Climate
A testimony of water challenges in south-east Asia
Nextblue Urban growth, temperature rise and melting glaciers threaten river deltas around the world. South-east Asia – from India to China – in particular […]
Category: Governance
Biodiversity
Another poor wet season endangers Cambodia’s biggest lake and its people
Ate Hoekstra, Yon Sineat Climate change, unsustainable and illegal fishing and the proliferation of hydropower dams on rivers that feed Tonle Sap threaten the livelihoods […]
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
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, […]
Aid
Indigenous people get less than 1% of climate funding? It’s actually worse (commentary)
Torbjørn Gjefsen The lead author of a Rainforest Foundation Norway report showing how little funding goes to Indigenous peoples and local communities (IPLCs) for […]
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 […]
Cities
We must recognise cities as waterscapes
and Ajaya Dixit Recurring floods in major cities point to need for moving away from land-centric urbanism Chennai is flooded. The north-east monsoon that […]
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 […]
Climate
More men in Glasgow: Check the gender imbalance data at COP 26
Glasgow COP with over 40,000 registered delegates is the biggest COP till date, but gender based data shows that in COP 26, there was […]
Aid
Global South observers ‘blocked from COP26 negotiations’
Fiona Broom A participation revolution is needed to stop the “outrageous” exclusion of civil society and the global South from major international talks, development […]
Cities
Cities need net-zero commitments as climate induced internally displaced people keeps increasing
Women and girls make up over half of the world’s IDPs, 5 million IDPs are living with disabilities, an estimated 2.6 million are elderly, […]
Cities
Sewage pollution: our research reveals the scale of England’s growing problem
Sarah Purnell, University of Brighton and James Edward Ebdon, University of Brighton The UK has around 1,500 individual river systems, totalling over 200,000 km […]