as-usual actions, but the global leaders and corporates
Shi Yi Experts say the river’s Grand Canyon area, a haven for many species, should be designated a
The world faces an exponential increase in hunger fuelled by the climate crisis if urgent global act
Gilbert Nakweya According to the latest World Malaria Report, there were an estimated 229 million c
Sharon Udasin Water authorities in the Western U.S. don’t know what the future will bring, but the
Sadia Mahjabin Imam Over the past two decades there have been 24 fires in the Sundarbans. Inquiry co
COVERT BRITISH COPS IN GREEN AND SOCIAL ACTIVISM MOVEMENTS OVER THE LAST FOUR DECADES HAVE TRIED TO
With the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration underway, review finds successes and many challenges ahe
Each city should have two plans ready within a year. One, a SDG plan and two, a climate action plan
Jindra Cekan Donor evaluations tend to ignore unexpected results beyond the usual set outcomes; this
Greta Thunberg joined 100,000 plus protestors, mostly, youth, teenagers and children for Global Frid
Feny Nuroktaviani Indigenous Forest in Indonesia is categorized as state forest, that authorizes the
Many cities are investing in trees, forests and other nature-based solutions to counteract these eff
A shortfall of $75 billion expected over a period of six-years affecting the most vulnerable nations
Wealthy nations are expected to fall up to $75 billion short of fulfilling their long-standing pledg
Amos Wemanya Following the example of Kenya, many African countries are leading the world in finding
Joydeep Gupta, Ramesh Bhushal Intensifying climate change means that opposite disasters are man
Across the U.S. and Canadian Great Plains, approximately 2.6 million acres of intact grassland – a
Inga Vesper Civil society organisations have called on influential donors to stop funding industrial
This July, as the world was preparing to celebrate eleven years of ‘Human Right to Water’- recog
Around 19,000 people are estimated to have died over the past three years as a result of air polluti
IUCN actively supports the development of an ambitious Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework. The
JESSICA CORBETT The numbers don’t lie. Indigenous peoples have long led the fight to protect M
The conference was held in Geneva from the 1st to 2nd of September, both on site and virtually. More
The long-term outlook is challenging as farmers and herders, affected by drought, typically need thr
When service stations in Algeria stopped providing leaded petrol in July, the use of leaded petrol e
Augusta Dwyer The world’s seven largest development banks, most of them multilaterals, own about h
UN’s Special Rapporteur on Human Rights and the Environment calls for “a transformative approach
Education curriculum for youth should be designed in ways that their grades are linked to conservati
Ranjit Devraj Given the Taliban’s hostility to vaccinations, WHO and medical experts fear a rapid
Rupsy Khurana In India the fear is that if plantations are expanded it could magnify the wildlife
Avni Kumar, Danielle Logue, Diana Gonzalez Botero, George Goddard, Juliet Willetts, Keren Winte
Lorena Guzmán While the original plan involved the closure of eight plants by 2024 and the remainin
Fred Pearce Hydrogen may have lost the race to fuel electric cars but it looks a likely contender to
Robert McSweeney The deadly heatwave that hit north-western US and Canada in late June would have be
Conflict between people and animals, from China’s famed wandering elephants raiding farm
Unprecedented biodiversity loss, pollution, climate change and the rise of zoonotic diseases have sh
Ran Boydell Houses will be more prone to overheating, putting the lives of residents at risk, which
Julian Wettengel As Chancellor Merkel leaves office, she could be setting the stage for Germany to b
The numbers don’t change much year after year; billions of people are still left behind and th
A recent study, The costs of climate change in India, by the UK based Overseas Development Institu
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is warning that many of the world’s stateless people may miss out on
Gurvinder Singh Growers of the world’s most expensive tea are going organic due to pressure from i
Claudia Caruana Using empirical data gathered from 732 locations, researchers estimated the mortal
A new World Bank report shows that for every dollar governments invest in protected areas and suppor
Mitchell Cetuk The word “blu-nit” comes from the joining of the words “blue” (for the planet
Liz Kimbrough United Nations Decade on Ecosystem Restoration launched by U.N. Environment Progr
Jake Johnson The public is being left in the dark as to the demands, influencing strategies, and ful
A leaked version of the Energy Council’s proposed revision to the EU’s key energy infrastructure
Nitin Sethi I hardly write or report these days. A publication asked for a book review. But, it reje
In a win for privacy, the Court of Justice of São Paulo blocks facial recognition on a public trans
Sandra Cordon The Second World Ocean Assessment lays out critical state of oceans – and how little
Stephen Howes So far, Australia has contributed 0.6 of one percent to the global fund to respond to
Sanjeet Bagcchi A low-cost machine learning method has the potential to track down immensely polluti
The COVID-19 pandemic has revealed the fragility of the global food system and the need for more equ
The reported cuts will end all future spending on water, sanitation and hygiene by the UK in countri
The systemic lapses that exacerbated the scale of the second COVID-19 wave would arguably not have
Michael Tatarski Upstream dams are blocking the sediment that nourishes the Mekong delta, while eros
Ayesha Tandon Glacier melt across the world has accelerated over the past two decades, a new study f
Tanya Wadhwa On the International Mother Earth Day, Bolivian President Luis Arce announced the react
Sam Morgan Covid-19’s impact on the world economy has prompted Brussels, Washington and Beijing to
Three hundred million people stand to lose their land and livelihood, most of them tribal and indige
Forty world leaders have been invited to take part in this Biden’s Leaders’ Summit, inc
In making the move, Belgium joins Denmark, France, and the Netherlands as other European nations tha
WHO’s new technical manual on tobacco tax policy and administration shows countries ways to cut d
Jane Spencer, The Guardian and Christina Jewett The yearlong series of investigative repor
A small community of Brazilian Indians has won a land rights case at Brazil’s Supreme Court that c
The global pandemic has exposed the terrible legacy of deliberately divisive and destructive policie
Andrey Ralev The Blagoevgradska Bistritsa hydropower cascade was planned to use only the drinking wa
It is believed that Abdulrahman al-Sadhan has been convicted in connection with operating an anonymo
Following population declines over several decades due to poaching for ivory and loss of habitat, th
Mauritius has been globally acclaimed for successfully limiting the spread of the coronavirus. Yet,
Archi Rastogi This is the year to capitalize on the influence international civil servants have on t
Ruth Douglas and Gareth Willmer More than half a million people may have died last year as a resul
Certified companies, including with the widely-known FSC label, are reportedly linked to forest dest
In the next three decades, it is expected, humanity would have turned an exclusively urban species.
Benjamin Kaman A new subspecies of the western hoolock gibbon has been described recently from north
Rich nations vaccinating one person every second while majority of the poorest nations are yet to gi
Vitaliy Ryabtsev Since Siberia’s Baikal Lake became a popular destination, a booming industry cate
Emma Feutl Kent & Atalanti Moquette Now is the time to commit to women and girl’s nutrition, a
Mike Muller Water infrastructure takes many years to plan and build and needs to be structured as a
Liz Szabo Scientists say unprepared immune cells appear to be responding to the coronavirus with a d
From Belarus to Bangladesh, authorities in 29 countries shut down or interfered with the internet
The report, launched ahead of World Hearing Day on 3 March, underlines the need to rapidly step up e
Giridharan Ramasubramanian The climate ambitions of the US and China are converging, offering an opp
Timothy A. Wise GM corn presidential decree comes despite intense pressure from industry, U.S. autho
Kurnia Dwi Agustina Studies coming out on the impact of COVID-19 point that food security is under a
Louise Coghlin Vision, quality of life, the economy and development are all so interconnected that e
Ioana Ciuta Upgrades to the coal power plants in the Western Balkans that would bring down sulphur d
World Wildlife Fund (WWF) launched a national brand marketing campaign across the U.S. declaring 202
Jorgelina Hiba A network of municipalities in Argentina is reimagining an agricultural production mo
Brett Wilkins Warming oceans—a key measure of the climate crisis—are forcing great white sharks
J Harsha Current projections of surface water security for India are outdated and inaccurate with cr
Anthea Mulakala and Hongbo Ji China’s tradition of demand-driven assistance has created the impre
WHO and the cancer community are responding with renewed urgency to address breast cancer and to res
Global fisheries and aquaculture have been hard hit by the COVID-19 pandemic and could face further
Omair Ahmad The current protests by Indian farmers against the passage of three laws have deep roots
The Global Fund for Coral Reefs (GFCR) announced that Germany, the Paul G. Allen Family Foundation,
Fred Schulte At the last minute, President Donald Trump granted pardons to several individuals convi
Gabrielle Lipton Health, finance and landscape custodians called to the forefront of conservation po
Gordon Peake The book’s subtitle ‘The Invisible Labor of International Development’ has a dual
Most coral reefs are still unmapped. Scientists are aiming to monitor, in real-time, these biodivers
Riyan Talha Water is everywhere in coastal Bangladesh, but is increasingly undrinkable as sea level
The global economy is expected to expand 4% in 2021, assuming an initial COVID-19 vaccine rollout be
Rhett A. Butler 2020 was a rough year for tropical rainforest conservation efforts, as explained in
Ambika Chawla Multi-stakeholder partnerships that include displaced people in the process show promi
Jörg Peters, Leibniz Institute for Economic Research and Maximiliane Sievert, Leibniz Institute for
Seulki Lee A growing grassroots movement aims to stop the government bankrolling palm oil companies
Soumya Sarkar Unless South Asian countries start working quickly, and in cooperation, they could soo
The World Economic Forum’s Mining and Metals Blockchain Initiative (“MMBI”), released a proof
The Government of India and the World Bank signed a $400 million project to support India’s effort
Gareth Willmer COVID-19 has spawned a “stark rise” in the global circulation of fake medical pro
The European Commission proposes to modernise EU legislation on batteries, delivering its first init
While the European bison (Bison bonasus), Europe’s largest land mammal, has moved from Vulnerable
Rudra Narayan Mishra India needs cheap but clean energy towards improving hygiene/sanitation, educat
Stefano Falcone The modernisation of the agricultural sector can be an important driver of developme
The Danish Parliament has announced that it will cancel all future licensing rounds for new oil and
Francisco Parra Galaz Chile will have a new constitution that could address long-standing concerns
Kasra Zarei According to one expert, “The risk of air pollution on the brain is a much broader ris
The true idea of a river is not of a single stream of water between two banks, but a nervous..
