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Mike Gaworecki Researchers at the University of Queensland looked at something called the anthropogenic Allee effect (AAE), a theory that proposes a critical population level threshold below which the likelihood of a species going extinct increases substantially due to rising prices for rare animals

Aid , Climate , Sustainable Development / 12/15/2017

COP23 and Historical Responsibility in Climate Finance

It was noted that rich countries have not yet delivered the promised $100bn per year in climate finance by 2020 agreed in 2009 at Copenhagen COP23, the second “conference of the parties” since the Paris Agreement was signed in 2015, was held under the presidency of the small, developing island s

Environment , Food , Health / 12/13/2017

Living in the era of Superbugs: Curse and Remedy

Mohammad Aminul Islam & Muhammad Asaduzzaman Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is one of the biggest threats to global health, food security and development for which the environment is recognised as an important actor. It is estimated that the annual AMR attributed death toll will reach 10 mill

Business , Climate , Human Rights , Sustainable Development / 12/09/2017

Philippines initiates world’s first human rights investigation into corporate responsibility for climate change

Companies, including ExxonMobil, Shell, BP, Chevron, ConocoPhillips, Suncor and Repsol, are being asked to explain their role in making climate change worse. The world’s first ever national inquiry into the responsibility of the fossil fuel industry for the human rights impacts resulting from clim

Environment , Health / 12/06/2017

Antimicrobial resistance from environmental pollution among biggest emerging health threats, says UN Environment

Growing antimicrobial resistance linked to discharge of drugs and particular chemicals into the environment is one of the most worrying health threats today, according to new research from UN Environment that highlights emerging challenges and solutions in the environmental space. Human antibiotic u

Data & Reports , Energy , Environment , Sustainable Development / 12/04/2017

India’s energy subsidies favour fossil fuels over renewables

Soumya Sarkar Although subsidies to renewables have risen substantially, central government handouts to coal mining and coal-fired electricity continue to be high, which contradicts India’s stated aims on reducing carbon emissions An inventory of energy subsidies provided by the central government

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Disasters , Health , Human Rights , Water / 11/29/2017

Millions of Yemenis on verge of losing clean running water

There is a major danger of cholera comeback as four in five people will be without steady water supply. Eight million people in Yemen will be without running water within days as fuel runs out due to the Saudi-led coalition blockade of the country’s northern ports, Oxfam warned. They will join

Cities , Environment , Sustainable Development / 11/25/2017

New Delhi smog “rivals 1952 London”

Ranjit Devraj Pollution levels in the Indian capital this month have rivaled 1952 London, when smog killed around 4,000 people, pollution experts say. On the worst day, November 8, several monitoring stations in New Delhi reported an Air Quality Index (AQI) of 999, far higher than the upper limit

Biodiversity , Climate , Environment , Forests , Soil , Water / 11/22/2017

As the Chitra turns saline, mangroves appear

Kamran Reza Chowdhury Salinisation of freshwater near Sundarbans leading to mangrove forests and spelling the end of an ecosystem that was heavy with sweet water vegetation and fish Environmentalists have consistently warned that climate change would adversely affect the world’s largest mangrove

Climate , Featured , Sustainable Development / 11/19/2017

What are the action points from COP 23?

Here is the new wave of climate action that has been announced during COP23 from countries, cities, states, regions, business and civil society. The common message from all sides at this conference has been that action to get on track towards the objectives of the Paris Climate Change Agreement and

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