Biodiversity
How Laos lost its tigers
Jeremy Hance A new paper in Global Conservation and Ecology finds that the last tigers of Laos along with the Indochinese leopards vanished shortly after 2013 […]
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Climate
Changing culture in a changing climate
Ned Pennant-Rea With the breaking wave of climate consciousness, more than a thousand “arrestables” have put their bodies directly on the line. But with its punk […]
Climate
A motley crew of changemakers are new champions of the earth
THE UNITED NATIONS ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMME (UNEP) HAS OFFICIALLY HONOURED 12 ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGEMAKERS THAT INCLUDES PRESIDENT, DIGITAL DISRUPTERS, SCIENTISTS, ACTIVIST MOVEMENTS, ENTREPRENEURS, AMONG OTHERS WITH THE 2019 UN CHAMPIONS...
Climate
How did Chile become a global climate leader?
Kate Cullen The unexpected emergence of this Latin American nation as an environmental force to be reckoned holds lessons for the rest of the […]
Climate
Climate Strike: Berlin Posts
More than 100,000 participated in Berlin Global Climate Strike with kindergarteners, schoolkids, anti-fascists, feminists, LGBTs and others joining in On this day, Germany announces […]
Sustainable Business
61% of the world’s new oil and gas set to come from US
The sheer scale of this new production dwarfs that of every other country in the world and would spell disaster for the world’s ambitions […]
Biodiversity
Amazon fires: Solutions lie beyond nationalist politics, a new green vision must be global in scope
The world is suffering from a crisis of politics. The old ideas have collapsed and the new ideas enjoying an unchallenged run almost everywhere […]
Data & Reports
Cheap pill lowers health burden of heart disease
Inga Vesper A low-cost pill made up of four cardiovascular drugs could significantly reduce the burden of heart diseases, especially in low- and middle-income countries, according […]
Biodiversity
Ancient Amazonian societies managed the forest intensively but sustainably — here’s what we can learn from them
Kate Evans The Amazon’s trees, soils and mysterious earthworks tell the story of the millions who lived there before European arrival When loggers and […]
Sustainable Business
Progress made in fight against tobacco: WHO
Many governments are making progress in the fight against tobacco, with 5 billion people today living in countries that have introduced smoking bans, graphic […]
Data & Reports
The world is off-track on food and agriculture SDG Goals
In the first report of its kind, FAO analysed, in a visual way, major global trends and data from up to 234 countries and […]
Cities
Wind from the sea is changing, cities need to change
City-dwellers can no longer ignore the destruction of coastal green corridors such as the mangrove forests. They can’t either leave all responsibility to the […]