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Colonial Hangover: Engineering a season of floods

Insurgent South Asian rivers breached embankments repeatedly, turning engineered floodplains into hydrological dystopias, but dams kept getting built, and embankments kept getting longer and higher In 13 states of India this year, the monsoon appeared in the form of floods. The same happened in the

Despite size, Congo Basin attracts less funding than other major forest areas

RICHARD EBA’A ATYI Stronger capacities and governance needed to boost international support for Central African forests The Congo Basin is home to the second largest tropical forest in the world, but it is well behind Southeast Asia and the Amazon region in terms of attracting international fu

Indian scraps “dangerous” forest law after outcry

The Indian government has scrapped a plan to militarize its forests and open them up for commercial exploitation, after a national and international outcry The government’s proposals were initially secret, and were drawn up with the involvement of the CEO of WWF-India, Ravi Singh.

World’s largest public lending bank withdrawing from fossil fuel

EU Bank launches ambitious new climate strategy and Energy Lending Policy that will end financing for fossil fuel energy projects from the end of 2021; instead unlocking EUR 1 trillion of climate action and environmental sustainable investment until 2030 European Investment Bank (EIB) Group will ali

Climate change ‘poses lifelong threat to children’s health’

Fatima Arkin Climate change is already damaging the health of the world’s children and threatens a lifelong impact unless countries meet the Paris Agreement targets to limit warming to well below 2˚C, according to a new study published in The Lancet. The study, which involves 35 global institutio

Lost Fishing Gear a major ocean pollutant

An estimated 640,000 tonnes of abandoned or lost fishing equipment, or ‘ghost gear’, enter the ocean every year, equivalent in weight to more than 50 thousand double-decker buses. In total, they make up around 10% of the plastic waste in our oceans, entangling and killing marine life, warns a ne

Antarctica’s first zero emission research station shows that sustainable living is possible anywhere

Kate Winter, Northumbria University, Newcastle The Princess Elisabeth Antarctica Research Station in East Antarctica is the only zero-emission research base in the continent As a scientist investigating climate change, I’m embarrassed by the high carbon footprint I have when I travel to, and work

Asian governments & officials awarded for fighting environmental crimes

Customs, parks and law enforcement officials from China, India, Indonesia, Lao PDR, and Singapore have been named recipients of the 2019 Asia Environmental Enforcement Awards. The winners of the Awards are recognized by the United Nations and INTERPOL for their exceptional contribution to fighting t

Climate refugees stripped of citizenship in Assam, India

Chandrani Sinha Of the many people struggling to prove their citizenship in the Indian state of Assam are thousands of climate refugees who have been displaced because their lands have been swept away by erosion or floods In Bhuragaon, a small village that lies 103 kilometres east of Guwahati, the c

Opinion: Current proposals to plant trees to fight climate change are badly misguided

William John Bond Reforestation and afforestation can play a role in reducing carbon emissions — but “what” and “where” are critical considerations Tree planting is a popular strategy for reducing carbon in the atmosphere to help combat global warming. But is it being thought through suffi

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