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Fred Schulte and Elizabeth Lucas Kaiser Health News, with assistance from researchers at the Mayo Clinic, analyzed available billing data from Medicare and private […]
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Kamran Reza Chowdhury Salinisation of freshwater near Sundarbans leading to mangrove forests and spelling the end of an ecosystem that was heavy with sweet […]
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Technology pioneered by FAO boosts incomes, provides better food and protects health The traditional method of fish-smoking in this small fishing community in eastern Sri […]
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Here is the new wave of climate action that has been announced during COP23 from countries, cities, states, regions, business and civil society. The […]
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Noel D Preece and Penny van Oosterzee Eastern Australia ranks alongside these in the top 10 of the world’s major deforestation fronts – the only one […]
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A climate complaint against ING filed by Greenpeace Netherlands, Oxfam, BankTrack and Milieudefensie for violating OECD guidelines, was accepted by a Dutch representative of […]
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Landmark studies shows air pollution is now the second largest killer in India and another recent study in Journal of Indian Paediatrics shows children in […]
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Ukraine and Belarus have necessary technical potential and economic reasoning to implement energy transition and increase the share of “green” energy in the Final […]
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In the remote Russian Arctic, an aging scientist and his son are trying to recreate the Ice Age. They call their experiment Pleistocene Park […]
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Max Martin Natural disasters – such as this year’s heavy rains, floods and cyclones in India, Bangladesh and Myanmar – have become a talking point at COP 23, indicating […]
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New commitments and initiatives in energy, water and agriculture sectors were announced, at the United Nations Climate Conference (COP23) in Bonn, Germany, under the […]
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Maldives, one of the most vulnerable to climate change is planning to convert mangrove forests that protected against the 2004 devastating tsunami into an […]
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Despite being the fastest disappearing forest ecosystems world wide, the vanishing of mangrove forest ecosystems has not received much public attention, nor in climate […]
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Colin Groves & Anton Nurcahyo We have discovered a new species of orangutan – the third known species and the first new great ape to be […]
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Daniel Grossman Two researchers are working on separate projects to try to better understand how the Congo rainforest, second in size only to the […]
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Survival International is calling for greater recognition from world leaders for tribal peoples’ crucial role in protecting the environment, ahead of the COP 23 conference in Bonn, […]
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Water that inundates our cities, when they flood due to extreme precipitation events or otherwise, is a complex mix of pollutants including faecal sludge, […]
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Mekong-like Commission urged for trans-national rivers in Assam, to deal with Chinese river diversion plans Only the Government of India and international pressure can persuade China […]
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Governments and non-state actors need to deliver an urgent increase in ambition to ensure the Paris Agreement goals can still be met, according to […]
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Lou Del Bello Climate finance, while efficient in sectors such as renewable energy, is not effective in protecting increasingly threatened forests or the rights of […]
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In a candid interview, Jindra Cekan tells SixDegrees why most projects may not be sustainable as so few projects have ever been evaluated after […]
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Sheryl L Hendriks, Katrin Glatzel and Ousmane Badiane A number of African countries are taking bold action to tackle malnutrition. They have successfully implemented a range of […]
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Developing countries must give priority to ensure good governance in climate finance for protecting lives and livelihoods. The developed countries must meet their pledges […]
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Eric Bender Boston is working on projects large and small to meet these threats. Most dramatically, the city is considering building a giant seawall […]
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