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Researchers from the Indian Institute of Science (IISC) found out that pollutants like micro-plastics may be causing growth defects in fish, including skeletal deformities The other day, as I stepped out of my car to buy fish from a fisher folk on the bank of river Mahanadi, a waste carrier vehicle

Biodiversity , Business , Climate , Corruption , Energy , Environment , Food , Forests , Governance , Human Rights , Refugees , Resources , Soil , Sustainable Development , Water / 06/26/2022

How the Brazilian elections could determine the future of the Amazon

Lázaro Thor Borges Seeking re-election, Jair Bolsonaro’s government has championed the easing of environmental policy in Brazil, while opponents push for a sustainable turnaround Billboards scattered along the sides of highways that cut through the largest soybean farms in Brazil carried a clear

Aid , Biodiversity , Business , Climate , Energy , Environment , Food , Forests , Governance , Monitoring , Resources , Solutions , Sustainable Development , Water / 06/20/2022

Bonn Climate Summit Ends in ‘Unconscionable’ Failure as Rich Nations Turn Backs on Poorest

Julia Conley Deepening campaigners’ anger was the fact that European countries present at the Bonn conference are currently boosting fossil fuel imports to replace the gas shipments they previously received from Russia “We have had enough of you offering crumbs with one hand while you st

Aid , Biodiversity , Business , Climate , Data & Reports , Energy , Environment , Forests , Governance , Resources , Sustainable Development , Water / 06/02/2022

EU recovery plans promises green recovery, but is actually a threat to nature

The European Commission has claimed that the Recovery and Resilience Facility (EUR 672.5 billion) will ensure a ‘green recovery’ throughout Europe. Yet not only is it failing to protect and restore nature, it will likely even increase harm to it, according to a new Bankwatch and EuroNatur report

Biodiversity , Business , Climate , Data & Reports , Economy , Environment , Forests , Health , Soil , Sustainable Development , Waste , Water / 05/31/2022

Tobacco the twin killer of health and environment, says WHO

WHO has revealed new information on the extent to which tobacco damages both the environment and human health, calling for steps to make the industry more accountable for the destruction it is causing. The WHO report “Tobacco: Poisoning our planet” highlights that the industry’s carbon footpr

Climate , Data & Reports , Energy , Environment , Food , Forests , Resources , Science & Technology , Sustainable Development , Water / 05/08/2022

Mountains of natural sugar discovered under seagrass, equivalent to 32 billion Coke Cans

Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology Seagrass beds are underwater oases. Now researchers have discovered vast amounts of sugars underneath seagrass meadows. This sheds new light on how plants store carbon in the ocean. Seagrasses form lush green meadows in many coastal areas around the world

Aid , Biodiversity , Business , Economy , Environment , Food , Forests , Governance , Human Rights , Labour , Resources , Sustainable Development , Water / 05/07/2022

New civil society initiative aims to ‘green’ China-Brazil agriculture trade

Yan Tian Baxter Chinese NGO GEI aims to equip food producing regions in Brazil with good practices to bring about broader changes in agricultural trade ince 2003, when China first became a net food importer, the gap between its imports and exports has continued to widen. By 2019, it had become

Business , COVID-19 , Data & Reports , Environment , Health , Resources , SDGs , Sustainable Development , Waste , Water / 05/01/2022

Bottled water sales rose globally as pandemic took hold

Fiona Broom Families in some of the poorest parts of the world turned to buying bottled water as the pandemic sent countries into lockdown, with larger chunks of incomes being spent on drinking water, SciDev.Net analysis shows. Lack of access to safe water or adequate infrastructure, coupled with he

Biodiversity , Business , Climate , Corruption , Environment , Food , Forests , Governance , Human Rights , Refugees , Resources , Sustainable Development , Water / 03/16/2022

Is Nature Based Solutions greenwashing-numerous organizations write an open letter

From the conservation industry’s perspective, the idea is simple: corporations pay them to enclose forests or plant trees on land they claim is “degraded” and which could absorb more carbon if restored. In return, the corporations claim that the climate damage from their ongoing gr

Climate , Disasters , Environment , Opinions , Sustainable Development , Water / 03/08/2022

Why a ‘one-in-a-thousand-year’ flood could become the norm in Australia

Notwithstanding the Australian government’s sub-par climate policies, Australia has created a government agency for recovery and resilience, a disaster risk reduction framework, and national adaptation guidance. The east coast of Australia is experiencing one of its worst floods in recent history.

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