COVID-19
World’s stateless at risk of not having COVID vaccine
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is warning that many of the world’s stateless people may miss out on vaccinations as a result of their […]
Category: Environment
Biodiversity
Darjeeling tea goes organic
Gurvinder Singh Growers of the world’s most expensive tea are going organic due to pressure from international buyers and a need to preserve the […]
Climate
Rising heat-related deaths linked to global warming
Claudia Caruana Using empirical data gathered from 732 locations, researchers estimated the mortality burdens associated with additional heat exposure resulting from human-induced warming from 1991 to […]
Biodiversity
Locals benefit from nature based tourism: WB Report
A new World Bank report shows that for every dollar governments invest in protected areas and support for nature-based tourism, the economic rate of […]
Sustainable Business
Blu-Nits, a new measurement unit on the impact of a product on the environment
Mitchell Cetuk The word “blu-nit” comes from the joining of the words “blue” (for the planet) and “unit” (of measurement). The number of blu-nits […]
Aid
U.N. declares decade of ecosystem restoration to ‘make peace with nature’
Liz Kimbrough United Nations Decade on Ecosystem Restoration launched by U.N. Environment Programme (UNEP) and the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). The goal: to prevent, […]
Sustainable Business
Watchdog Shines Light on Big Pharma’s ‘Fierce’ EU Lobbying Campaign Against Vaccine Patent Waiver
Jake Johnson The public is being left in the dark as to the demands, influencing strategies, and full firepower of the Big Pharma lobby […]
Sustainable Business
Leaked document suggest proposed revised EU energy law a huge step backwards on climate
A leaked version of the Energy Council’s proposed revision to the EU’s key energy infrastructure regulation – seen by NGOs – would lock in […]
Sustainable Business
Why to Avoid Reading a Book on Climate Change Written by a Billionaire
Nitin Sethi I hardly write or report these days. A publication asked for a book review. But, it rejected the review upon reading the […]
Biodiversity
Oceans “not yet beyond repair,” but getting closer
Sandra Cordon The Second World Ocean Assessment lays out critical state of oceans – and how little is known about them Oceans cover over […]
Aid
Australian Government cuts aid in the middle of the pandemic
Stephen Howes So far, Australia has contributed 0.6 of one percent to the global fund to respond to COVID-19 Yesterday, I set down on […]
Sustainable Business
Targeting pollutive brick kilns in Bangladesh with AI
Sanjeet Bagcchi A low-cost machine learning method has the potential to track down immensely polluting brick kilns in Bangladesh, helping regulators monitor environmental compliance, […]