Millions of children may return to a school with nowhere to wash their hands
Children returning to school this September may find a very different classroom to the ones they left, with socially distanced desks and a renewed […]
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China’s economy is recovering quickly, as are its carbon emissions
Wang Yan Big investments in traditional infrastructures are driving the economy, but a path to green growth remains open Macroeconomic data for the first half of […]
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Robot hikes the Andes to cross Peru’s digital divide
Zoraida Portillo Kipi the robot is made from upcycled materials. Her backpack is a solar panel and she has been programmed to explain how […]
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If food is the vaccine, forests conserved by indigenous communities is what we need the most!
Ranjan Panda & Pragati Prava The Covid pandemic has aggravated the hunger crisis in the world. Conflicts, climate change and economic downturn had already […]
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Mauritius grapples with worst environmental crisis in a generation
Malavika Vyawahare Thousands of species around the pristine lagoons are at risk of drowning in a sea of pollution, with dire consequences for Mauritius’ […]
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Assam, an ignored tale of failed flood management
Mayuri Purkayastha Out of 33 districts, every year 28 districts are devastated by floods which cause tremendous damage to lives and livelihoods. Growing up […]
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The international humanitarian response to COVID-19
Fiona Tarpey The global COVID-19 pandemic is a crisis unprecedented in its scale and scope, with particularly dire impacts in fragile and conflict settings. […]
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Britain’s public toilet shame: time for equal access to decent facilities for all
Natalie Boyd Williams, University of Stirling; Heather Roxburgh, University of Stirling, and Jennifer Dickie, University of Stirling Research work exploring sustainable ways of managing […]
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How are farmers responding to COVID-19?
Pavel Devyatkin The cases from Ecuador, Ghana and Nepal show that the impacts of the pandemic are different for women, indigenous peoples and rural […]
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3 Billion Animals Died or Displaced by Australia’s Bushfire Crisis
Nearly three billion animals – mammals, reptiles, birds, and frogs – were killed or displaced by Australia’s devastating 2019-20 bushfires. It’s almost three times […]
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IUCN unveils Global Standards for nature based solutions
The new IUCN Global Standard will help governments, business and civil society ensure the effectiveness of nature-based solutions and maximise their potential to help […]
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Nature-Based Solutions to 21st Century Challenges
Nature Based Solutions (NBS) come in a variety of shapes and sizes and can be applied across marine and terrestrial environments to solve a […]
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We’re flying less. And wild places that count on tourism dollars are starting to take notice
Dimitri Selibas Between flight shaming and a global pandemic, destinations that depend on travellers to protect ecosystems are finding themselves with fewer resources to […]
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Why alluvial flood plains of north Bihar, India need alternative sanitation system
Flood is a recurring threat to the sustainability of open defecation free status in Bihar. Unique toilets, built on elevation, can show the way […]
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HIGHEST NUMBER OF LAND AND ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIVISTS MURDERED IN 2019
Global Witness today revealed the highest number of land and environmental defenders murdered on record in a single year, with 212 people killed in […]
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Ensuring right to water during pandemics and beyond
It is the 10th anniversary of the recognition of human rights to water and sanitation and our approaches to ensuring water and sanitation during this […]
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Doing Business Differently to Save the Planet
Karin Helmstaedt Patagonia says that they are effectively making the business case for reinventing capitalism along with saving the planet. In late May I […]
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Mars Chocolate invests in Sustainable Cocoa and Palm Oil Research
The new project launched between International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), Mars, Incorporated and World Agroforestry (ICRAF) have will focus on two raw materials critical to the livelihoods of […]
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Who are the Corporate Pandemic profiteers-Big names out there
Pharmaceutical and tech companies and wealthy white Americans benefit from dramatic pandemic profits, further exacerbating inequality While the United States faces the deepest economic […]
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Siberian Wildfires Cover Russian Cities in Smoke
Major Eastern Russian cities are shrouded in haze as a mega fires continue to burn through Siberian Taiga forests, in what is becoming an […]
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Hollowed-Out US Public Health System Faces More Cuts Amid Virus
Lauren Weber and Laura Ungar and Michelle R. Smith, The Associated Press and Hannah Recht and Anna Maria Barry-Jester The US public health system […]
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27 countries heading for COVID-19-driven food crises
No world region is immune, from Afghanistan and Bangladesh in Asia, to Haiti, Venezuela and Central America, to Iraq, Lebanon, Sudan and Syria in […]
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Fossil fuels rank high in G20’s Covid-19 recovery plans
Fermín Koop G20 governments have allocated at least US$151 billion to fossil fuels since the pandemic started, largely overlooking renewables Most of the world’s […]
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Reforms key to NGOs weathering Coronavirus financial crisis
Casey Kelso True internal change will be tested soon as NGOs face potential massive layoffs. Well-managed NGOs are more likely to survive, while those […]
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