World comes together to tackle mercury poisoning
The world’s first Convention to protect the environment and human health in close to a decade, the Minamata Convention on Mercury, enters into force […]
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Here comes Boat Clinic to reach the flood hit
Bhaswati Goswami The Boat Clinic keeps hopes sailing silently to the rescue of flood affected people in Assam A boat in deed saved hopes […]
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It’s time to start thinking about our digital carbon footprint
Pietari Kaapa Contemporary digital media is pervasive and proliferating, and raises fundamental questions over the capabilities of the industry to account for its environmental […]
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Germany’s green roofs offer lesson on climate change adaptation
Zhang Dongfang Protecting buildings from extreme heat and heavy rain keeps them cooler and reduces run-off Heatwaves and heavy rains have hit China this […]
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Untreated wastewater from cities expose 885 million people to severe health risks globally
Advanced modelling methods helped determining that 65 per cent of all irrigated areas within 40 kilometres downstream from urban centres worldwide are affected by […]
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Brahmaputra basin faces unprecedented flood wave in August 2017
Flood forecasting maps and data points towards major flood waves taking over Brahmaputra, may extend to the Ganga basin and impact Bangladesh. In the […]
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Asthma, More Deadly With Age, Takes Heavy Toll On Older Adults
Judith Graham Death rates for older adults with asthma are five times that of younger patients, according to a new review of asthma among […]
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Innovation to solve the water crisis among coastal communities in Bangladesh
Located in Khulna District in Bangladesh, the installed reverse osmosis plants with ATM booth, are providing drinking water to the local communities. A water kiosk […]
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Dear Lancet, its pesticides that killed children, not lychees
Deepika Lobo Lancet study blaming the lychee fruit for children deaths in India negated by another study that suggests pesticides behind deaths. The New […]
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Dengue virus rides Asia’s airline networks
Yao-Hua Law Asia’s burgeoning airline network is helping spread the dengue virus (DENV) across the continent, says a new study. Published this month (August) […]
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Breastfeeding: No country meets recommended standards
In five of the world’s largest emerging economies—China, India, Indonesia, Mexico and Nigeria—the lack of investment in breastfeeding results in an estimated 236,000 child […]
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Poor households are locked out of green energy, unless governments help
Alan Pears A report released this week by the Australian Council of Social Service has pointed out that many vulnerable households cannot access rooftop […]
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Introduction to Sustainable Development Goals for Urban Managers
Know more about the SDG on urban management from these video series produced by TU Berlin students, Katherine Cashman and Moutasem Al-Khnaifes. More information […]
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The Guardian on seasonal workers: poor journalism
Stephen Howes It’s pretty odd to write an article about foreign farm workers and then exclude the vast majority of them. It’s even stranger […]
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Calculate your own Earth Overshoot Day with the new calculator
Global Footprint Network, an international research organization, is marking Earth Overshoot Day with the launch of a new mobile-friendly Footprint calculator at www.footprintcalculator.org. Earth Overshoot […]
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Revealed: 91% of Karachi’s water unfit to drink
Zofeen T. Ebrahim Faced with leaky pipes, faulty treatment plants and illegal tapping, the government of Sindh is struggling to provide clean and safe […]
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Do Fidget Spinners help ADH or autism disorder?
The toy has been advertised as helping people who have trouble with focusing or fidgeting, by relieving nervous energy or psychological stress. And mainly […]
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The role of humanitarian academics in a post-truth world
At the end of 2016, Oxford dictionaries made “post-truth” their word of the year. The word encapsulates many phenomena: the role of emotionality in […]
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Universal Health Coverage: Our Role in Advancing the Agenda in Bangladesh
Nadia Ishrat Alamgir To overcome poor quality health services, high expenses and a corrupt health system, policies around universal health coverage need to be developed Recently, […]
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Fifteen eco-friendly African start-ups receive prestigious Green Awards
15 winning enterprises were selected out of more than 300 applications. Their activities cover agriculture, waste management, energy, manufacturing, biodiversity conservation and tourism. Banana-stem […]
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What Cape Town can learn from Windhoek on surviving droughts
Dian Spear Cape Town is experiencing the worst drought in 100 years Human population growth, urbanisation, and climate change are all changing the world. […]
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Whither aid? Perspectives from developing countries
Jonathan Pickering, Robin Davies and Annalisa Prizzon A new special issue of the journal Development Policy Review gathers ‘consumer’ perspectives on international development assistance—where the consumers in this […]
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Community-led adaptation: Myth or reality?
Smallholder farmers have much experience of adapting to their complex, diverse, and risk-prone environments Climate change is an outcome of human civilisation and undoubtedly […]
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US mayors pledge to fight climate change
A total of 292 mayors from across the U.S. had joined the Climate Mayors Agreement. These mayors represent more than 60 million Americans from […]
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