Climate
CAN CHINA REALLY LEAD THE WAY TO AN “ECOLOGICAL CIVILIZATION”?
Jeremy Lent If president Xi Jinping’s ecological vision turns out to be more than mere rhetoric, it could have a profound effect on humanity’s […]
Category: Environment
Cities
Garbage menace: Why should urban planners in India take the Court observations seriously?
Garbage dumping yards are piling up across the country. Our municipal bodies are dumping the solid wastes irresponsibly, and most of the times illegally, […]
Climate
Partnership Campaign to Save the Paris Agreement
Climate Scorecard has launched a Partnership Campaign to save the Paris Agreement and are inviting all concerned organizations to join the Campaign. This Campaign […]
Climate
Progress Urged As Bangkok Climate Talks Open To Prepare Paris Agreement Implementation
Against the backdrop of severe and record heatwaves, bushfires, droughts and floods across the world, governments are convening a supplementary meeting in Bangkok to […]
Cities
Watch: Japan’s Town With No Waste
The village of #Kamikatsu in #Japan has taken their commitment to #sustainability to a new level.
Climate
Brazil hits emissions target early, but rising deforestation risks reversal
John C. Cannon The decline in deforestation between 2016 and 2017 saved emissions of the equivalent of 610 million metric tons (672 million tons) […]
Disasters
Kerala shows the risk of severe floods is still evolving
The #Kerala #flood #crisis is a timely reminder that #climate #change is expected to increase the frequency and magnitude of severe #flooding across the world.
Environment
Photo feature: Locals in Bhutan and India join across border to manage a river
The #Saralbhanga #River (also called Swrmanga) that flows from Sarphang district of #Bhutan to #Assam in #India. About 500 #farmers from five #villages close to the #international #border...
Biodiversity
World Orangutan Day: Numbers in decline despite Indonesian government’s claims
The #team found that half of all #Bornean #Orangutans are impacted by #resource #extraction, and that their numbers fell by more than 100,000 over the sixteen years of...
Biodiversity
Indigenous Environmental Defender killed as logging mafia targets tribe in Brazil
A leader of an #Amazon #tribe acclaimed for its #environmental #defenders has been #killed, the latest in a series of deaths among the tribe.
Climate
Fiery summer a gauge of our planet’s health
According to the #World #Resources #Institute, by #2040, 33 #countries – including #Greece – will be severely #water-#stressed.
Climate
Global mobilisation for Rise for Climate Action
Ongoing Rise for #Climate #movement #mobilisation; join the movement; #Global #Climate #Action #Summit