Countries plan to increase their fossil fuel production over the next decade, even as research shows
RANJAN PANDA & PRAGATI PRAVA While trees are important to enrich all forms of ecosystems, t
WWF published ‘Embedding Human Rights into Nature Conservation: from Intent to Action’, a report
Jindra Cekan The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) generously shared lessons from two ex-posts and in partic
Julia Conley A new campaign unveiled this weekend by the nonprofit organization Fossil Free Media
Priti David/PARI India is seeing huge declines in native insect species – several of them tied clo
Liz Kimbrough A newly published study in the journal Nature Communications provides insight into t
Fiona Broom The world’s ability to feed its growing — and increasingly hungry — population wil
Deepanwita Gita Niyogi Private forest owners have been restoring degraded lands, improving green cov
Damian Profeta Downstream provinces challenge the Portezuelo del Viento dam over the reduction of
A coalition of non-governmental organisations brought the Brazilian government to the Federal Suprem
Re-engaging employees under COVID-19 will be key to building a ‘new normal’. If the ripple effec
Coral reefs in both the Pacific and Atlantic oceans received a “fair” score in the first-ever co
Terence Wood Most Australian development NGOs actually did quite well with donations amid the very d
A paltry 14 percent of climate finance is going to the least developed nations and just 2 percent to
Prithvi Simha, Björn Vinnerås, and Jenna Senecal The idea behind it is rather simple. Fresh urine
As COVID-19 disrupts immunizations, urgent action needed to protect most vulnerable children from de
JoNel Aleccia Across the country, veterinarians and other researchers are scouring the animal kingdo
Soumya Sarkar Although top global banks are bankrolling biodiversity loss and ecosystem destruction
Millions of used cars, vans and minibuses exported from Europe, the United States and Japan to the d
Kari Lydersen As storms grow more severe and temperatures climb, contamination of groundwater by ani
John C. Cannon Rather than solely reacting to future outbreaks with containment, new treatments, and
Charlotte King Bamboo is a surprisingly effective carbon sink and is being promoted by the governmen
A new IUCN report finds that an estimated 229,000 tonnes of plastic is leaking into the Mediterranea
Less than 50% of working-age women are in the labour market, a figure that has barely changed over t
Mudassir Kuloo The Kashmir Himalayas contain plants with properties found nowhere else on Earth, but
David Axelrod Since the end of August, timetables for water supply have been introduced in Simferopo
Laura Owings Demand for phone-based agricultural services has shot up almost 60 per cent across Asia
Three UN agencies are calling for greater stabilization efforts and assistance to the most vulnerabl
Shahudha Mohamed Ministry of Environment, of Maldives announced that a rare and endangered species o
Ikhtiar Mohammad While there are millions who cannot afford bread and butter even once a day, there
World Resources Institute (WRI) announced a new certification to help consumers identify climate-fri
Almost 2 million babies are stillborn every year – or 1 every 16 seconds – according to the firs
Dominic Tantram Greenwashing matters. It undermines the wider understanding of sustainability, erode
Pippa Gallop The European Commission on Tuesday published its 2020 enlargement package and an Econom
Norway tops index, United States flails at 26, South Sudan ranks last, majority of world’s countri
The Norwegian Nobel Committee has awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for 2020 to the World Food Programm
Ann Hendrix-Jenkins The dark side of international development needs to be dismantled, and then tran
This news comes days after the UN Summit on Biodiversity, where numerous heads of government support
Nate Berg “Hempcrete,” made from the woody core of hemp, is showing promise as an environmentall
Nicola Nixon Focusing on health, food, and information needs, CSOs throughout the region have been w
Concern that humanity will be among the victims of this crime, turning it from ecocide into suicide,
There is a growing voice that governments take into note the importance of wetlands in achieving bot
By allowing participating economies to pool financial and scientific resources, the COVAX facili
The credit is from the World Bank’s International Development Association (IDA), which provides co
Naresh Kumar Nain, Sanjay Sharma Taking the successful models and lessons of women’s empowerment
The UN Secretary-General issued his first call for a global ceasefire in March amid COVID pandemic,
Sandra Cordon Three major reports on nature say we’ve missed our set 2020 targets The Earth’s bi
Twitter is still not doing enough to protect women from online violence and abuse, despite repeated
Firuza Karimova Many schemes launched, but only 62% have access to clean water “Stocking up on wat
A new, first of its kind fund to protect coral reefs was officially launched on the sidelines of the
HD-quality video streaming produces different levels of greenhouse gas emissions depending on the tr
In the wake of President Trump’s initial announcement that he planned to pull the U.S. out of the
On the passing of David Graeber; ground breaking writer and anarchist anthropologist, Jason Kirkpatr
Washington Castilhos Cadmium, lead and mercury are highly toxic and carcinogenic. High levels of cad
Globally, monitored population sizes of mammals, fish, birds, reptiles, and amphibians have declined
Olive Heffernan With a range of marine geoengineering field trials moving forward, attention is turn
Gordon Peake Trepidation within a donor or managing contractor about reputational damage to their br
The American Chemistry Council has lobbied the US government during the COVID-19 pandemic to use a U
Jazmín Rocco Predassi A new report looks at the different pathways for Argentina to achieve a zer
Samit Aich Racism and Caste discrimination are not the only two forms of social distancing that
One hundred twenty eight environmental and human rights NGOs and experts warn that a United Natio
Sneha Kaushal, Raju Kumar Recognizing the importance of having a perennial source of water when pla
In the long run, the abuse of science and technology is severely harming women and it is increasingl
Water utilities of the future will be energy utilities too, exporting excess renewable energy to loc
Diana Ivanova, University of Leeds and Richard Wood, Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Germany published its first framework for Green German Federal Securities. The aim of these securiti
Jessica Corbett The group aims to “address cascading collapses in biodiversity due to overfish
The 2019 report shows that $46.6 billion – or 76% of total financing for the year – was devoted
Some of the biggest names in mobile gaming with a combined active user base of 250 million players
The UNCTAD15 conference will take place in Barbados under the theme “From inequality and vulnerabi
Avijit Choudhury As India is primarily an agrarian economy supporting 60% of the population, revivin
Fidanka Bacheva-McGrath Evidence of meaningful implementation of the Gender Action Plan for EBRD and
Children returning to school this September may find a very different classroom to the ones they lef
Wang Yan Big investments in traditional infrastructures are driving the economy, but a path to green
Zoraida Portillo Kipi the robot is made from upcycled materials. Her backpack is a solar panel and s
Ranjan Panda & Pragati Prava Forests, nurtured by indigenous communities, can provide key suppor
Malavika Vyawahare Thousands of species around the pristine lagoons are at risk of drowning in a sea
Mayuri Purkayastha Out of 33 districts, every year 28 districts are devastated by floods which cause
Fiona Tarpey The global COVID-19 pandemic is a crisis unprecedented in its scale and scope, with par
Natalie Boyd Williams, University of Stirling; Heather Roxburgh, University of Stirling, and Jennife
Pavel Devyatkin The cases from Ecuador, Ghana and Nepal show that the impacts of the pandemic are di
Nearly three billion animals – mammals, reptiles, birds, and frogs – were killed or displaced by
The new IUCN Global Standard will help governments, business and civil society ensure the effectiven
Nature Based Solutions (NBS) come in a variety of shapes and sizes and can be applied across marine
Dimitri Selibas Between flight shaming and a global pandemic, destinations that depend on travellers
Flood is a recurring threat to the sustainability of open defecation free status in Bihar. Unique to
Global Witness today revealed the highest number of land and environmental defenders murdered on rec
It is the 10th anniversary of the recognition of human rights to water and sanitation and our appro
Karin Helmstaedt Patagonia says that they are effectively making the business case for reinventing c
The new project launched between International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), M
Pharmaceutical and tech companies and wealthy white Americans benefit from dramatic pandemic profits
Major Eastern Russian cities are shrouded in haze as a mega fires continue to burn through Siberian
Lauren Weber and Laura Ungar and Michelle R. Smith, The Associated Press and Hannah Recht and Anna M
Fermín Koop G20 governments have allocated at least US$151 billion to fossil fuels since the pandem
Casey Kelso True internal change will be tested soon as NGOs face potential massive layoffs. Well-ma
Hundreds of Indigenous leaders, activists and anthropologists have denounced plans to hold the 2023
Mike Roddy Americans consume 23% of the world’s wood products, with 4% of global population. T
Almost 10 Million Children May Never Return to School Following COVID-19 Lockdown Deep budget cuts t
The coronavirus pandemic, like the World Wars, is a harbinger of revolutionary changes. It is accele
Seventy-three countries have warned that they are at risk of stock-outs of antiretroviral (ARV) medi
Jason Kirkpatrick If people in the USA want to support people of color, to create a more just and pe
In the coming fall and winter, the US epidemic will likely run rampant, and more countries and regio
Julien Chongwang, Gilbert Nakweya & Ghislaine Deudjui Toxic chemicals are being used by food sel
The unique nature of Covid-19 crisis have been blessings to build lives and nature friendly green pl
It is now clear that when humans shut down, rivers flow healthy. The evidences that we have gather
Jonathan Bamber, University of Bristol On the eve of the summer solstice, something very worrying ha
Alex Smith Retail alcohol sales jumped by 55% nationally during the third week of March, when many s
Over 125 health experts from 19 countries signed onto a statement assuring retailers and consumers
Stephen Howes & Sherman Surandiran Recently, public donations to Australian development NGOs ha
Even if the COVID lockdowns were to continue for a decade, the change would not be sufficient; the c
The Arara people of the Cachoeira Seca (Dry Waterfall) territory have been revealed as the tribe w
Fiona Broom The world’s second-biggest global donor among developed countries has announced it wil
Karen Mancl Millions of farmers use anaerobic digesters to capture methane from manure, which has al
Keshoba Krishna Chatradhara The Baghjan oil spill poses a serious threat to the rich biodiversity of
€ 3.2 billion for COVID-19 public health, elderly care and targeted business support€ 1.5 billio
Arianne Gijsenbergh This human interest story tells the inspiring tale of Linda Deconlay, a member o
Fiona Broom National governments, civil society and private organisations have pledged a record US$8
The 11th Equator Prize recognized 10 local and indigenous communities from across the
COVID seems to have turned public opinion firmly against going back to “business as usual”. So w
Jake Johnson Ancient and slow-growing deep sea corals, endangered large whales and sea turtles, and
Claudia Sadoff & Mark Smith To survive the coronavirus pandemic and minimize the adverse impacts
Morgan Erickson-Davis Data from 2001 to 2019 show an overall deforestation of primary forest const
Concerned about the continuation of irreversible, environmentally destructive and debt financed proj
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Joydeep Gupta Residents of the Sundarbans wonder why they are rebuilding, when their lands have been
Gareth Willmer & Fiona Broom Crucial global goals to reduce hunger and poverty and curb climate
