COVID-19
Recover Better With Nature: Personhood Rights to Rivers can help
It is now clear that when humans shut down, rivers flow healthy. The evidences that we have gathered during the Covid19 lockdown should be […]
Category: Sustainable Development
Climate
Siberia heatwave: why the Arctic is warming so much faster than the rest of the world
Jonathan Bamber, University of Bristol On the eve of the summer solstice, something very worrying happened in the Arctic Circle. For the first time […]
COVID-19
Drinking Surged During The Pandemic in US. Do You Know The Signs Of Addiction?
Alex Smith Retail alcohol sales jumped by 55% nationally during the third week of March, when many stay-at-home orders were put in place Despite […]
Sustainable Business
Reusable Plastic safe during COVID Pandemic: Health Experts
Over 125 health experts from 19 countries signed onto a statement assuring retailers and consumers that reusables are safe during COVID-19, pushing back on claims […]
Aid
Oxfam Australia’s woes: a sign of the times?
Stephen Howes & Sherman Surandiran Recently, public donations to Australian development NGOs have been falling since 2015. Oxfam has not escaped this general trend; to […]
Sustainable Business
A total fossil fuel lockdown must for a climate revolution: UNEP & REN21
Even if the COVID lockdowns were to continue for a decade, the change would not be sufficient; the current system and current market rules […]
Biodiversity
A recently-contacted tribe is the ‘most infected’ in Brazil
The Arara people of the Cachoeira Seca (Dry Waterfall) territory have been revealed as the tribe with the highest known rate of Covid-19 infection in the Brazilian […]
Aid
UK strips aid ministry of independence
Fiona Broom The world’s second-biggest global donor among developed countries has announced it will strip its aid ministry of independence by merging it with […]
Climate
Chinese farmers have been capturing a potent greenhouse gas for decades
Karen Mancl Millions of farmers use anaerobic digesters to capture methane from manure, which has also improved indoor air by reducing wood burning Spreading manure on crops […]
Biodiversity
The Baghjan Blowout: The Disastrous Oil Spill in Upper Assam and its Impacts
Keshoba Krishna Chatradhara The Baghjan oil spill poses a serious threat to the rich biodiversity of Dibru-Saikhowa National Park. Dibru-Saikhowa and the satellite areas are […]
Aid
European Investment Bank to invest € 7.5 billion for various sectors including COVID-19
€ 3.2 billion for COVID-19 public health, elderly care and targeted business support € 1.5 billion for clean transport, including electric vehicle, high speed […]
Aid
Human interest story: Strengthening livelihoods, Restoring the rainforest in Philippines
Arianne Gijsenbergh This human interest story tells the inspiring tale of Linda Deconlay, a member of the indigenous Talaandig Tribe, who is participating in […]