Biodiversity
Food trade takes a mixed stance on new genetic engineering in EU
So far, GMO-free agriculture in Germany and Europe has been a success story: fields have been largely free of GM crops for years, and […]
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Biodiversity
Forget logging or hunting – two Assam villages in India embrace eco-tourism
Gurvinder Singh Giving up hunting and tree felling, two Assamese villages are conserving their forest habitat rather than let their natural resources erode. With […]
Biodiversity
Cover-up: Brazilian government plot to open up uncontacted tribe’s territory revealed
An extraordinary plot to open up an uncontacted tribe’s territory for exploitation, and suppress evidence of the tribe’s existence, has been revealed in Brazil. […]
Sustainable Business
A new range of social innovators and business leaders awarded by Schwab Foundation
From a Brazilian entrepreneur using hip-hop to turn Favela youth away from crime, a Dutch nurse revolutionizing home healthcare and a park ranger turned […]
Sustainable Business
NOAA Report Shows 310 Climate-Linked Disasters Cost US Over $2 Trillion Since 1980
Brett Wilkins This report underscores the reality of how the climate crisis is already affecting people’s lives and the economy As new statistics published Monday […]
Aid
New German Government to have super ministry for both climate and economic affairs
The three-way coalition set to assume power under chancellor-in-spe Olaf Scholz further prioritizes the environmental and digital sectors while maintaining traditional German economic strengths […]
Sustainable Business
It’s time to look at the other greenhouse gases – methane and nitrous oxide
Lily Hess Addressing emissions other than those from CO2 could significantly stymie temperature rise When it comes to climate change, carbon dioxide is by […]
Sustainable Business
Everyday corruption in PNG: a way of life?
Teddy Winn In PNG there are many laws against corruption. There are also a host of integrity agencies, a new Independent Commission against Corruption, […]
Biodiversity
Human rights abuses reported from Kenya conservation efforts linked to British Royals
The areas under “conservancies” are the ancestral grazing lands of pastoralist peoples such as the Samburu and Maasai, who have been managing these lands […]
Aid
COP26: What was agreed at the Glasgow climate talks?
Christopher Davy The Paris rulebook has been finalised, the focus has been put on cutting emissions this decade, but developing countries are left dissatisfied […]
Biodiversity
WTO must ban harmful fisheries subsidies: Global Open Letter
To curb overfishing, biodiversity degradation and loss, and CO2 emissions, and to safeguard food and livelihoods, WTO members must prohibit fisheries subsidies that cause harm Sustainably […]
Biodiversity
COP26 Report Reveals ‘Massive’ Credibility Gap Between Climate Commitments and 1.5°C Target
Julia Conley If all the announced net-zero commitments are implemented, the global temperature would rise 1.8°C by 2100, policy experts said, adding, “but this […]