More: Environment
Paying the school fees, one butterfly at a time
Once upon a time, there was a tropical forest that stretched all the way
from Somalia to Mozambique. Today, there isn’t much left. In Kenya...
2020 is International Year of Plant Health
Did you know that some tree species can only be germinated through the
belly of an elephant? That’s just one example of how plants and...
Five New Year resolutions with a green twist
As the new year dawns, this is the perfect time to reset and rethink.
As you make your New Year’s resolutions, keep the environment in...
Global Waste Crisis: A Rising Threat to Environment
The global
waste crisis has become an issue of concern worldwide in an age of climate
change. The World Bank warns that global waste will increase...
Demonstrations and Failures
If President Trump watched his prospective
challengers debate, it certainly gave him cause for a Merrier Christmas and a
Happy New Year! The latter is a...
2020: A crunch year for the biodiversity and climate emergencies
Over the last few months, the scientific community has repeatedly
sounded the alarm on biodiversity breakdown and the climate emergency.
Scientists and most governments agree that...
Africa pushes for special consideration in Madrid climate talks
As terrible floods inundate their country, close to
100 Kenyan delegates have convened in Madrid, Spain, along with thousands of
global leaders, for the COP 25...
SDG 7: Win-Win for Ending Energy Poverty and Protecting the Climate
In 2015, the climate and development agendas crossed paths with the
adoption of the Sustainable Development Goals for 2030 and the Paris Agreement.
While climate change...
UNECE and FAO support ecosystem restoration in Eastern and South-East Europe
Countries in Eastern and South-East Europe
need to develop viable solutions and goals for forest landscape restoration, as
well as learn how to tap into the...
Climate Overshoot: The Important Conversation We’re Not Having
A newly released paper, Planning for Change:
Conservation-Related Impacts of Climate Overshoot, published in Oxford University Press journal, BioScience, examines the
potentially substantial impacts climate overshoot...