Africa wants its climate money. Will rich countries pay?
This year’s U.N. climate conference, set to be held in Egypt, is being seen by negotiators and climate advocates in Africa as an opportunity...
In the Amazon, Bolsonaro’s far right may retain power even if...
While polls show former president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva ahead in the upcoming elections, far-right ideology persists in the Amazon region.Bolsonaro’s allies lead...
Changing public perceptions lies at the heart of Malmö’s greening strategy
The environmental mantra of Malmö sounds simple: it should be easy for the city’s residents to make climate-smart choices.
By Kassia Rudd
The environmental mantra of...
Reducing beef’s carbon footprint is key to achieving net-zero in Latin...
Almost a dozen countries in Latin America and the Caribbean have pledged to reach net-zero emissions by around 2050.Agriculture and related land-use changes are...
Bangladeshi industries explore renewables as power crisis looms
Although Bangladesh achieved 100% access to electricity for all people in March 2022, dwindling gas reserves, alongside a jump in global prices of Liquefied...
Java fishers struggle with seine net ban amid rising costs, falling...
Fishers on the north coast of Java are struggling to adapt to a ban on the seine net, with many boats confined to port...
Indigenous leader’s court win halts one of Australia’s ‘dirtiest gas projects’
Indigenous community members from the Tiwi Islands off the northern coast of Australia took Santos Limited to court, arguing that the company did not...
Guatemalans strongly reject mining project in local referendum
Nearly 88% of participating residents voted against metallic mining in a municipal referendum in Asunción Mita, in southeastern Guatemala.Locals fear the Cerro Blanco gold...
Many palm species are facing the risk of extinction
“We need to do all we can to protect more than a thousand palm species that we now know may be threatened.”
Palm trees are...
Another consequential year for the melting Arctic
Arctic sea ice extent shrank to its summertime minimum this week — tied with 2017 and 2018 for the 10th lowest ever recorded. However,...
The mystery of narwhal behavior, solved by chaos theory
Researchers have used mathematical models based on chaos theory to analyze the movements of a pod of satellite-tagged narwhals.Around solar noon, narwhals rest nearer...
Palm oil firms not acting fast enough on no-deforestation vows: Report
Only 22% of companies sourcing or producing palm oil in Indonesia have public and comprehensive no-deforestation policies, a new report by London-based nonprofit CDP...
