Climate change is driving mollusks extinct in the eastern Mediterranean
To see how climate change is already devastating fragile ecosystems, look no further than the eastern Mediterranean.
If you want to see how climate change...
U.S. sees record number of billion-dollar disasters in 2020
Climate change is playing a role in the frequency and in some types of extreme weather that lead to billion-dollar disasters.
The United States saw...
The open burning of waste poses grave health risks to millions
Uncontrolled burning of waste is particularly widespread in low- and middle-income countries.
We’re generating more waste than at any other time in history what with...
Saving Malaysia’s last wild tigers is an uphill struggle
“It is sad that our tigers’ future is uncertain, and we Malaysians are singularly responsible.”
The fate of the Malayan tiger (Panthera tigris jacksoni) in...
€672.5 billion is at stake – the Decisions behind Closed Doors...
Central and Eastern Europe’s unambitious and vague Green Recovery plans would perpetuate the unsustainable status-quo.
7 January 2021 - Member States in Central and Eastern...
Plants, too, have their circadian rhythms, which can help farmers
Some plants are early birds while others are more like late risers.
Some people are early birds, going to bed early and rising with the...
Solar panels could soon be transparent enough to be windows
Currently, many new panel designs are opaque, which prevents them from being integrated into everyday objects.
Solar energy is set to become a dominant form...
How to cut carbon emissions from coffee
Weight for weight, coffee produced by the least sustainable means generates as much carbon dioxide as cheese.
For many of us, coffee is essential. It allows...
The past, the present and The Ministry for the Future
Like the CO2 readings at Mauna Loa, creeping up in the present, what’s clear at the start of this new year is that the...
20by2020 Improves the Lives of Thousands of Fishermen and their Families...
The deployment is a unique collaboration between two leading Zayed Sustainability Prize winners to provide sustainable energy solutions to fishing communities
Abu Dhabi, United...
The online wildlife trade carries the risk of another pandemic
“We found no, or very few, people addressing the links between COVID-19 and the wildlife trade.”
The illegal wildlife trade is posing an existential risk...
The UK keeps setting new records with wind power
The country’s government wants to have every home powered by wind energy within a decade.
Gales blowing across damp windswept landscapes around parts of Great...
