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Climate change could force 1.2 billion to move by 2050. Is the world even remotely ready?

Climate change could force 1.2 billion to move by 2050. Is...

In a world beset by rising temperatures, devastating storms, and flash floods, climate migration and disaster displacement are quickly becoming the signal 21st century...
Will the world join Indigenous peoples in relationship with nature at COP-15? (commentary)

Will the world join Indigenous peoples in relationship with nature at...

Indigenous peoples are recognized as the world’s top conservationists and protectors of biodiversity, and have a strong presence at the COP-15 meetings on biodiversity...
Climate change is hammering insects — in the tropics and everywhere else: Scientists

Climate change is hammering insects — in the tropics and everywhere...

A new review paper finds that climate change is pounding insects in a wide variety of ways all over the world.Because insects are so...
Airborne microplastics are another serious air pollution hazard

Airborne microplastics are another serious air pollution hazard

Airborne pollutants are a major risk factor to people in urban areas worldwide and they include a whole host of minute particles and toxins...
Swiss researchers show new ponds boost species at risk

Swiss researchers show new ponds boost species at risk

Local authorities and nonprofits created hundreds of new ponds on farms and in forests in a Swiss state.Two decades of monitoring 12 amphibian species...
Innovating Finance for Climate Change as Policymakers Gather for the U.S.- Africa Leaders Summit 2022

Innovating Finance for Climate Change as Policymakers Gather for the U.S.-...

Sponsored by Bank of America and Africa Finance Corporation in collaboration with Africa.com WASHINGTON, USA, 13 December, 2022 -/African Media Agency(AMA)/- Africa.com, Bank of America and...
How agroforestry can restore degraded lands and provide income in the Amazon

How agroforestry can restore degraded lands and provide income in the...

As Brazil prepares to turn the page on the Bolsonaro government, finding sustainable and economically viable alternatives for the Amazon region remains challenging.Advocates tout...
Fears for academic freedom as Indonesia doubles down on scientists’ ban

Fears for academic freedom as Indonesia doubles down on scientists’ ban

Indonesian academics continue to question the government’s justification for banning five foreign scientists who called out the official narrative that the country’s orangutan populations...
Will FTX’s demise shift sinking Miami’s crypto embrace? (commentary)

Will FTX’s demise shift sinking Miami’s crypto embrace? (commentary)

Encouraged by a Bitcoin-friendly mayor, Miami has become a cryptocurrency capital, of sorts.This seems ironic because low-lying city is extremely vulnerable to sea level...
WWF SA identifies 4 Disruptive trends in local charitable giving

Haleon partners with WWF on water replenishment project in Western Cape

Haleon and the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) today announced a new partnership to support water replenishment activities in the Western Cape’s catchment...
Mennonites deforest Peruvian Amazon, encroach on Indigenous lands

Mennonites deforest Peruvian Amazon, encroach on Indigenous lands

Chasing Deforestation is a series that explores the world’s most threatened forests through satellite data and reporters on the ground.Host Romi Castagnino travels to...
Peat on land and kelp at sea as Argentina protects tip of Tierra del Fuego

Peat on land and kelp at sea as Argentina protects tip...

Argentinian legislators recently approved a law to permanently protect the Mitre Peninsula at the tip of South America, which harbors vast peatlands and kelp...