How some of India’s businesses are leading on plastic pollution
India is the global host of World Environment Day, and the theme of the celebrations are be an ambitious challenge: beating plastic pollution.
It’s important to...
This entrepreneur introduced India to eco-friendly tableware
Single-use plastic products – things like water bottles, straws, polystyrene plates – have become a ubiquitous in our modern lives. Researchers estimate that 300...
Single-use plastics: New EU rules to reduce marine litter
With the amount of harmful plastic litter in oceans and seas growing ever greater, the European Commission is proposing new EU-wide rules to target...
India Raises Curtain on Historic World Environment Day
As global hosts to World Environment Day 2018, India today launched its official countdown to June 5 with a historic slate of activities ranging...
We Innovate For Climate Because Our Future Depends On It
In Frankfurt this week, Innovate4Climate brought together climate leaders who recognized and applauded the growth in climate finance and innovation but noted that much...
Governments need to act to encourage plastic recycling markets
Plastic recycling is failing to reach its full potential as low recovery rates of plastic waste, poor quality of recycled plastic and a lack...
Planet Junk: Is Earth the Largest Garbage Dump in the Universe?
Is Earth the largest garbage dump in the Universe? I don’t know. But it’s a safe bet that Earth would be a contender were...
Women leaders come together to fight climate change
Climate change affects everyone, but certain demographics and groups are at greater risk. One such demographic is women, who are more likely than men...
Africa’s Answer to Climate and Weather Challenges: The Africa Hydromet Program
Tesfaye, a grain and legume farmer in rural Ethiopia, takes a break from guiding his grazing cattle to analyze the skies in Chanco, north...
New Report Looks at Past Disasters to Prepare for the Future
The great disasters of the past – like the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 AD or the hurricane that devastated Santo Domingo in 1930...