COVID 19 is disrupting life-saving immunization services around the world, putting millions of child
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Sandra Wilson, University of Dundee Smartphones contain about 60 different elements – including no
A new investigation from anti-corruption NGO Global Witness has uncovered how global financial insti
Farhana Ahmed African Swine Flu, highly contagious, with no vaccine, no cure, and has decimated pig
Misha Coleman, Margaret Sheehan Vietnam’s response to COVID-19 is one of Southeast Asia’s most
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The coronavirus pandemic risks cancelling out recent progress in transitioning to clean energy, with
As a Small Island Developing State (SIDS) in the middle of the Indian Ocean with a high dependency o
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The Covid-19 pandemic represents the biggest shock to the global energy system in more than seven de
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In response to the COVID-19 crisis, UNEP launched a coalition with TED-Ed and others called “Earth
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Christopher Trisos, University of Cape Town and Alex Pigot, UCL The impacts of climate change on spe
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A WWF public survey in South East Asian countries show that an overwhelming majority support closure
Enrico Bonadio, City, University of London and Andrea Baldini, Nanjing University As the coronavirus
Christina Jewett and Lauren Weber The Trump administration quietly invoked the Defense Production
A joint statement by QU Dongyu, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus and Roberto Azevedo, Directors-General of
Fermín Koop Covid-19 could derail new global agreements on biodiversity, oceans and COP26 climate
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Despite the revolutionary changes of the past century and half, inequalities of race, caste and gend
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This World Economic Forum report, produced in collaboration with PwC UK, found that many industries
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Stephen Howes A report released last month by the Department of the Environment and Energy shows t
Samrat In remote Pange, near the Talle Valley Wildlife Sanctuary in Arunachal Pradesh, an “uninten
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Amanda Gearing, Queensland University of Technology As I write this, fires are consuming huge swathe
Sarah Varney & Jason Kane More than a million fewer children receive public health insurance n
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Tony Long Global Fishing Watch CEO Tony Long looks back at 2019 and sets a course for 2020 From fi
Mohamed Jaush Fuvahmulah is a single island atoll in the Maldives, unique for its shape, the lakes a
India’s central government identified 15,000 acres in Kashmir – mostly next to rivers, streams a
Inga Vesper Global malaria eradication efforts should focus on children and preg
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The new UN report on Human Development is a stark warning on the growing new inequalities that can p
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Jennifer Hattam By tapping traditional knowledge, Ebru Baybara Demir is helping make farming in sout
The travel and tourism sector accounts for around 8% of global greenhouse gas emissions that are con
Derek Groen, Brunel University London and Diana Suleimenova, Brunel University London In the near fu
Polash Mukerjee Air pollution knows no political boundaries, and this severe problem in the national
Industrialized countries pledged to compensate the vulnerable and the least developed countries in C
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The Climate Zine A short documentary detailing the changes that are occurring to the living flora an
Deljana Iossifova, University of Manchester; Purva Dewoolkar, University of Manchester, and Youcao R
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Insurgent South Asian rivers breached embankments repeatedly, turning engineered floodplains into hy
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EU Bank launches ambitious new climate strategy and Energy Lending Policy that will end financing fo
Fatima Arkin Climate change is already damaging the health of the world’s children and threatens a
Chowdhury Dilruba Shoma Financial empowerment of women has social and economic benefits for all citi
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Antarctica’s first zero emission research station shows that sustainable living is possible anywhere
Kate Winter, Northumbria University, Newcastle The Princess Elisabeth Antarctica Research Station in
Customs, parks and law enforcement officials from China, India, Indonesia, Lao PDR, and Singapore ha
Chandrani Sinha Of the many people struggling to prove their citizenship in the Indian state of Assa
William John Bond Reforestation and afforestation can play a role in reducing carbon emissions — b
Jessica Corbett The Zero Carbon Act was crafted to help New Zealand meet the main goal of the 2015 P
A diet recommended by EAT-Lancet Commission on Food, Planet, Health meant to improve both human and
Gustavo Faleiros Analyses of Brazil’s beef exports show 22,700 hectares of Amazon deforestatio
If things continue in the present manner, India will have all the top 10 slots for the most polluted
World’s largest palm oil producers and buyers, including Bunge, Cargill, Golden Agri-Resources (GA
A global study on pathogens in rivers finds that rivers harbour dangerous levels of diarrhoeal disea
Paulo Paulino Guajajara, known also as Kwahu Tenetehar, was shot in the neck and died in the forest.
Unusually heavy rainfall has hit 29 counties across the country, causing widespread displacement inc
Fabíola Ortiz Researchers in Brazil have identified a new disease that causes severe damage to the
Jeremy Hance A new paper in Global Conservation and Ecology finds that the last tigers of Laos a
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The initiative will work with 10 value chains in 10 different countries, aiming to maximise economic
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The Government of India, Government of Uttar Pradesh and the World Bank signed a $400 million loan a
Ned Pennant-Rea With the breaking wave of climate consciousness, more than a thousand “arrestable
New evidence from a WHO-led study, published in the Lancet, shows that more than one-third of women
Top Brazilian experts have released a damning statement warning “genocide is underway” against
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Anupam Nanda, University of Reading Several reports and commentators have identified various ways a
Ranjit Devraj Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) has worsened in animals and humans, reducing the effica
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25.000 demonstrators comprising 7,000 pedestrians and 18,000 cyclists interrupted the first ope
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The sheer scale of this new production dwarfs that of every other country in the world and would spe
Monica Evans A firefighter’s account of the country’s burning dry forests When firefighter Danie
Dana Marekova The Slovak government does not seem to understand the difference between export promot
The world is suffering from a crisis of politics. The old ideas have collapsed and the new ideas enj
Stephen Howes The World Bank publishes annual updates of its list of fragile states and ten Pacifi
Inga Vesper A low-cost pill made up of four cardiovascular drugs could significantly reduce the bu
Hundreds of Baka “Pygmies” from the Congo rainforest have written to the European Commission,
The World Health Organization (WHO) today calls for a further assessment of microplastics in the env
Catherine Early Campaigner Greta Thunberg and activists Extinction Rebellion have focused attention
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Jeremy Hance The last wolf in Bangladesh was seen in 1949 – until this year.The wolf, an ad
Anna Kučírková Most salmonella infections can be classified as stomach flu or gastroenteritis. Th
Anya Karaman In Fes, an all-boys Center for the Protection of Children is supporting agricultural sk
Zhang Chun The biodiversity by opening of the Bohai Sea, dotted with rich island ecosystems, would b
Many governments are making progress in the fight against tobacco, with 5 billion people today livin
The German government has frozen funding to WWF following a series of investigations by Buzzfeed
Scott Bayley In Australia, monitoring and evaluation guidance provides a reasonably comprehensive ap
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Corey J. A. Bradshaw, Flinders University and Enrico Di Minin, University of Helsinki Social and eco
Cara Anthony Black Americans continue to face persistent health care disparities. Some black pharmac
Rodrigo de Oliveira Andrade Five national academies of science and medicine have urged the world to
Tiffany R. Jansen Mobile applications fighting food waste sprout like weeds as awareness spreads. Bu
City-dwellers can no longer ignore the destruction of coastal green corridors such as the mangrove f
Jindra Cekan Rarely do funders return to evaluate what lasts after aid projects end, but when they d
Billions of people around the world are continuing to suffer from poor access to water, sanitation a
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Gilbert Nakweya Authorities are using satellite data to root out the scourge on its forests and farm
Snehasis Das Kokoli recounts the love story of the protagonist by the titular name and her fisherman
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Annalisa Prizzon The past 15 years have seen 35 low-income countries (LICs) achieving middle-income
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Priorities at #national and #international levels can be at odds with those of #local and #Indig
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Channing Arndt, CGIAR System Organization and Claudia Ringler, The International Food Policy Researc
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Irregular migration from the East and Horn of Africa to southern Africa, presents countries along t
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The Water Initiatives, Gram Swaraj and Vasundhara along with 35 partner organisations launched the 3
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WHO released a Global Influenza Strategy for 2019-2030 aimed at protecting people in all countries f
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Naser Faruqui Without appropriate technical and financial support, an across-the-board policy requir
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Peter Walton Since the 2016 World Humanitarian Summit and the inception of the Grand Bargain, t
Tobias Schmitz The role of water in climate mitigation is much greater than commonly understood, acc
Cities, no doubt, are aspirational and most people want to move into them for upgrading their stands
Dr Jennifer Allan and Dr Rishikesh Ram Bhandary When nations gather in the Egyptian resort town of S
In yet another ominous climate change warning, atmospheric levels of the three main greenhouse gases
Through South-South Cooperation, sharing these lessons can help African countries avoid similar hurd
The $43-million initiative will support businesses to manage risks to workers and eliminate the most
Colin Davis, University of Bristol Protest plays a role in agenda seeding. It doesn’t necessarily
Ed Holt Ethiopia has lost large swathes of its forest cover in recent decades, including areas clea
Xia Zhijian Climate adaptation of industry and infrastructure is a matter of national concern after
An ADB report warns that sea levels in the Asia-Pacific could exceed two metres by 2100 due to the
The report identifies several key drivers of biodiversity decline including habitat loss, species ov
With COP27 coming up in November, here’s what we know so far about this year’s most important cl
The report highlights that the control and use of land and territory is a central issue in countries
The platform helps event organizers systematically evaluate the GHG emission profile and sustainabil
Eva Amsen Some researchers say that ignoring non-English papers could have disastrous consequences f
Tasneem Balasinorwala and Diya Deb As we make our way one step at a time to make carbon markets and.
