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Does the Latest IPCC Report Offer Hope For Earth

Hurricanes and storms on both sides of the Atlantic appeared to encore the Inter-Governmental Panel on Climate Change.  It had just concluded the finalization...

Air pollution linked to “huge” reduction in intelligence

Air pollution can have a “huge” negative effect on cognitive intelligence – especially amongst older men – according to a study released this past...

IPCC Report: On Our global Jihad against Cognitive mind

A major new report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), was just released in Korea on October 8 (2018). Although it is...

Accelerating Renewables Is Our Most Effective Climate Solution

With the UN Climate Conference in Katowice (COP24) only weeks away, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has released the much-awaited Special Report...

Why trade can save the planet, if we do it better

In the Indian tech hub of Hyderabad, I recently visited an ultra-modern campus that is home to some of the country’s youngest and brightest...

The Perils of Plastic Pollution

Plastics are found in the products we use every day: the toys we give our children, the clothing we wear, the disposable cups we...

Governments need to honour their climate pledges as risks grow

Three years on from the commitments made at COP21 in Paris, the overwhelming majority of governments have not taken the necessary action to contain...

Conflicts and extreme climate change threatens access to food in 39 countries

Unrelenting conflict and rapid climate change is continuing to reshape agriculture across the world, and contributing to major food shortages across 39 countries, which...

Building Sri Lanka’s Resilience To Climate Change

38-year-old Sivasidambaram Vasugi is the General Manager of one of the first cooperative-owned seed paddy processing centers in Killinochchi, Si Lanka. The Integrated Farmers...

Global Waste to Grow by 70 Percent by 2050 Unless Urgent Action is Taken

Without urgent action, global waste will increase by 70 percent on current levels by 2050, according to the World Bank’s new What a Waste...

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