Small hydropower plants damaging Balkan landscapes
Eight hydropower projects in Albania, Croatia and Macedonia financed with European public money have damaged biodiversity and are in urgent need of increased monitoring […]
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Cities need to invest in living infrastructures to be climate resilient
It is being increasingly admitted that cities need to have living infrastructure in order to be able to deliver social, environmental and economic services […]
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Illegal Sand Mining 2017: Indian Rivers Continue To Loose Mindless Mining Battle
Bhim Singh Rawat This article extensively captures the incidences and media stories on illegal sand mining from rivers in India during the year 2017. […]
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Liberian Loggers Secret Tax Breaks wipes US$ 13 Million off Country’s Finances
The Liberian government has secretly given the country’s loggers a US$13 million tax break, subsidising companies at the expense of the country and forest […]
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Can Economics of Degrowth Eradicate Poverty?
Jason Hickel Degrowth wants to redistribute income in a way that improves social goods, like universal healthcare and education, which are key to reducing […]
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Women, Peace and Security in Australia and the SDGs
Susan Hutchinson Last week, Devpolicy hosted the Australian launch of the Women, Peace and Security Index. The index has been developed by the Georgetown […]
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Bhutan’s Shingkhar-Gorgan highway: development versus environment?
Chencho Dema and Peky Samal A proposed highway that would run through one of Bhutan’s key national parks to one of the least developed […]
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‘A vicious cycle towards extinction:’ Hunting and trade can push even abundant wildlife populations to the brink
Mike Gaworecki Researchers at the University of Queensland looked at something called the anthropogenic Allee effect (AAE), a theory that proposes a critical population […]
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The island of wonderful snakes: Madagascar!
Madagascar is known for its diverse snake fauna (over 90 species) and the addition of new species locality data from a north-eastern rainforest show […]
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COP23 and Historical Responsibility in Climate Finance
It was noted that rich countries have not yet delivered the promised $100bn per year in climate finance by 2020 agreed in 2009 at […]
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Living in the era of Superbugs: Curse and Remedy
Mohammad Aminul Islam & Muhammad Asaduzzaman Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is one of the biggest threats to global health, food security and development for which the environment […]
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Working together to clean the Klein Jukskei in Johannesburg
Locals in Johannesburg North work together for a greater cause by bringing the community together to restore the natural environment. Riverglades Estate in Jukskei […]
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UN says lift in global economy brings opportunities to tackle major development issues
A three per cent upturn in the global economy has paved the way to readjust policy towards longer-term issues, such as addressing climate change, […]
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Organic label suffers setback in US, as big agri-business takes over
Francis Thicke The organic food movement suffered a major setback recently, when the US National Organic Standards Board (NOSB) voted in favour of allowing hydroponically-grown […]
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Assam youth are netting healthy incomes from fish seeds
Abdul Mannan Taking advantage of the plentiful water bodies in Assam state of India, the production and supply of fertilized fish eggs has emerged […]
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Philippines initiates world’s first human rights investigation into corporate responsibility for climate change
Companies, including ExxonMobil, Shell, BP, Chevron, ConocoPhillips, Suncor and Repsol, are being asked to explain their role in making climate change worse. The world’s […]
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Women file sexism complaint to UN against UK police spies
Psychologically and sexually women abused by police spies infiltrating UK social and green movement groups files complaint at the UN The women complain to […]
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Antimicrobial resistance from environmental pollution among biggest emerging health threats, says UN Environment
Growing antimicrobial resistance linked to discharge of drugs and particular chemicals into the environment is one of the most worrying health threats today, according […]
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India’s energy subsidies favour fossil fuels over renewables
Soumya Sarkar Although subsidies to renewables have risen substantially, central government handouts to coal mining and coal-fired electricity continue to be high, which contradicts […]
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Sustainable Investment: A distinct possibility, or just another buzzword?
The key areas of investigation when examining sustainable investment opportunities are Environmental, Social and Governance. While this is comprehensive, perhaps the ask may be […]
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Watch: How a “Fixers Club” in Argentina is pushing back against our throwaway culture
Todd Reubold The Club de Reparadores — or “Fixers Club” — in Argentina is showing local communities how to fix everyday objects during daylong […]
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Millions of Yemenis on verge of losing clean running water
There is a major danger of cholera comeback as four in five people will be without steady water supply. Eight million people in Yemen […]
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Menstrual hygiene management in the Pacific: women’s and girl’s experiences
Yasmin Mohamed and Chelsea Huggett There has been limited research on menstrual management in the Pacific, and the Last Taboo project is helping to bridge this […]
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New Delhi smog “rivals 1952 London”
Ranjit Devraj Pollution levels in the Indian capital this month have rivaled 1952 London, when smog killed around 4,000 people, pollution experts say. On […]
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