Jessica Corbett Fast transition would feature an end to fossil fuels by 2050; the estimate is that t
The new Global Alliance for Ending AIDS in Children by 2030 was announced by leading figures at the
The EU aims to cut its climate emissions by 55 percent by 2030 and thus comply with the Paris climat
Fiona Broom For almost 40 years, the controversial US ‘global gag rule’ has been used by Republi
Zubaida Mabuno Ismail In western Kenya, the Ogiek battle for land rights and a chance to demonstrate
Radhika Mia Social entrepreneurs are transforming the lives of 722-million people worldwide, and in
Researchers from the Indian Institute of Science (IISC) found out that pollutants like micro-plastic
Lázaro Thor Borges Seeking re-election, Jair Bolsonaro’s government has championed the easing of
70 per cent of 10-year-olds in ‘learning poverty’, unable to read and understand a simpl
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) warns about a looming food crisis
Julia Conley Deepening campaigners’ anger was the fact that European countries present at the
The European Commission has claimed that the Recovery and Resilience Facility (EUR 672.5 billion) wi
WHO has revealed new information on the extent to which tobacco damages both the environment and hum
Dann Okoth The report singles out lost education as one of the worst consequences of the pandemic,
Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology Seagrass beds are underwater oases. Now researchers hav
Yan Tian Baxter Chinese NGO GEI aims to equip food producing regions in Brazil with good practices t
The Global Forest Resources Assessment Remote Sensing Survey says expansion of croplands the biggest
Fiona Broom Families in some of the poorest parts of the world turned to buying bottled water as the
This so-called Rural Multidimensional Poverty Index (R-MPI) was built on the widely accepted notion
Dipak Gyawali A Millennium Challenge Corporation grant to build an electricity transmission line has
These laws, and their hurried legislation, have been criticised by civil society groups for attempti
Scientists conducted pioneering research to understand how solar radiation management (SRM) geoengin
Samantha Young California awarded the Medi-Cal Rx program to a unit of Magellan Health, a company wi
A staggering 40 percent increase in prices has been witnessed in Liberia, Sierra Leone, Nigeria, Bur
Thousands of Batwa were evicted when the park was expanded in 1975. Since then they’ve mostly live
Tara Lohan Warming temperatures, stronger storms and rising seas present a cascade of challenges tha
Tasneem Balasinorwala and Diya Deb Project funding decisions are primarily influenced by internation
From the conservation industry’s perspective, the idea is simple: corporations pay them to enc
UK new Environment Act could fail to tackle much of the country’s deforestation footprint abro
Jessica Corbett “As we enter the third year,” an expert at the group says, “the in
Thinking about the future of food safety – A foresight report from WHO maps out some of the m
Notwithstanding the Australian government’s sub-par climate policies, Australia has created a gove
Along with putting an end to plastic pollution, a second key resolution supports the establishment o
Lívia Machado Costa New report shows that companies from Brazil and abroad are sieging sites of int
Climate crisis has exposed millions of people to acute food and water insecurity, especially in Afri
However, the reef is dying. Climate change, driven by anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions, is the
Plastic pollution is one of the key concerns for the entire globe at the moment. Something that st
Dr. Sanjeev Narrainen The UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change 2019 Report revealed that our
So far, GMO-free agriculture in Germany and Europe has been a success story: fields have been largel
Gurvinder Singh Giving up hunting and tree felling, two Assamese villages are conserving their fores
Emilio Godoy The country has signed international commitments to reduce methane emissions, but has
Up to 80,000 people, including at least 28,000 children, are estimated to have been affected across
Michael Kaloki Climate change has brought about several extremes including drought, which affects ou
From a Brazilian entrepreneur using hip-hop to turn Favela youth away from crime, a Dutch nurse revo
Brett Wilkins This report underscores the reality of how the climate crisis is already affecting peo
Nextblue Urban growth, temperature rise and melting glaciers threaten river deltas around the world.
Kamaljit RayR.K. GiriS.S. RayA.P. Dimri dM. Rajeevan Floods are becoming the most frequently occurri
Ate Hoekstra, Yon Sineat Climate change, unsustainable and illegal fishing and the proliferatio
The three-way coalition set to assume power under chancellor-in-spe Olaf Scholz further prioritizes
Lily Hess Addressing emissions other than those from CO2 could significantly stymie temperature rise
Teddy Winn In PNG there are many laws against corruption. There are also a host of integrity agencie
Torbjørn Gjefsen The lead author of a Rainforest Foundation Norway report showing how little fund
The areas under “conservancies” are the ancestral grazing lands of pastoralist peoples such as t
Christopher Davy The Paris rulebook has been finalised, the focus has been put on cutting emissions
and Ajaya Dixit Recurring floods in major cities point to need for moving away from land-centric urb
To curb overfishing, biodiversity degradation and loss, and CO2 emissions, and to safeguard food an
Julia Conley If all the announced net-zero commitments are implemented, the global temperature would
Glasgow COP with over 40,000 registered delegates is the biggest COP till date, but gender based dat
Fiona Broom A participation revolution is needed to stop the “outrageous” exclusion of civil soc
Women and girls make up over half of the world’s IDPs, 5 million IDPs are living with disabilities
vlogbrothers We should act as if this is an emergency, because it is. But part of that is understand
Sarah Purnell, University of Brighton and James Edward Ebdon, University of Brighton The UK has arou
Indonesia has a vast tract of suboptimal land that is rarely used as land for agriculture because it
Situation demands to go beyond the business-as-usual actions, but the global leaders and corporates
Shi Yi Experts say the river’s Grand Canyon area, a haven for many species, should be designated a
The world faces an exponential increase in hunger fuelled by the climate crisis if urgent global act
Gilbert Nakweya According to the latest World Malaria Report, there were an estimated 229 million c
Sharon Udasin Water authorities in the Western U.S. don’t know what the future will bring, but the
Sadia Mahjabin Imam Over the past two decades there have been 24 fires in the Sundarbans. Inquiry co
COVERT BRITISH COPS IN GREEN AND SOCIAL ACTIVISM MOVEMENTS OVER THE LAST FOUR DECADES HAVE TRIED TO
With the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration underway, review finds successes and many challenges ahe
Each city should have two plans ready within a year. One, a SDG plan and two, a climate action plan
Jindra Cekan Donor evaluations tend to ignore unexpected results beyond the usual set outcomes; this
Greta Thunberg joined 100,000 plus protestors, mostly, youth, teenagers and children for Global Frid
Feny Nuroktaviani Indigenous Forest in Indonesia is categorized as state forest, that authorizes the
Many cities are investing in trees, forests and other nature-based solutions to counteract these eff
A shortfall of $75 billion expected over a period of six-years affecting the most vulnerable nations
Wealthy nations are expected to fall up to $75 billion short of fulfilling their long-standing pledg
Amos Wemanya Following the example of Kenya, many African countries are leading the world in finding
Joydeep Gupta, Ramesh Bhushal Intensifying climate change means that opposite disasters are man
Across the U.S. and Canadian Great Plains, approximately 2.6 million acres of intact grassland – a
Inga Vesper Civil society organisations have called on influential donors to stop funding industrial
This July, as the world was preparing to celebrate eleven years of ‘Human Right to Water’- recog
Around 19,000 people are estimated to have died over the past three years as a result of air polluti
IUCN actively supports the development of an ambitious Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework. The
JESSICA CORBETT The numbers don’t lie. Indigenous peoples have long led the fight to protect M
The conference was held in Geneva from the 1st to 2nd of September, both on site and virtually. More
The long-term outlook is challenging as farmers and herders, affected by drought, typically need thr
When service stations in Algeria stopped providing leaded petrol in July, the use of leaded petrol e
Augusta Dwyer The world’s seven largest development banks, most of them multilaterals, own about h
UN’s Special Rapporteur on Human Rights and the Environment calls for “a transformative approach
Education curriculum for youth should be designed in ways that their grades are linked to conservati
Ranjit Devraj Given the Taliban’s hostility to vaccinations, WHO and medical experts fear a rapid
Rupsy Khurana In India the fear is that if plantations are expanded it could magnify the wildlife
Avni Kumar, Danielle Logue, Diana Gonzalez Botero, George Goddard, Juliet Willetts, Keren Winte
Lorena Guzmán While the original plan involved the closure of eight plants by 2024 and the remainin
Fred Pearce Hydrogen may have lost the race to fuel electric cars but it looks a likely contender to
Robert McSweeney The deadly heatwave that hit north-western US and Canada in late June would have be
Conflict between people and animals, from China’s famed wandering elephants raiding farm
Unprecedented biodiversity loss, pollution, climate change and the rise of zoonotic diseases have sh
Ran Boydell Houses will be more prone to overheating, putting the lives of residents at risk, which
Julian Wettengel As Chancellor Merkel leaves office, she could be setting the stage for Germany to b
The numbers don’t change much year after year; billions of people are still left behind and th
A recent study, The costs of climate change in India, by the UK based Overseas Development Institu
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is warning that many of the world’s stateless people may miss out on
Gurvinder Singh Growers of the world’s most expensive tea are going organic due to pressure from i
Claudia Caruana Using empirical data gathered from 732 locations, researchers estimated the mortal
A new World Bank report shows that for every dollar governments invest in protected areas and suppor
Mitchell Cetuk The word “blu-nit” comes from the joining of the words “blue” (for the planet
Liz Kimbrough United Nations Decade on Ecosystem Restoration launched by U.N. Environment Progr
Jake Johnson The public is being left in the dark as to the demands, influencing strategies, and ful
A leaked version of the Energy Council’s proposed revision to the EU’s key energy infrastructure
Nitin Sethi I hardly write or report these days. A publication asked for a book review. But, it reje
In a win for privacy, the Court of Justice of São Paulo blocks facial recognition on a public trans
Sandra Cordon The Second World Ocean Assessment lays out critical state of oceans – and how little
Stephen Howes So far, Australia has contributed 0.6 of one percent to the global fund to respond to
Sanjeet Bagcchi A low-cost machine learning method has the potential to track down immensely polluti
The COVID-19 pandemic has revealed the fragility of the global food system and the need for more equ
The reported cuts will end all future spending on water, sanitation and hygiene by the UK in countri
The systemic lapses that exacerbated the scale of the second COVID-19 wave would arguably not have
Michael Tatarski Upstream dams are blocking the sediment that nourishes the Mekong delta, while eros
Ayesha Tandon Glacier melt across the world has accelerated over the past two decades, a new study f
Tanya Wadhwa On the International Mother Earth Day, Bolivian President Luis Arce announced the react
Sam Morgan Covid-19’s impact on the world economy has prompted Brussels, Washington and Beijing to
Three hundred million people stand to lose their land and livelihood, most of them tribal and indige
Forty world leaders have been invited to take part in this Biden’s Leaders’ Summit, inc
In making the move, Belgium joins Denmark, France, and the Netherlands as other European nations tha
WHO’s new technical manual on tobacco tax policy and administration shows countries ways to cut d
Jane Spencer, The Guardian and Christina Jewett The yearlong series of investigative repor
A small community of Brazilian Indians has won a land rights case at Brazil’s Supreme Court that c
The global pandemic has exposed the terrible legacy of deliberately divisive and destructive policie
Andrey Ralev The Blagoevgradska Bistritsa hydropower cascade was planned to use only the drinking wa
It is believed that Abdulrahman al-Sadhan has been convicted in connection with operating an anonymo
Following population declines over several decades due to poaching for ivory and loss of habitat, th
Mauritius has been globally acclaimed for successfully limiting the spread of the coronavirus. Yet,
Archi Rastogi This is the year to capitalize on the influence international civil servants have on t
Ruth Douglas and Gareth Willmer More than half a million people may have died last year as a resul
Certified companies, including with the widely-known FSC label, are reportedly linked to forest dest
In the next three decades, it is expected, humanity would have turned an exclusively urban species.
