Watch: Japan’s Town With No Waste
The village of #Kamikatsu in #Japan has taken their commitment to #sustainability to a new level.
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Brazil hits emissions target early, but rising deforestation risks reversal
John C. Cannon The decline in deforestation between 2016 and 2017 saved emissions of the equivalent of 610 million metric tons (672 million tons) […]
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How NASA satellites track changes in the world’s water systems
Feng Hao From the Tigris to the Yangtze, GRACE satellites have revealed the impact of human activity on our water supply World Water Week is […]
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Parent Alert! Your Kid May Be Vaping More Than Tobacco
Ana B. Ibarra By now, many parents know kids are vaping sweet-smelling tobacco — often using devices that look deceptively like pens or flash […]
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Kerala shows the risk of severe floods is still evolving
The #Kerala #flood #crisis is a timely reminder that #climate #change is expected to increase the frequency and magnitude of severe #flooding across the world.
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A new perspective on aid delivery
For most of us who have worked in #aid-#funded #programs, it is a mystifying and frustrating #business, especially when you have had the experience of working for different aid agencies…
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Photo feature: Locals in Bhutan and India join across border to manage a river
The #Saralbhanga #River (also called Swrmanga) that flows from Sarphang district of #Bhutan to #Assam in #India. About 500 #farmers from five #villages close to the #international #border contribute to…
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World Orangutan Day: Numbers in decline despite Indonesian government’s claims
The #team found that half of all #Bornean #Orangutans are impacted by #resource #extraction, and that their numbers fell by more than 100,000 over the sixteen years of the study…
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Indigenous Environmental Defender killed as logging mafia targets tribe in Brazil
A leader of an #Amazon #tribe acclaimed for its #environmental #defenders has been #killed, the latest in a series of deaths among the tribe.
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Fiery summer a gauge of our planet’s health
According to the #World #Resources #Institute, by #2040, 33 #countries – including #Greece – will be severely #water-#stressed.
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Toxins on our plate: India
There is a need for better regulation and monitoring to bring toxin-free food to the Indian market. “The recent scare due to the detection […]
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Global mobilisation for Rise for Climate Action
Ongoing Rise for #Climate #movement #mobilisation; join the movement; #Global #Climate #Action #Summit
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600,000 hit by earthquake in Lombak, Indonesia
Over 20,000 #people are in #temporary #shelters while thousands more are under open skies in need of #drinking #water, #food, #medical #supplies, and #clothes.
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Extreme weather renews focus on adaptation
Countries need to recognise that the climate impacts they are beginning to experience now are only the start
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India needs big policy push for treatment and reuse of urban wastewater
News of water scarcity fuels a lot of hue and cry in the nation, however when it comes to discussions about solutions we find […]
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Has the Netherlands figured out how to mainstream seaweed?
Despite its environmental benefits, using local seaweed for food can be a tough sell. Some think the Dutch have finally cracked the code. “Is […]
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One in Seven Wildlife Rangers Have Been Seriously Injured in the Line of Duty Over the Past Year
New results released by World Wildlife Fund (WWF) to mark World Ranger Day reveal that one in seven wildlife rangers (14 percent) surveyed across […]
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Three Nobel Prizes in economics ≠ the truth about aid
Terence Wood Aid will never solve all the world’s development problems. Aid can be improved. Aid can and should be criticised. But when criticism […]
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2017, the Deadliest Year for Land and Environmental Defenders as Agri-Business Most Linked to Killings
Global Witness reveals that at least 207 land and environmental defenders were killed in 2017– indigenous leaders, community activists and environmentalists murdered trying to […]
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Unlocked And Loaded: Families Confront Dementia And Guns in US
JoNel Aleccia and Melissa Bailey As more Americans are diagnosed with dementia, families who have firearms struggle with ways to stay safe. With a bullet in […]
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Retaining forests benefits African farmers, new study finds
Koen Kusters The closer a farm is located to a forest, the better it performs in terms of livestock productivity and long-term soil sustainability, […]
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Busted: The many myths of why government contracts should not be published
GAVIN HAYMAN Government officials and contractors often tell you that less is more when it comes to knowing how your money is being spent. […]
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Why even small hydropower plants shouldn’t be built in protected areas: photo evidence
Pippa Gallop In 2015, Privredna Banka Zagreb (PBZ), part of Intesa Sanpaolo, extended EUR 1 million to a hydropower plant as part of an […]
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Watch: Fix And Release-A Turtle Trauma Centre
Scott Dobson Fix and Release explores a small turtle trauma centre in Peterborough Ontario Canada as it fights to even the odds for survival […]
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