Bottled water sales rose globally as pandemic took hold
Fiona Broom Families in some of the poorest parts of the world turned to buying bottled water as the pandemic sent countries into lockdown, […]
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A new way of measuring rural poverty yields unexpected results in Malawi
This so-called Rural Multidimensional Poverty Index (R-MPI) was built on the widely accepted notion that household income alone does not fully capture a person’s […]
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Biggest US aid project in Nepal has created turmoil
Dipak Gyawali A Millennium Challenge Corporation grant to build an electricity transmission line has led to widespread criticism, protests and the undermining of democracy […]
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While Australians are joining radical climate activism, the government is designing new laws to stop them
These laws, and their hurried legislation, have been criticised by civil society groups for attempting to undermine the ability for anyone to exercise their […]
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Climate geoengineering Could Put One Billion People Back at Risk of Malaria
Scientists conducted pioneering research to understand how solar radiation management (SRM) geoengineering could affect some of the world’s poorest and most vulnerable regions. The […]
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California Handed Its Medicaid Drug Program to One Company. Then Came a Corporate Takeover
Samantha Young California awarded the Medi-Cal Rx program to a unit of Magellan Health, a company with expertise in pharmacy benefits and mental health. […]
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By June, 41 million can go hungry in West Africa, situation worsened by the Ukraine crisis
A staggering 40 percent increase in prices has been witnessed in Liberia, Sierra Leone, Nigeria, Burkina Faso, Togo, Niger, Mali and Mauritania – pushing […]
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Eviction, torture, rape, murder reported from world famous gorilla national park in DRC
Thousands of Batwa were evicted when the park was expanded in 1975. Since then they’ve mostly lived outside it, in conditions of absolute poverty, […]
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5 ways climate change will affect animals and plants
Tara Lohan Warming temperatures, stronger storms and rising seas present a cascade of challenges that researchers are racing to understand. Scientists have provided another […]
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Power dynamics-global north givers and global south receivers
Tasneem Balasinorwala and Diya Deb Project funding decisions are primarily influenced by international commitments, national level commitments, donor country policies or development cooperation policies followed by […]
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Is Nature Based Solutions greenwashing-numerous organizations write an open letter
From the conservation industry’s perspective, the idea is simple: corporations pay them to enclose forests or plant trees on land they claim is “degraded” […]
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UK governments new Environment Law puts into doubt their commitments made at COP 26
UK new Environment Act could fail to tackle much of the country’s deforestation footprint abroad, despite the UK government’s claims of a ‘world-leading’ law […]
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Two Years Into Pandemic, Human Rights Watch Warns of Lessons Not Learned
Jessica Corbett “As we enter the third year,” an expert at the group says, “the inequities that have characterized the past two years are […]
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Future food-jelly fish, cell based meat using AI and blockchain-what are the risks and benefits
Thinking about the future of food safety – A foresight report from WHO maps out some of the most important emerging issues in food and […]
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Why a ‘one-in-a-thousand-year’ flood could become the norm in Australia
Notwithstanding the Australian government’s sub-par climate policies, Australia has created a government agency for recovery and resilience, a disaster risk reduction framework, and national […]
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Environment Assembly concludes with 14 resolutions to curb pollution, protect and restore nature worldwide
Along with putting an end to plastic pollution, a second key resolution supports the establishment of a comprehensive and ambitious science policy panel on […]
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Mining companies seek to expand into Brazil’s indigenous territories
Lívia Machado Costa New report shows that companies from Brazil and abroad are sieging sites of interest, even where mineral extraction is prohibited he […]
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Latest IPCC report says human induced climate catastrophe is destroying both humans and nature
Climate crisis has exposed millions of people to acute food and water insecurity, especially in Africa, Asia, Central and South America, on Small Islands […]
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Australia pledges billions to save its Great Barrier Reef. Is it enough?
However, the reef is dying. Climate change, driven by anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions, is the biggest culprit with the reef going through five mass […]
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A global plastic treaty on cards?
Plastic pollution is one of the key concerns for the entire globe at the moment. Something that started as a symbol of progress a […]
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Understanding the nexus between soil degradation and Climate Change
Dr. Sanjeev Narrainen The UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change 2019 Report revealed that our soil is degrading at an alarming rate, with a […]
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Food trade takes a mixed stance on new genetic engineering in EU
So far, GMO-free agriculture in Germany and Europe has been a success story: fields have been largely free of GM crops for years, and […]
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Forget logging or hunting – two Assam villages in India embrace eco-tourism
Gurvinder Singh Giving up hunting and tree felling, two Assamese villages are conserving their forest habitat rather than let their natural resources erode. With […]
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Hot air: Mexico lags behind in fight against methane, despite pledges
Emilio Godoy The country has signed international commitments to reduce methane emissions, but has been slow to enforce new regulations on polluters Between 2019 […]
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