Benjamin Kaman A new subspecies of the western hoolock gibbon has been described recently from north
Rich nations vaccinating one person every second while majority of the poorest nations are yet to gi
Vitaliy Ryabtsev Since Siberia’s Baikal Lake became a popular destination, a booming industry cate
Emma Feutl Kent & Atalanti Moquette Now is the time to commit to women and girl’s nutrition, a
Mike Muller Water infrastructure takes many years to plan and build and needs to be structured as a
Liz Szabo Scientists say unprepared immune cells appear to be responding to the coronavirus with a d
From Belarus to Bangladesh, authorities in 29 countries shut down or interfered with the internet
The report, launched ahead of World Hearing Day on 3 March, underlines the need to rapidly step up e
Giridharan Ramasubramanian The climate ambitions of the US and China are converging, offering an opp
Timothy A. Wise GM corn presidential decree comes despite intense pressure from industry, U.S. autho
Kurnia Dwi Agustina Studies coming out on the impact of COVID-19 point that food security is under a
Louise Coghlin Vision, quality of life, the economy and development are all so interconnected that e
Ioana Ciuta Upgrades to the coal power plants in the Western Balkans that would bring down sulphur d
World Wildlife Fund (WWF) launched a national brand marketing campaign across the U.S. declaring 202
Jorgelina Hiba A network of municipalities in Argentina is reimagining an agricultural production mo
Brett Wilkins Warming oceans—a key measure of the climate crisis—are forcing great white sharks
J Harsha Current projections of surface water security for India are outdated and inaccurate with cr
Anthea Mulakala and Hongbo Ji China’s tradition of demand-driven assistance has created the impre
WHO and the cancer community are responding with renewed urgency to address breast cancer and to res
Global fisheries and aquaculture have been hard hit by the COVID-19 pandemic and could face further
Omair Ahmad The current protests by Indian farmers against the passage of three laws have deep roots
The Global Fund for Coral Reefs (GFCR) announced that Germany, the Paul G. Allen Family Foundation,
Fred Schulte At the last minute, President Donald Trump granted pardons to several individuals convi
Gabrielle Lipton Health, finance and landscape custodians called to the forefront of conservation po
Gordon Peake The book’s subtitle ‘The Invisible Labor of International Development’ has a dual
Most coral reefs are still unmapped. Scientists are aiming to monitor, in real-time, these biodivers
Riyan Talha Water is everywhere in coastal Bangladesh, but is increasingly undrinkable as sea level
The global economy is expected to expand 4% in 2021, assuming an initial COVID-19 vaccine rollout be
Rhett A. Butler 2020 was a rough year for tropical rainforest conservation efforts, as explained in
Ambika Chawla Multi-stakeholder partnerships that include displaced people in the process show promi
Jörg Peters, Leibniz Institute for Economic Research and Maximiliane Sievert, Leibniz Institute for
Seulki Lee A growing grassroots movement aims to stop the government bankrolling palm oil companies
Soumya Sarkar Unless South Asian countries start working quickly, and in cooperation, they could soo
The World Economic Forum’s Mining and Metals Blockchain Initiative (“MMBI”), released a proof
The Government of India and the World Bank signed a $400 million project to support India’s effort
Gareth Willmer COVID-19 has spawned a “stark rise” in the global circulation of fake medical pro
The European Commission proposes to modernise EU legislation on batteries, delivering its first init
While the European bison (Bison bonasus), Europe’s largest land mammal, has moved from Vulnerable
Rudra Narayan Mishra India needs cheap but clean energy towards improving hygiene/sanitation, educat
Stefano Falcone The modernisation of the agricultural sector can be an important driver of developme
The Danish Parliament has announced that it will cancel all future licensing rounds for new oil and
Francisco Parra Galaz Chile will have a new constitution that could address long-standing concerns
Kasra Zarei According to one expert, “The risk of air pollution on the brain is a much broader ris
The true idea of a river is not of a single stream of water between two banks, but a nervous..
Countries plan to increase their fossil fuel production over the next decade, even as research shows
RANJAN PANDA & PRAGATI PRAVA While trees are important to enrich all forms of ecosystems, t
WWF published ‘Embedding Human Rights into Nature Conservation: from Intent to Action’, a report
Jindra Cekan The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) generously shared lessons from two ex-posts and in partic
Julia Conley A new campaign unveiled this weekend by the nonprofit organization Fossil Free Media
Priti David/PARI India is seeing huge declines in native insect species – several of them tied clo
Liz Kimbrough A newly published study in the journal Nature Communications provides insight into t
Fiona Broom The world’s ability to feed its growing — and increasingly hungry — population wil
Deepanwita Gita Niyogi Private forest owners have been restoring degraded lands, improving green cov
Damian Profeta Downstream provinces challenge the Portezuelo del Viento dam over the reduction of
A coalition of non-governmental organisations brought the Brazilian government to the Federal Suprem
Re-engaging employees under COVID-19 will be key to building a ‘new normal’. If the ripple effec
Coral reefs in both the Pacific and Atlantic oceans received a “fair” score in the first-ever co
Terence Wood Most Australian development NGOs actually did quite well with donations amid the very d
A paltry 14 percent of climate finance is going to the least developed nations and just 2 percent to
Prithvi Simha, Björn Vinnerås, and Jenna Senecal The idea behind it is rather simple. Fresh urine
As COVID-19 disrupts immunizations, urgent action needed to protect most vulnerable children from de
JoNel Aleccia Across the country, veterinarians and other researchers are scouring the animal kingdo
Soumya Sarkar Although top global banks are bankrolling biodiversity loss and ecosystem destruction
Millions of used cars, vans and minibuses exported from Europe, the United States and Japan to the d
Kari Lydersen As storms grow more severe and temperatures climb, contamination of groundwater by ani
John C. Cannon Rather than solely reacting to future outbreaks with containment, new treatments, and
Charlotte King Bamboo is a surprisingly effective carbon sink and is being promoted by the governmen
A new IUCN report finds that an estimated 229,000 tonnes of plastic is leaking into the Mediterranea
Less than 50% of working-age women are in the labour market, a figure that has barely changed over t
Mudassir Kuloo The Kashmir Himalayas contain plants with properties found nowhere else on Earth, but
David Axelrod Since the end of August, timetables for water supply have been introduced in Simferopo
Laura Owings Demand for phone-based agricultural services has shot up almost 60 per cent across Asia
Three UN agencies are calling for greater stabilization efforts and assistance to the most vulnerabl
Shahudha Mohamed Ministry of Environment, of Maldives announced that a rare and endangered species o
Ikhtiar Mohammad While there are millions who cannot afford bread and butter even once a day, there
World Resources Institute (WRI) announced a new certification to help consumers identify climate-fri
Almost 2 million babies are stillborn every year – or 1 every 16 seconds – according to the firs
Dominic Tantram Greenwashing matters. It undermines the wider understanding of sustainability, erode
Pippa Gallop The European Commission on Tuesday published its 2020 enlargement package and an Econom
Norway tops index, United States flails at 26, South Sudan ranks last, majority of world’s countri
The Norwegian Nobel Committee has awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for 2020 to the World Food Programm
Ann Hendrix-Jenkins The dark side of international development needs to be dismantled, and then tran
This news comes days after the UN Summit on Biodiversity, where numerous heads of government support
Nate Berg “Hempcrete,” made from the woody core of hemp, is showing promise as an environmentall
Nicola Nixon Focusing on health, food, and information needs, CSOs throughout the region have been w
Concern that humanity will be among the victims of this crime, turning it from ecocide into suicide,
There is a growing voice that governments take into note the importance of wetlands in achieving bot
By allowing participating economies to pool financial and scientific resources, the COVAX facili
The credit is from the World Bank’s International Development Association (IDA), which provides co
Naresh Kumar Nain, Sanjay Sharma Taking the successful models and lessons of women’s empowerment
The UN Secretary-General issued his first call for a global ceasefire in March amid COVID pandemic,
Sandra Cordon Three major reports on nature say we’ve missed our set 2020 targets The Earth’s bi
Twitter is still not doing enough to protect women from online violence and abuse, despite repeated
Firuza Karimova Many schemes launched, but only 62% have access to clean water “Stocking up on wat
A new, first of its kind fund to protect coral reefs was officially launched on the sidelines of the
HD-quality video streaming produces different levels of greenhouse gas emissions depending on the tr
In the wake of President Trump’s initial announcement that he planned to pull the U.S. out of the
On the passing of David Graeber; ground breaking writer and anarchist anthropologist, Jason Kirkpatr
Washington Castilhos Cadmium, lead and mercury are highly toxic and carcinogenic. High levels of cad
Globally, monitored population sizes of mammals, fish, birds, reptiles, and amphibians have declined
Olive Heffernan With a range of marine geoengineering field trials moving forward, attention is turn
Gordon Peake Trepidation within a donor or managing contractor about reputational damage to their br
The American Chemistry Council has lobbied the US government during the COVID-19 pandemic to use a U
Jazmín Rocco Predassi A new report looks at the different pathways for Argentina to achieve a zer
Samit Aich Racism and Caste discrimination are not the only two forms of social distancing that
One hundred twenty eight environmental and human rights NGOs and experts warn that a United Natio
Sneha Kaushal, Raju Kumar Recognizing the importance of having a perennial source of water when pla
In the long run, the abuse of science and technology is severely harming women and it is increasingl
Water utilities of the future will be energy utilities too, exporting excess renewable energy to loc
Diana Ivanova, University of Leeds and Richard Wood, Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Germany published its first framework for Green German Federal Securities. The aim of these securiti
Jessica Corbett The group aims to “address cascading collapses in biodiversity due to overfish
The 2019 report shows that $46.6 billion – or 76% of total financing for the year – was devoted
Some of the biggest names in mobile gaming with a combined active user base of 250 million players
The UNCTAD15 conference will take place in Barbados under the theme “From inequality and vulnerabi
Avijit Choudhury As India is primarily an agrarian economy supporting 60% of the population, revivin
Fidanka Bacheva-McGrath Evidence of meaningful implementation of the Gender Action Plan for EBRD and
Children returning to school this September may find a very different classroom to the ones they lef
Wang Yan Big investments in traditional infrastructures are driving the economy, but a path to green
Zoraida Portillo Kipi the robot is made from upcycled materials. Her backpack is a solar panel and s
Ranjan Panda & Pragati Prava Forests, nurtured by indigenous communities, can provide key suppor
Malavika Vyawahare Thousands of species around the pristine lagoons are at risk of drowning in a sea
Mayuri Purkayastha Out of 33 districts, every year 28 districts are devastated by floods which cause
Fiona Tarpey The global COVID-19 pandemic is a crisis unprecedented in its scale and scope, with par
Natalie Boyd Williams, University of Stirling; Heather Roxburgh, University of Stirling, and Jennife
Pavel Devyatkin The cases from Ecuador, Ghana and Nepal show that the impacts of the pandemic are di
Nearly three billion animals – mammals, reptiles, birds, and frogs – were killed or displaced by
The new IUCN Global Standard will help governments, business and civil society ensure the effectiven
Nature Based Solutions (NBS) come in a variety of shapes and sizes and can be applied across marine
Dimitri Selibas Between flight shaming and a global pandemic, destinations that depend on travellers
Flood is a recurring threat to the sustainability of open defecation free status in Bihar. Unique to
Global Witness today revealed the highest number of land and environmental defenders murdered on rec
It is the 10th anniversary of the recognition of human rights to water and sanitation and our appro
Karin Helmstaedt Patagonia says that they are effectively making the business case for reinventing c
The new project launched between International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), M
