ADB, European Union, and ASEAN Countries Partner to Boost Green Infrastructure
The European Union (EU) announced today it is preparing to support the
Association of Southeast Asian Nations’ (ASEAN) Catalytic Green Finance
Facility (ACGF) with €50 million...
Biodiversity Essential to APEC Economies
Celebrating a decade of honoring young scientists, APEC is now accepting nominations for the 2020 APEC Science Prize for Innovation, Research and Education, or...
Antarctic continent posts record temperature reading of 18.3°C
Fresh fears of accelerating damage to the planet’s ice sheets and sea
level rise have been fuelled by confirmation from the UN’s weather agency that...
Addressing hazardous waste within Africa
In mid-February, government representatives from across the African
continent will come together in Brazzaville,
Republic of the Congo to work towards a safe chemicals and waste...
2020: The year for action, to ‘rise up’ and safeguard ocean life
With the ocean in deep crisis, members of civil society
and philanthropic organisations are urging governments and
corporations to take bold action to safeguard the ocean. After a
two-day preparatory meeting in New York ahead...
Shifting the needle on biodiversity conservation in India
In some ways India could be considered test case for the rest of the
world, as it works out how to feed its population of...
Ocean Conference has potential to be a ‘global game-changer’
The second global Ocean Conference taking place in Portugal in a few months’ time promises to be “a
critical moment” for the health of life...
EPIC approach to sustainability and climate resilience to expand across Africa
Representatives from 22 African cities are visiting Durban to receive
training on a pioneering initiative that matches real-world challenges in
cities with local university students. The...
New insights into how global change is impacting freshwater environments
A new global study sheds light on
how interactions between specific characteristics of catchments, such as carbon
and pollution, affect aquatic plant diversity and function in...
“Wetlands and Biodiversity” is the theme for World Wetlands Day 2020
World Wetlands Day marks the date of the adoption of the Convention on Wetlands on 2 February 1971 in the Iranian city of Ramsar...