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Around 19,000 people are estimated to have died over the past three years as a result of air pollution from Western Balkan coal-fired power plants, according to a report released by CEE Bankwatch Network and the Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air. The report, Comply or Close, launched to

Biodiversity , Environment , Forests , SDGs , Sustainable Development / 09/06/2021

Tuna species commercially harvested is on recovery, while Komodo Dragon is endangered: IUCN Redlist

IUCN actively supports the development of an ambitious Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™ and Red List Index will be used to track progress towards species conservation targets. Four commercially-fished tuna species are on the path to recovery thanks

Business , Climate , Data & Reports , Energy , Environment , Forests , Health , Human Rights , Sustainable Development , Transport , Water / 09/03/2021

Report Reveals Indigenous Resistance Disrupts Quarter of US and Canadian Emissions

JESSICA CORBETT The numbers don’t lie. Indigenous peoples have long led the fight to protect Mother Earth and the only way forward is to center Indigenous knowledge and keep fossil fuels in the ground Indigenous resistance to fossil fuel projects in the United States and Canada over a rec

Business , Environment , Resources , SDGs , Sustainable Development , Waste / 09/02/2021

International Ministerial Conference to combat marine litter and plastic pollution asks for a binding global treaty

The conference was held in Geneva from the 1st to 2nd of September, both on site and virtually. More than 1000 representatives from 140 countries and numerous non-governmental organisations took part. More and more countries are campaigning for a globally binding agreement to fight marine litter and

Aid , Disasters , Food , Governance , Human Rights , Labour , Sustainable Development , Water / 09/01/2021

Drought threatens the livelihoods of 7 million farmers in Afghanistan

The long-term outlook is challenging as farmers and herders, affected by drought, typically need three to five years to recover fully The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has appealed for humanitarian assistance to be scaled up as Afghanistan continues to be hit hard by

Climate , Energy , Environment , Featured , Health , SDGs , Soil , Sustainable Development , Transport , Waste , Water / 08/30/2021

Toxic lead in petrol has been eliminated globally

When service stations in Algeria stopped providing leaded petrol in July, the use of leaded petrol ended globally. This development follows an almost two decades long campaign by the UNEP-led global Partnership for Clean Fuels and Vehicles (PCFV). Since 1922, the use of tetraethyllead as a

Aid , Biodiversity , Business , Data & Reports , Economy , Environment , Forests , Resources , SDGs , Sustainable Development / 08/29/2021

With USD 2.3 billion to spend, this is how public development banks can help biodiversity

Augusta Dwyer The world’s seven largest development banks, most of them multilaterals, own about half of the Public Development Banks (PBD) sector’s entire global assets and the most prominent of these financial institutions have also made sustainability commitments. It’s not just money that b

Climate , Data & Reports , Energy , Environment , Health , Opinions , Science & Technology , Sustainable Development / 08/28/2021

The carbon footprint of TB treatment

Pranay Lal The energy required to produce, transport and dispose of diagnostic reagents and supplies (e.g., X-ray films or PPE), or antibiotics for treatment is a significant contributor to carbon footprint. In this issue of Public Health Action, Correspondence by Harries et al.1 highlights the impo

Biodiversity , Climate , Environment , Forests , Governance , Human Rights , Migration , Refugees , Resources , SDGs , Sustainable Development / 08/24/2021

“Conservation as usual” comes under fire from UN expert ahead of world conservation summit

UN’s Special Rapporteur on Human Rights and the Environment calls for “a transformative approach,” to conservation that puts human rights and indigenous peoples at the heart of conservation. As conservationists and global leaders prepare to meet in Marseille, France, for the IUCN’s World Con

Biodiversity , Cities , Climate , COVID-19 , Education , Environment , Forests , Solutions , Sustainable Development , Water / 08/23/2021

Reversing ecosystem degradation: working with city youths

Education curriculum for youth should be designed in ways that their grades are linked to conservation actions. Oxygen, an otherwise conveniently forgotten thing, has been the most talked about crisis in India in recent months. However, much of the attention stayed put on the oxygen cylinders and

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