Pharmaceutical and tech companies and wealthy white Americans benefit from dramatic pandemic profits
Major Eastern Russian cities are shrouded in haze as a mega fires continue to burn through Siberian
Lauren Weber and Laura Ungar and Michelle R. Smith, The Associated Press and Hannah Recht and Anna M
Fermín Koop G20 governments have allocated at least US$151 billion to fossil fuels since the pandem
Casey Kelso True internal change will be tested soon as NGOs face potential massive layoffs. Well-ma
Hundreds of Indigenous leaders, activists and anthropologists have denounced plans to hold the 2023
Mike Roddy Americans consume 23% of the world’s wood products, with 4% of global population. T
Almost 10 Million Children May Never Return to School Following COVID-19 Lockdown Deep budget cuts t
The coronavirus pandemic, like the World Wars, is a harbinger of revolutionary changes. It is accele
Seventy-three countries have warned that they are at risk of stock-outs of antiretroviral (ARV) medi
Jason Kirkpatrick If people in the USA want to support people of color, to create a more just and pe
In the coming fall and winter, the US epidemic will likely run rampant, and more countries and regio
Julien Chongwang, Gilbert Nakweya & Ghislaine Deudjui Toxic chemicals are being used by food sel
The unique nature of Covid-19 crisis have been blessings to build lives and nature friendly green pl
It is now clear that when humans shut down, rivers flow healthy. The evidences that we have gather
Jonathan Bamber, University of Bristol On the eve of the summer solstice, something very worrying ha
Alex Smith Retail alcohol sales jumped by 55% nationally during the third week of March, when many s
Over 125 health experts from 19 countries signed onto a statement assuring retailers and consumers
Stephen Howes & Sherman Surandiran Recently, public donations to Australian development NGOs ha
Even if the COVID lockdowns were to continue for a decade, the change would not be sufficient; the c
The Arara people of the Cachoeira Seca (Dry Waterfall) territory have been revealed as the tribe w
Fiona Broom The world’s second-biggest global donor among developed countries has announced it wil
Karen Mancl Millions of farmers use anaerobic digesters to capture methane from manure, which has al
Keshoba Krishna Chatradhara The Baghjan oil spill poses a serious threat to the rich biodiversity of
€ 3.2 billion for COVID-19 public health, elderly care and targeted business support€ 1.5 billio
Arianne Gijsenbergh This human interest story tells the inspiring tale of Linda Deconlay, a member o
Fiona Broom National governments, civil society and private organisations have pledged a record US$8
The 11th Equator Prize recognized 10 local and indigenous communities from across the
COVID seems to have turned public opinion firmly against going back to “business as usual”. So w
Jake Johnson Ancient and slow-growing deep sea corals, endangered large whales and sea turtles, and
Claudia Sadoff & Mark Smith To survive the coronavirus pandemic and minimize the adverse impacts
Morgan Erickson-Davis Data from 2001 to 2019 show an overall deforestation of primary forest const
Concerned about the continuation of irreversible, environmentally destructive and debt financed proj
The intensification of agriculture and the accompanying clearance of forest lands for cropping and g
Joydeep Gupta Residents of the Sundarbans wonder why they are rebuilding, when their lands have been
Gareth Willmer & Fiona Broom Crucial global goals to reduce hunger and poverty and curb climate
COVID 19 is disrupting life-saving immunization services around the world, putting millions of child
An above-normal 2020 Atlantic hurricane season is expected, according to forecasters with NOAA’s C
Sandra Wilson, University of Dundee Smartphones contain about 60 different elements – including no
A new investigation from anti-corruption NGO Global Witness has uncovered how global financial insti
Farhana Ahmed African Swine Flu, highly contagious, with no vaccine, no cure, and has decimated pig
Misha Coleman, Margaret Sheehan Vietnam’s response to COVID-19 is one of Southeast Asia’s most
Pragati Prava The capital city of Odisha is inching towards becoming a semi-critical zone so far as
Many commodity-dependent economies in Africa and Latin America will likely face an economic crisis b
The coronavirus pandemic risks cancelling out recent progress in transitioning to clean energy, with
As a Small Island Developing State (SIDS) in the middle of the Indian Ocean with a high dependency o
Torsten Thiele, Marie-Christine Imbert, Timothy Bouley Marine life is full of potential treatmen
Mauricio Torres and Sue Branford Indigenous land rights have been under constant attack by the gover
Muhammad Akbar Notezai; Atika Rehman As FAO warns of major blow to food supply, farmers say locusts
Stuart Gillespie Both the epidemic and malnutrition will generate long-wave impacts, for years to co
Conservationists from across the globe have warned that ever since the COVID response begun, the oce
Ron Israel and Hisham Jabi In the era of Covid 19 it is perhaps politically expedient for countries
Luigi Guarino and Charlotte Lusty All too often, we place the beginning of the food chain at the fa
Melissa Bailey Global warming is often associated with dramatic effects such as hurricanes, fires an
The Covid-19 pandemic represents the biggest shock to the global energy system in more than seven de
Anita Makri From age-old malaria to COVID-19, markets influence systems that drive pandemic risk. He
Ashok Swain The Covid-19 pandemic could be the spur needed to aggressively pursue the Sustainable De
Scientists and others concerned about climate change kept on urging human race to shift to greener p
The 11th Petersberg Climate Dialogue virtually hosted by Germany and COP 26 host UK is focusing on h
Patagonia This film explores the evolution of our national attitude from pride in big dams as engine
Catherine Early The aviation sector deserves support to recover from Covid-19, but that doesn’t me
Diseases don’t care for race or class. But they continue to be pinned to race, gender, sexual pref
Heads of state and global health leaders today made an commitment to work together to accelerate the
Joel Negin Like other United Nations bodies, the WHO has always been a political beast. It is funded
In response to the COVID-19 crisis, UNEP launched a coalition with TED-Ed and others called “Earth
A $10 million donation from Mastercard Foundation has been made to FAO for fighting the Desert Locus
Phil Galewitz Health experts say not to expect a single peak day — when new cases reach their high
Mizuho Financial Group (Mizuho) announced its new policy on coal financing on April 15 , drawing a
I donned my mask, and bravely set forth to the local grocery shop and vegetable and fish market. The
Christopher Trisos, University of Cape Town and Alex Pigot, UCL The impacts of climate change on spe
With the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic continuing to spread and its impacts upon human hea
Fiona Broom Rich countries are ‘raiding’ nurses from their lower-income neighbours, a global nur
In the country, 7 percent of the population are without even a basic water supply close to home. A
Oxfam’s new report ‘Dignity Not Destitution’ presents fresh analysis which suggests between si
A WWF public survey in South East Asian countries show that an overwhelming majority support closure
Enrico Bonadio, City, University of London and Andrea Baldini, Nanjing University As the coronavirus
Christina Jewett and Lauren Weber The Trump administration quietly invoked the Defense Production
A joint statement by QU Dongyu, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus and Roberto Azevedo, Directors-General of
Fermín Koop Covid-19 could derail new global agreements on biodiversity, oceans and COP26 climate
John Vidal As habitat and biodiversity loss increase globally, the novel coronavirus outbreak may be
Despite the revolutionary changes of the past century and half, inequalities of race, caste and gend
This month two global news about rivers attracted my attention. One, the Colorado River, for d
Acute food insecurity hotspots need urgent attention, with FAO estimating 900 million dollars are re
Surprising as it may sound, bats and birds have just won a battle over an airport. As the world grap
The new National Water Policy must have a special chapter for the youth of the country. This is no
Alexander Diani Kofi Preko Almost 2,500 tons of waste is generated daily in Accra. This is
This World Economic Forum report, produced in collaboration with PwC UK, found that many industries
Joydeep Gupta It’ll take a global system change if this wish of former UK energy minister Claire O
Declining private investment and lack of innovation in the development of new antibiotics are underm
Alessandra Bergamin By sharing the knowledge and skills needed to exercise basic rights, legal empow
Stephen Howes A report released last month by the Department of the Environment and Energy shows t
Samrat In remote Pange, near the Talle Valley Wildlife Sanctuary in Arunachal Pradesh, an “uninten
Jessica Corbett Ahead of a forum for local leaders from across the globe scheduled for March, Mayors
Shreya Dasgupta The Chinese paddlefish is, or rather was, a unique species. It was one of only tw
Amanda Gearing, Queensland University of Technology As I write this, fires are consuming huge swathe
Sarah Varney & Jason Kane More than a million fewer children receive public health insurance n
Jenny Morber What role can lesser-known crops that thrive under adversity play in efforts to make ou
Tony Long Global Fishing Watch CEO Tony Long looks back at 2019 and sets a course for 2020 From fi
Mohamed Jaush Fuvahmulah is a single island atoll in the Maldives, unique for its shape, the lakes a
India’s central government identified 15,000 acres in Kashmir – mostly next to rivers, streams a
Inga Vesper Global malaria eradication efforts should focus on children and preg
Conservation efforts have led to improvements in the status of ten species, according to update of T
The new UN report on Human Development is a stark warning on the growing new inequalities that can p
Some of the world’s best known brands are fuelling climate change by sourcing palm oil and wood pu
On the afternoon of Saturday December 7th, an unidentified individual shot and killed two indigenous
Jennifer Hattam By tapping traditional knowledge, Ebru Baybara Demir is helping make farming in sout
The travel and tourism sector accounts for around 8% of global greenhouse gas emissions that are con
Derek Groen, Brunel University London and Diana Suleimenova, Brunel University London In the near fu
Polash Mukerjee Air pollution knows no political boundaries, and this severe problem in the national
Industrialized countries pledged to compensate the vulnerable and the least developed countries in C
An analysis by the Pacific wing of the Global climate campaign NGO 350.org of Trans-Tasman rivals sh
Anup Dutta After more than two decades of roadblocks, the Kuno Palpur wildlife sanctuary is re
Levels of heat-trapping greenhouse gases in the atmosphere have reached another new record high, acc
The Climate Zine A short documentary detailing the changes that are occurring to the living flora an
Deljana Iossifova, University of Manchester; Purva Dewoolkar, University of Manchester, and Youcao R
How prepared are urban poor to face climate change induced disasters? On the 10th of November, the m
Insurgent South Asian rivers breached embankments repeatedly, turning engineered floodplains into hy
RICHARD EBA’A ATYI Stronger capacities and governance needed to boost international support fo
The Indian government has scrapped a plan to militarize its forests and open them up for commercia
EU Bank launches ambitious new climate strategy and Energy Lending Policy that will end financing fo
Fatima Arkin Climate change is already damaging the health of the world’s children and threatens a
Chowdhury Dilruba Shoma Financial empowerment of women has social and economic benefits for all citi
An estimated 640,000 tonnes of abandoned or lost fishing equipment, or ‘ghost gear’, enter the o
Antarctica’s first zero emission research station shows that sustainable living is possible anywhere
Kate Winter, Northumbria University, Newcastle The Princess Elisabeth Antarctica Research Station in
Customs, parks and law enforcement officials from China, India, Indonesia, Lao PDR, and Singapore ha
Chandrani Sinha Of the many people struggling to prove their citizenship in the Indian state of Assa
William John Bond Reforestation and afforestation can play a role in reducing carbon emissions — b
Jessica Corbett The Zero Carbon Act was crafted to help New Zealand meet the main goal of the 2015 P
A diet recommended by EAT-Lancet Commission on Food, Planet, Health meant to improve both human and
Gustavo Faleiros Analyses of Brazil’s beef exports show 22,700 hectares of Amazon deforestatio
If things continue in the present manner, India will have all the top 10 slots for the most polluted
World’s largest palm oil producers and buyers, including Bunge, Cargill, Golden Agri-Resources (GA
A global study on pathogens in rivers finds that rivers harbour dangerous levels of diarrhoeal disea
Paulo Paulino Guajajara, known also as Kwahu Tenetehar, was shot in the neck and died in the forest.
