Five key questions to answer about resilient and sustainable food systems
Food systems are highly complex and interconnected. If our grocery stores and kitchens are to have a future with packed shelves, we need to...
Earth Day 2022: Earth is calling. We must act now before it’s too late
On Earth Day, let’s stand up for the environment: together, let’s make Earth’s heart beat stronger to save our planet, our home.
Every year on...
Plastic Waste Causing Serious Environmental, Health and Economic Impacts in Lao PDR
Economic growth and changing lifestyles in the Lao PDR over the past 20 years mean that people are now generating twice as much household...
Antarctica ‘should not be taken for granted’ scientists declare
Antarctica, the world’s coldest, windiest and driest continent, has often been referred to as a stable ‘sleeping giant’, but increasingly extreme temperatures, together with...
Greenpeace: Logging audit spells disaster for the DRC and its donors
After three months of pressure from Greenpeace Africa, the government of the Democratic Republic of Congo has finally realized it was no longer possible...
Jaw DNA and oxygen sensors may divulge clues to help sharks out of hot water
Sharks have been around for 450 million years, outliving the dinosaurs and soldiering on through several mass extinctions. Yet their numbers in the open...
We are sleepwalking to climate catastrophe
The goal to limit future warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius, highlighted in the Paris Agreement on climate change, and driven home in last November’s COP26,...
UN weather agency to spearhead 5 year early warning plan, boosting climate action
The UN set an ambitious five year deadline on Wednesday for countries to ensure that citizens worldwide are protected by early warning systems against...
Svilengrad on its way to become the first Bulgarian Zero Waste Certified City
The city of Svilengrad, Bulgaria, has signed the Zero Waste Cities Certification Agreement, becoming the first Bulgarian Zero Waste Candidate City.Led by the city...
Plastic pollution:Â Nations commit to develop a legally binding agreement
Heads of State, Ministers of environment and other representatives from 175 nations endorsed a historic resolution at the UN Environment Assembly (UNEA-5) today in...