Buzzfeed report exposes abuses on global scale by WWF-funded guards
A major investigation by news site Buzzfeed has today exposed a shocking level of violent abuse by ecoguards and rangers funded by the World Wildlife Fund […]
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America uses 322 billion gallons of water each day. Here’s where it goes.
Todd Reubold A recent report from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) provides an overview of water withdrawals across the country. From cooling power plants […]
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Ebola Escalated Response: WB commits US$80 Million to DR Congo
The World Bank Group and the Pandemic Emergency Financing Facility (PEF) have approved a total of up to US$80 million in grants to support over half […]
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Climate’s ‘time bomb’ for world’s groundwater has some serious lessons for Indian cities
Extreme weather events such as droughts and heavy precipitation days are two of the major impacts of global warming. These events, whose frequency and […]
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Why the IDRC won’t rush its open data policy
Naser Faruqui Without appropriate technical and financial support, an across-the-board policy requiring the development of open data management and sharing plans could easily become […]
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Waste brine – ecological problem or economic opportunity?
UN researchers point out that the environmental problem of excess brine could instead present economic opportunities in fish farming and agriculture.
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New UN report reveals that hunger in Africa continues to rise
Hunger in Africa continues to rise after many years of decline, threatening the continent's hunger eradication efforts to meet the Malabo Goals 2025 and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development,…
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Are oil rights in Salonga National Park in DR Congo null and void?
Global Witness reveals that an opaque Guernsey-owned company’s oil rights threatening a protected national park in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) could be null […]
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Mangroves destruction in Maldives-islands’ biggest ecocide
Save Maldives The decision to build a domestic airport in Kulhudhuffushi wetland and mangroves and the subsequent reclamation of a significant part of the […]
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Environmental laws only look good on paper, UN says
From 2002 to 2017, there was a fourfold increase in the number of environmental defenders murdered, according to the report.
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A village goes mobile’: mobile phones and social change
With limited understanding of the English alphabet, people are not interested in text-based material on the internet. Instead, they use mobile phones “for leisure activities, such as listening to music,…
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Climate Crisis: We only have 12 years to save ourselves, let’s act fast!
The year 2018 can be termed historic in terms of realisation of the ‘catastrophic’ climate crisis we are in. Never in the past had we been warned of the consequences…
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Change diets and food production to save people and planet, says Lancet
The first challenge is that global levels of both hunger and obesity are growing. The second challenge is that the world’s food systems are unsustainable.
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Watch: Destruction of the Environment as a Consequence of Overpopulation
As of December 31, 2018, at midnight CET the population on our planet was exactly 8,953,851,418 or almost 9 billion!
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Renewable Energy the Most Competitive Source of New Power Generation in GCC
With renewable energy targets now in place across the region, the GCC is poised for a significant acceleration in renewables deployment as countries pursue national goals.
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Google commits to buy solar power in Asia
The electricity Google has purchased from the solar farm will be wheeled to the same grid to help power Google’s data center in Changhua County, and the solar project will…
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Alliance to Harness Tech Disruptions in Urban Transport
Urban mobility disruptions have far-reaching effects, affecting labor, land use, government finances, safety and access to opportunity for millions
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Secretive ‘Rebate Trap’ in US Keeps Generic Drugs For Diabetes And Other Ills Out Of Reach
Rebate trap joins a long history of efforts by makers of brand-name drugs to stifle generics, including protecting drugs with multiple layers of dubious patents, “pay for delay” deals to…
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Managed bees versus wild bees? It’s not that simple in South Africa
It’s estimated that one third of the food we consume each day relies on pollination. And this is mainly provided by bees.
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Investigative journalist Ahmed Divela shot dead in Ghana
Divela worked on several investigations with Tiger Eye Private Investigations, including a June 2018 documentary "Number 12," which investigated alleged corruption in African soccer, according to a report by the…
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Swept Up in Migration Surge, Children Struggle in Streets of Djibouti
The journey through Djibouti is grueling. Those with some money hitchhike. The rest might simply find themselves trapped, unable to get to the coast – for the cross-over into Yemen…
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Mahanadi river in India is Coal Rich but Water Stressed
Roundtable discussion organized during release of a study report urges riparian governments to work on a cooperation mode to save Mahanadi and ensure rights […]
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Fishing village hit by chemical leak in China
Early in the morning of November 4, workers at Donggang Petrochemicals were hosing C9 aromatic solvent onto a tanker at Quanzhou’s port. The hose broke and 69 tonnes of the…
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World Bank and Bangladesh sign agreement for more and better Jobs
The credit is from the World Bank’s International Development Association(IDA), and has a 30-year term, including a five-year grace period. It carries a service charge of 0.75 percent and an…
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