Unusually heavy rainfall has hit 29 counties across the country, causing widespread displacement inc
Fabíola Ortiz Researchers in Brazil have identified a new disease that causes severe damage to the
Jeremy Hance A new paper in Global Conservation and Ecology finds that the last tigers of Laos a
As wildfires grow more frequent, so do concerns for wine country field workers, who can face conditi
The initiative will work with 10 value chains in 10 different countries, aiming to maximise economic
At a time when the world grapples with the menace of air pollution killing 7 million people prematur
Larissa Hotra A new cookbook reignites pride in tradition, native seeds and sense of place This arti
Akhtar Hafeez Dam construction and other upstream activities have left the fishing communities in Pa
John Vidal The relationship between a heating planet and violent clashes is complex — and critical
The Government of India, Government of Uttar Pradesh and the World Bank signed a $400 million loan a
Ned Pennant-Rea With the breaking wave of climate consciousness, more than a thousand “arrestable
New evidence from a WHO-led study, published in the Lancet, shows that more than one-third of women
Top Brazilian experts have released a damning statement warning “genocide is underway” against
Over half (58%) of Europe’s endemic trees, those not found in any other part of the planet are thr
Anupam Nanda, University of Reading Several reports and commentators have identified various ways a
Ranjit Devraj Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) has worsened in animals and humans, reducing the effica
Jindra Cekan Accountability: Are we responsible for meeting the SDGs? Yes, personally and by program
THE UNITED NATIONS ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMME (UNEP) HAS OFFICIALLY HONOURED 12 ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGEM
Renowned Yanomami shaman Davi Kopenawa, along with Greta Thunberg, Aminatou Haidar and Guo Jianmei w
Kate Cullen The unexpected emergence of this Latin American nation as an environmental force to be r
In a boost for climate action and sustainability, leading banks and the United Nations launched the
A stark warning on the state of the world’s oceans and frozen areas is expected from a landmark UN
More than 100,000 participated in Berlin Global Climate Strike with kindergarteners, schoolkids, ant
25.000 demonstrators comprising 7,000 pedestrians and 18,000 cyclists interrupted the first ope
Ylva Rylander UN Environment, UnSchool and thousands of individuals are amplifying calls to action f
Soumya Sarkar and Joydeep Gupta Land-based solutions must segue into actions to stem biodiversity lo
Using data to link growing electricity demand with clean energy supply to expand electricity service
Laura Ungar One out of every 13 seniors in America struggles to get enough food to eat while the
Day Zero is not necessarily the day when water availability will be zero. In reality, the kind
The sheer scale of this new production dwarfs that of every other country in the world and would spe
Monica Evans A firefighter’s account of the country’s burning dry forests When firefighter Danie
Dana Marekova The Slovak government does not seem to understand the difference between export promot
The world is suffering from a crisis of politics. The old ideas have collapsed and the new ideas enj
Stephen Howes The World Bank publishes annual updates of its list of fragile states and ten Pacifi
Inga Vesper A low-cost pill made up of four cardiovascular drugs could significantly reduce the bu
Hundreds of Baka “Pygmies” from the Congo rainforest have written to the European Commission,
The World Health Organization (WHO) today calls for a further assessment of microplastics in the env
Catherine Early Campaigner Greta Thunberg and activists Extinction Rebellion have focused attention
Kate Evans The Amazon’s trees, soils and mysterious earthworks tell the story of the millions who
Morten Fibieger Byskov, University of Warwick In its new special report on climate change and land,
Ratan Deep Some estimates state that in 50 yrs 70% of the world population will be in “cities”,
Jeremy Hance The last wolf in Bangladesh was seen in 1949 – until this year.The wolf, an ad
Anna Kučírková Most salmonella infections can be classified as stomach flu or gastroenteritis. Th
Anya Karaman In Fes, an all-boys Center for the Protection of Children is supporting agricultural sk
Zhang Chun The biodiversity by opening of the Bohai Sea, dotted with rich island ecosystems, would b
Many governments are making progress in the fight against tobacco, with 5 billion people today livin
The German government has frozen funding to WWF following a series of investigations by Buzzfeed
Scott Bayley In Australia, monitoring and evaluation guidance provides a reasonably comprehensive ap
There are two important ways in which we can bring in lasting change in the way cities develop: fore
In the first report of its kind, FAO analysed, in a visual way, major global trends and data from up
Mubina Akhtar A massive demand from China is driving the capture and trafficking of geckos from Indi
Corey J. A. Bradshaw, Flinders University and Enrico Di Minin, University of Helsinki Social and eco
Cara Anthony Black Americans continue to face persistent health care disparities. Some black pharmac
Rodrigo de Oliveira Andrade Five national academies of science and medicine have urged the world to
Tiffany R. Jansen Mobile applications fighting food waste sprout like weeds as awareness spreads. Bu
City-dwellers can no longer ignore the destruction of coastal green corridors such as the mangrove f
Jindra Cekan Rarely do funders return to evaluate what lasts after aid projects end, but when they d
Billions of people around the world are continuing to suffer from poor access to water, sanitation a
The World Meteorological Congress has approved a package of sweeping reforms to embrace a more co
Gilbert Nakweya Authorities are using satellite data to root out the scourge on its forests and farm
Snehasis Das Kokoli recounts the love story of the protagonist by the titular name and her fisherman
This text book on the green economy model is a systematic framework that speaks to policy advisers a
Nosmot Gbadamosi From African waters to China and back again, over half the fish on Nigerian tables
Systemic response required as more banks back away from coal Finance ministers and central bankers r
The BBC exposed how oil giant BP promised as much as $10 billion to one of the world’s most noto
Aniruddha Bhattacharjee India must not squander this chance, must not repeat the mistakes it made wi
A new investigation has uncovered further revelations of WWF-linked abuses of local people in the n
Annalisa Prizzon The past 15 years have seen 35 low-income countries (LICs) achieving middle-income
JOVRNALISM Both sides of the border are dealing with pollution from the Tijuana River Valley where t
A new report REPLACE summarizes country actions to ban industrially produced trans fat and makes rec
Priorities at #national and #international levels can be at odds with those of #local and #Indig
Only 21 of the world’s 91 rivers longer than 1,000 km that originally flowed to the ocean stil
Farasha Bashir New research by icddr,b in Bangladesh urges government to support measures to ensure
Amita Bhaduri Study reveals how tossing of dry cell batteries in our dustbins poisons the environmen
Morgan Erickson-Davis The majority of the 611,000 people of the Solomon Islands still live tradition
Ministers in the Government of President Joko Widodo are blocking efforts to reform the palm oil ind
The emerging field of synthetic biology could affect nature in ways that go beyond single geneticall
Innovations enable recycling, tracking poachers and invasive species, and adaptation to climate chan
Adel Aldaghbashy The four-year conflict in Yemen which has pushed huge swathes of the population clo
Seth Asare Okyere, Osaka University; Matthew Abunyewah, University of Newcastle, and Stephen Kofi Di
During its 30th anniversary year, award recognizes activists from Chile, North Macedonia, Liberia, M
Lela Nargi When kids waste food, they not only waste resources but also set patterns of behavior for
International organizations unite on critical recommendations to combat drug-resistant infections an
WHO released new recommendations on 10 ways that countries can use digital health technology, access
Oxfam has calculated that if suspected new cases continue to be identified at current rates for the
It is high that the rural knowledge system on ecology reaches our urbanites for their own good.
