More: Environment
The European Green Deal: Our new growth strategy
Do we, humans, want to continue living well and safely on this planet?
Humanity faces an existential threat – the whole world is beginning to...
Are Nature Based Solutions the key to Africa’s climate response?
While the UN climate talks are celebrating their 25th year, carbon
emissions around the world have continued to climb. For many, that is where
natural solutions...
Greener tourism: Greater collaboration needed to tackle rising emissions
The World
Tourism Organization (UNWTO) is calling for enhanced cooperation between
the transport and tourism sectors to combat climate change.
On the sidelines of the 2019 United...
World’s governments plan to produce 120% more fossil fuels by 2030 than can be burned under 1.5°C warming
The world is on track to produce far more coal, oil and gas than would
be consistent with limiting warming to 1.5°C or 2°C, creating...
Greening the blue: championing coastal climate solutions
They call them ‘blue forests’—and they are among the most productive and
valuable habitats on Earth.
Mangroves might not look like much to some, but these...
More than half of EU consumers have environmental impact in mind when shopping
Today the European Commission released its 2019
edition of the Consumer Conditions Scoreboard. It shows that the overall gap in
consumer conditions is narrowing between the...
Cut global emissions by 7.6 percent every year for next decade to meet 1.5°C Paris target
On the eve of a year in which nations are due to strengthen their Paris
climate pledges, a new UN Environment Programme (UNEP) report warns...
Kenyan students learn about environmental law
In our globalized world, environmental threats require effective
responses that promote peace, justice, development and the fulfilment of
environmental and human rights. This is the responsibility...
Thirty years on, what is the Montreal Protocol doing to protect the ozone?
The Montreal Protocol to protect the
Earth’s ozone layer is to date the only United Nations
environmental agreement to be ratified by every country in the...
Trade and Development Bank, UNEP to collaborate on climate finance
In a pledge to continue stepping-up its commitment to climate change
mitigation and adaptation action, the Eastern and Southern African Trade and
Development Bank (TDB) signed...