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UN’s highest environmental honour celebrates ecosystem restoration
The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) today announced its 2022 Champions of the Earth, honouring a conservationist, an enterprise, an economist, a women’s rights activist, and...
Urban-rural connections could boost resilience in the face of change
By ANDREW DUNNE
Head out of the city and escape to the countryside. Soon, the road narrows, the lights dim and the human settlements get further...
How Artificial Intelligence is helping tackle environmental challenges
We can't manage what we don't measure, goes the old business adage. This rings true more than ever today as the world faces a...
COP27: ‘Zero tolerance for greenwashing’
While a growing number of governments and non-State actors are pledging to be carbon-free, the criteria for net-zero commitments can have loopholes wide enough...
From Farce to Tragedy
If the world has the feel of amateur hour, it could be a reflection of its leadership. One can always start with the U.S....
One Health Joint Plan of Action to address health threats to humans, animals, plants and environment
Today, a new One Health Joint Plan of Action was launched by the Quadripartite – the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations...
Four ways the planetary crisis is impacting mental health
As the world grapples with the triple planetary crisis of climate change, nature and biodiversity loss, and pollution and waste, there is a growing...
A Healthy Environment is Now a Universal Human Right: But What Does the Recognition Mean?
On July 28, 2022, the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) adopted a resolution that “recognizes the right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment...
Combating Covid Globally at Low Cost
Good news about Covid is uncommon, but here is some: a recent study has demonstrated the efficacy of cruciferous vegetables in fighting the Covid...
Egypt prepares for flagship UN climate conference
Regional authorities in Egypt, the host country of the 2022 UN climate conference (COP27), are ramping up initiatives designed to improve the country’s environmental...