Are our cities prepared for extreme precipitation dates?
From Mumbai to Houston, cities have caught up with heavy precipitation events in a much fiercer ways than ever before. As the world growingly […]
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Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation awards $20 million in environmental grants
The Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation announced its largest-ever portfolio of environmental grants, increasing the organization’s total direct financial impact to over $80 million since 1998. The […]
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Does the World Have Enough Midwives?
Farasha Bashir The practice of midwifery came to attention during the time of the Millennium Development Goals due to the global shortage of healthcare […]
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USA: Without Price Breaks, Rural Hospitals Struggle To Stock Costly, Lifesaving Drugs
Sarah Jane Tribble Unlike bigger hospitals, rural hospitals can’t get discounts on expensive drugs that treat rare diseases because of a last-minute exclusion written […]
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African antelopes and North American Ash tree on verge of extinction
IUCN Red List update also reveals a dramatic decline of grasshoppers and millipedes endemic to Madagascar, and the extinction of the Christmas Island Pipistrelle […]
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The 30-year-old ozone layer treaty has a new role: fighting climate change
Martyn Chipperfield We all owe a debt of gratitude to the scientists, politicians and industry leaders who created such an effective and flexible agreement […]
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Watch: Independent air pollution monitoring in the Balkans
Up in the Air: Independent air quality monitoring by Bank Watch in locations across the Balkan region show how dire the situation is near […]
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Fulfilling SDG 4 on Education at risk as 3.5 million refugee children deprived of schooling
The report, “Left Behind: Refugee Education in Crisis”, finds that globally, 91 per cent of children attend primary school. For refugees, that figure is […]
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After 70 Years, Wild Tigers Returning to Kazakhstan
The Republic of Kazakhstan announced plans to bring wild tigers that went extinct back to their historical range in the Ili-Balkhash region “Kazakhstan is […]
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Goldminers “massacre” uncontacted Amazon Indians in Brazil
Public prosecutors in Brazil have opened an investigation after reports that illegal goldminers in a remote Amazon river have massacred “more than ten” members […]
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Myanmar: A mixed bag of poverty reduction and human rights violations
While on one hand Myanmar government is violating the human rights of Rohingyas, on the other hand, a recent WB assessment states that poverty […]
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Cambodian biodigester finds success, attracts investors
Tanushree Rao An innovative household biodigester has proved itself to a point where a consortium of international investors has put down US$1 million for […]
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Are you drinking plastic water? Yes, says a new study
A new research found that plastic fibers have infiltrated the drinking water of cities and towns all over the world Tap water is considered […]
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Survival International–WWF talks break down over tribal consent
The landmark mediation talks between Survival and the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) over breaches of OECD guidelines for multinational corporations have broken down over […]
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Acid drainage: the global environmental crisis you’ve never heard of
Stephen Tuffnell Acid drainage is a little-known global crisis. The UN has even labelled it the second biggest problem facing the world after global […]
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Ozone air pollution, kills a million every year
New research links long-term exposure to ozone air pollution with one million premature deaths per year due to respiratory diseases, which is 125 % […]
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Spycops targeting NGOs & activists under the spotlight at EU Parliament
Police spies targeting campaign groups across Europe are the focus of a European Parliament event on 6th September, where MEPs will hear from activists […]
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Bangladesh eliminates post-flood disease deaths
Kamran Reza Chowdhury Despite massive flooding Bangladesh has seen very few disease related deaths, as having learnt from previous disasters the country has focussed […]
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The world protests as Amazon forests are opened to mining
Beatriz Garcia The Amazon, often described as the “lungs of the Earth”, is the largest rainforest in the world. Its extraordinary biodiversity and sheer […]
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Lead poisoning, gasoline lobbies and crime
Lead pollution was supposed to be eliminated in US long back, but it did not happen Most of you have probably heard how the […]
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Why Toilet is not a Prem Katha (Love Story)
Open defecation is bad and unhealthy, researches have established. But this is a complex issue which governments have to deal in a sensitive and […]
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UNICEF and WHO vaccinates children in crumbling IS territory
More than 355,000 children under five years-old vaccinated against polio in hard to reach areas of Syria UNICEF, the World Health Organisation and partners […]
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Archaeological sites being destroyed to build dam in Turkey
With the demolition of human formed rocks through explosives in Hasankeyf, the destruction of this 12,000 years old town at the Tigris River in […]
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Bringing Healthcare within Walkable Distance
This is the Story of WorldHealth Partners, bringing health care within walking distance of the poorest and most isolated in India and Kenya. Production […]
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