AJM Zobaidur Rahman Soeb A faecal waste treatment plant – the largest of its kind in the world –
Josh Hallwright At the 2019 Australasian Aid Conference, some of these pilot projects were presented
Urban transformation award goes to SARSAI for creating safer journeys to school in Dar es Salaam, Ta
Stephanie Achieng’ If Africa hopes to reverse the continent’s massive annual loss of productivit
In a dramatic U-turn, the Peruvian government published a decree that restores the independence of O
Channing Arndt, CGIAR System Organization and Claudia Ringler, The International Food Policy Researc
A major investigation by news site Buzzfeed, released March 4, 2019, exposed a shocking level of vio
113 million people in 53 countries experienced high levels of food insecurity in the world’s most
Nidhi Jamwal And, these coastline changes are not limited to India alone. A study published last yea
Irregular migration from the East and Horn of Africa to southern Africa, presents countries along t
In fact, as we write this piece, India is battling with two extreme weather conditions in two differ
Abu Siddique Locals and NGOs say the bank has breached its own standards by failing to provide adequ
Sean Keller The way trade works in the global economy can be insane – it wastes resources, worsens
The 3rd Odisha River Conference in India identified youth as one of the major stakeholders to carry
An innovative effort to keep trees in the ground and carbon out of the air is paying dividends in In
The Water Initiatives, Gram Swaraj and Vasundhara along with 35 partner organisations launched the 3
Access to water and sanitation is internationally recognized human right. Yet more than two billion
Gloria Dickie Yak, reindeer and entire ways of life in the “Third Pole” and Scandinavia face new
MM Paniyil A new system of marine forecasts is helping fishers in Kerala to better plan their fishin
Anna Gorman Infectious diseases — some that ravaged populations in the Middle Ages — are resurgi
Sabrina Roth Indigenous communities in Jujuy reject extraction, saying it violates rights and deplet
Even if Paris Agreement goals met, Arctic winter temperatures will increase 3-5°C by 2050 compared
WHO released a Global Influenza Strategy for 2019-2030 aimed at protecting people in all countries f
Silvia Alonso Alvarez, International Livestock Research Institute ; Isabelle Baltenweck, Internation
Global plastics pollution has been created in one generation and, with system-wide accountability, c
A major investigation by news site Buzzfeed has today exposed a shocking level of violent
Todd Reubold A recent report from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) provides an overview of water wi
The World Bank Group and the Pandemic Emergency Financing Facility (PEF) have approved a t
Extreme weather events such as droughts and heavy precipitation days are two of the major impacts of
Naser Faruqui Without appropriate technical and financial support, an across-the-board policy requir
UN researchers point out that the environmental problem of excess brine could instead present ec
Hunger in Africa continues to rise after many years of decline, threatening the continent’
Global Witness reveals that an opaque Guernsey-owned company’s oil rights threatening a protected
Save Maldives The decision to build a domestic airport in Kulhudhuffushi wetland and mangroves and t
From 2002 to 2017, there was a fourfold increase in the number of environmental defenders murder
With limited understanding of the English alphabet, people are not interested in text-based mate
The year 2018 can be termed historic in terms of realisation of the ‘catastrophic’ climate c
The first challenge is that global levels of both hunger and obesity are growing. The second cha
As of December 31, 2018, at midnight CET the population on our planet was exactly 8,953,851,418
With renewable energy targets now in place across the region, the GCC is poised for a significan
The electricity Google has purchased from the solar farm will be wheeled to the same grid to hel
Urban mobility disruptions have far-reaching effects, affecting labor, land use, government fina
Rebate trap joins a long history of efforts by makers of brand-name drugs to stifle generics, in
It’s estimated that one third of the food we consume each day relies on pollination. And this
Divela worked on several investigations with Tiger Eye Private Investigations, including a June
The journey through Djibouti is grueling. Those with some money hitchhike. The rest might simply
Roundtable discussion organized during release of a study report urges riparian governments to work
Early in the morning of November 4, workers at Donggang Petrochemicals were hosing C9 aromatic s
The credit is from the World Bank’s International Development Association(IDA), and has a 30-y
The World We Made is based on Design Fiction, where fiction inspires possibilities of new design
Mohamed Junayd A local company wants to remove 582 coconut palms from Badidhoo island. The Badidhoo
At the top of the list of water profiteers is the CK Hutchinson group. This conglomerate is run
Covering more than 20 percent of the country’s land area – approximately half the size of Eu
During his term, Kim emphasized that one of the greatest needs in the developing world is infras
Some of the 50 people who lost their jobs have initiated legal action against the Governing Boar
Vasile Ersek, Northumbria University, Newcastle Akkadia was the world’s first empire. It was estab
Jair Bolsonaro has started his Presidency in the worst possible way for the indigenous peoples o
Presenting an “energy atlas” at a spatial resolution of 14 square kilometres, the researcher
Conferences such as COP24, as well as a huge range of ‘non-state actors’, including corporat
This densely populated island of more than 23 million off mainland China has one of the world’
#Japan’s #withdrawal will also end to its #IWC-#sanctioned #scientific #whaling #activity in t
An infestation of “boring beetles” means the bamboo in almost every shelter in the Rohingya
It is assumed that due to poor maintenance and lack of training of the dam personal the gate of
Brazilian authorities have completed a rare ground operation to protect an uncontacted tribe from
Globally, coral restoration has expanded over the past 15 years. Researchers at the University o
Laura Owings An independent panel report, identified systematic bullying, abuse and sexual harass
Joydeep Gupta, Soumya Sarkar, Chris Davy, Fermin Koop, Yao Zhe, Tom Baxter The Paris Agreement, itse
Afghanistan is one of the frontline countries taking forward affordable ecosystem-based solution
A new report by the World Health Organization (WHO) indicates road traffic deaths continue to rise,
Meanwhile, far from the pomp and formality of COP meetings, do local populations feel engaged in
By ramping up direct adaptation finance to reach around $50 billion over FY 21-25, the World Ban
Survival has launched an emergency action, “4 weeks for the Kawahiva”, to encourage Brazil
For more than two billion people across the world aquifers are the primary water source but the
To reach their place of work, Nepalese international workers must often pay fees for airfares, r
This year, 37 governments from Argentina, Brazil, Columbia Ecuador, Peru, Uruguay and Mexico dis
Activists hijack twitter feed and confront HSBC over discriminatory coal policy Activists continued
Bianca Nogrady As the price of renewable energy drops and storage technologies mature, hydrogen fu
But, in many low- and middle-income economies, wage inequality remains high and wages are freque
Wu Yixiu Leading brands are removing toxic chemicals from their Chinese supply chains, but they ca
Green listed sites are certified as being effectively managed and fairly governed, with a positi
Most wetlands and surface water bodies have not been designated “vital ecosystems” by the au
Absence of legally binding agreement on funding has created immense uncertainty for the vulnerable d
Shoppers, the article mentions, could save by delaying their purchases. The consumer watchdog Wh
Besides displacing thousands of people, the proposed Navi Mumbai international airport is expected t
To get the reduction in malaria deaths and disease back on track, WHO and partners are joining a new
The health, education and safety of millions of children around the world is threatened because they
Six Greenpeace activists have been arrested by the captain of a giant tanker, while peacefully board
The Internet Governance Forum (IGF) concluded with a consensus highlighting the importance of the ru
A dramatic upsurge in demand for renewable energy from ambitious multinational companies is now shif
The ultimate result is, the tax-payer’s money which otherwise should have been used for welfar
Faith Osier, Wellcome Trust In experiments conducted over 50 years ago, researchers showed that bloo
Environmental and social activist, Agnes Kharshiing fighting to safeguard environment and was probin
Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment The Himalayan wetlands are under threat due
Chad Terhune In February, a federal watchdog estimated that California had signed up 450,000 peopl
Feng Hao After the IPCC’s urgent warning on climate change, will China speed up development of con
The National Waterways project should consider all ecological impacts and in an integrated manner al
Ylva Rylander/SEI Nine to 33 million visits to the emergency room for asthma worldwide may be trigge
Large scale industrialisation, especially extraction of coal from the Mahanadi basin, rapid urba
Gabrielle Lipton On 11 October, the European Commission launched a new strategy to create a compre
Prasanna Mohanty The burning of crop residue in Punjab and Haryana, responsible for severe air pollu
On October 16, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) government announced a 14 billion USD joint an
Barbara Axt Earth has the capacity to feed the world’s population on a healthy diet if countries
New evidence suggest hugely unsustainable rates of logging and high risk of illegal practices in the
Aziz Ismail, 85, a French citizen born in Madagascar, bought into Madagascar’s shrimp business in
Luke Kiddle, Andrew Piper, Bob Macfarlane A new invasive strain of the coconut rhinoceros beetle
World Bank, the Asian Development Bank, and the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank are investing a
Ishrat Jahan Through a midwifery led center in Mirpur, the Developing Midwives Project is trying to
These #martyrs of a lost cause, fighting #battles with #science and #religious sentiment togethe
In #Bhutan, #political parties make big promises, but #environment #conservation takes back seat
Nate Berg Dismantling buildings piece by piece to preserve the reusable parts within keeps materials
With NYS Comptroller’s office mired in controversy, New Yorkers escalate call for fossil fuel dive
Anna Kučírková In our ever changing and evolving world, improvements in living conditions are ess
The study found that 18 percent of regular outbound travelers bought ivory products on trips abr
Non-communicable Diseases (NCDs) were a facet of developed countries, but there has been a considera
Alex Ezeh, Drexel University Some relatively simple future scenarios for sub-Saharan Africa have bee
Some 39 countries in need of food assistance – FAO expects slightly lower global cereal produc
Jeremy Lent If president Xi Jinping’s ecological vision turns out to be more than mere rhetoric, i
Fatima Arkin Virulent strain of African swine fever reported from eight locations in China Strain th
Garbage dumping yards are piling up across the country. Our municipal bodies are dumping the solid w
Climate Scorecard has launched a Partnership Campaign to save the Paris Agreement and are inviting a
Against the backdrop of severe and record heatwaves, bushfires, droughts and floods across the world
The village of #Kamikatsu in #Japan has taken their commitment to #sustainability to a new level
John C. Cannon The decline in deforestation between 2016 and 2017 saved emissions of the equivalent
Ana B. Ibarra By now, many parents know kids are vaping sweet-smelling tobacco — often using devic
The #Kerala #flood #crisis is a timely reminder that #climate #change is expected to increase th
For most of us who have worked in #aid-#funded #programs, it is a mystifying and frustrating #bu
The #Saralbhanga #River (also called Swrmanga) that flows from Sarphang district of #Bhutan to #
The #team found that half of all #Bornean #Orangutans are impacted by #resource #extraction, and
A leader of an #Amazon #tribe acclaimed for its #environmental #defenders has been #killed, the
According to the #World #Resources #Institute, by #2040, 33 #countries – including #Greece
Over 20,000 #people are in #temporary #shelters while thousands more are under open skies in nee
Countries need to recognise that the climate impacts they are beginning to experience now are on
Covert British cops in Green and Social activism movements over the last four decades have tried to
Lucas Amin and Ben Webster Exclusive: US inquiry unearths pro-gas PR strategy produced by firm ‘at
UN calls for finance to close adaptation gap
How ‘marine heatwaves’ affect the ocean – and what can be done?
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