The World Meteorological Congress has approved a package of sweeping reforms to embrace a more comprehensive Earth system approach, with a stronger focus on water resources and the ocean, more coordinated climate activities and a more concerted effort to translate science into services for society. It paved the way for greater engagement with the rapidly growing private sector and more structured collaboration with development agencies.… Continue reading World Meteorological Organization to undergo sweeping reforms
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Watch in VR-TRASHED: The Tijuana River Valley Pollution Crisis
JOVRNALISM Both sides of the border are dealing with pollution from the Tijuana River Valley where thousands of tires and plastic bottles turn into incubators for viruses like E. coli and Zika. Explore the U.S.-side at the Effie May Trail and Goat Canyon, plus see how a Tijuana neighborhood is literally turning trash into homes.… Continue reading Watch in VR-TRASHED: The Tijuana River Valley Pollution Crisis
5 low-cost technologies that help protect Latin America’s environment
Innovations enable recycling, tracking poachers and invasive species, and adaptation to climate change Tania Chacón Latin America’s natural wealth is undeniable. It is a cause for both celebration and concern. For example, the region holds the greatest diversity of flora in the world, but at the same time 46% of global mining and socio-environmental conflicts, according… Continue reading 5 low-cost technologies that help protect Latin America’s environment
A village goes mobile’: mobile phones and social change
With limited understanding of the English alphabet, people are not interested in text-based material on the internet. Instead, they use mobile phones “for leisure activities, such as listening to music, taking and storing photos, and watching movies”. Without skills for browsing the internet, they purchase memory cards pre-loaded with music, videos and images.
Global Cooperation And Regulation required to Multilayered Threats from New Technology
The Internet Governance Forum (IGF) concluded with a consensus highlighting the importance of the rule of law and global cooperation to ensure a safe cyberspace. The three-day Forum, under the title ‘Internet of Trust, brought more than 3,000 participants from 143 countries together to confront issues ranging from cybersecurity to ethics, fake news and the… Continue reading Global Cooperation And Regulation required to Multilayered Threats from New Technology
Watch: Japan’s Town With No Waste
The village of #Kamikatsu in #Japan has taken their commitment to #sustainability to a new level.
Why even small hydropower plants shouldn’t be built in protected areas: photo evidence
Pippa Gallop In 2015, Privredna Banka Zagreb (PBZ), part of Intesa Sanpaolo, extended EUR 1 million to a hydropower plant as part of an EBRD-financed sustainable energy credit line. What at first appeared to be a harmless watermill conversion soon turned into destruction of a priceless habitat. It is a remarkable river, teeming with life,… Continue reading Why even small hydropower plants shouldn’t be built in protected areas: photo evidence
Watch: Fix And Release-A Turtle Trauma Centre
Scott Dobson Fix and Release explores a small turtle trauma centre in Peterborough Ontario Canada as it fights to even the odds for survival that freshwater turtles face in a modern world. This visually beautiful film shows turtles in a way that few have seen before. Find out how you can help: ontarioturtle.ca/fixandrelease.com Scott Dobson has… Continue reading Watch: Fix And Release-A Turtle Trauma Centre
Facebook video shows orangutan defending forest against bulldozer
Rhett Butler Dramatic footage released last week by an animal welfare group shows a wild orangutan trying in vain to fight off destruction of its rainforest home in Borneo. The video, filmed in 2013 but posted on Facebook on June 5th for World Environment Day by International Animal Rescue (IAR), was shot in Sungai Putri,… Continue reading Facebook video shows orangutan defending forest against bulldozer
ENOUGH | The Empowered Women of Korogocho
Brent Foster Beatrice Nyariara lives in Korogocho. It’s widely considered to be Nairobi’s most dangerous slum. More than 150,000 people are packed into the shanty town which is less than two square kilometers. Crime is high. Gangs are active. Addiction is rampant. A while back, men in her community started to attack the “grandmothers” of… Continue reading ENOUGH | The Empowered Women of Korogocho
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