A World Bank-backed project has been criticised by rice farmers for high costs and poor returns. Can its proposed second phase salvage things?
Trần Thanh Bảy, a 65-year-old farmer in southern…
One of the most dangerous countries for environmental defenders, the Philippines is seeing a concerning fall in interest for forestry training.
Forester Nick Manlisis recalls an incident in 2015,…
Communities impacted by a multi-billion-dollar climate deal to help Indonesia shift from polluting coal power to renewable energy are at risk of losing out because they have had limited involvement…
Typhoon Haiyan survivors demand climate justice ten years on
As global negotiations on loss and damage concluded their final meeting before COP28, those left behind from the Philippines’ deadliest…
As officials prepare to gather in Nairobi, Kenya, for the third stage of talks on a UN plastic pollution treaty, new photos show the scale of the waste problem less than 8 miles from the UN…
Move would cost less than $5bn and cut toll of deaths from power outages and lack of supply, Cop28 delegates will hear
All healthcare facilities in poorer countries could be electrified using solar…
Vanessa Kerry is on a mission. A critical care doctor, she founded – and runs – Seed Global Health, an organisation that trains medics working in poor countries. But now Kerry, 46, daughter of the US…
Inaction on the climate crisis is ‘costing lives and livelihoods’ due to extreme heat, food insecurity and infectious diseases, say scientists
The climate crisis will have a catastrophic effect on…
State-run oil and gas fields in the United Arab Emirates have been flaring gas virtually daily despite having committed 20 years ago to a policy of zero routine flaring, the Guardian can reveal.
Improvement targets for horticulture and poultry reduced after lobbying from National Farmers’ Union
The UK government has weakened energy efficiency targets for farmers after lobbying from the…
At the bottom of a ravine, near the mountain town of Ulog, in Bosnia and Herzegovina, lie the sparkling turquoise waters of the Ljuta, a tributary of the Neretva. In its upper stretches, the Neretva…
Researcher says data suggests permit conditions breached on up to 70 days, but United Utilities disputes findings
Suspected illegal dumping of raw sewage into Windermere took place on up to 70 days…
Mammoth efforts to grow seaweed are springing up in the Philippines and beyond, and they’re in line for Elon Musk’s ‘largest incentive prize in history’. Meddling with the ocean to grow them, however…
Scientists in eastern China find 24 out of 28 water samples have plastic particles commonly seen in synthetic fibers and packaging
Air, water, soil, food and even blood – microplastics have found…
Former chair of climate change committee says UK’s decision has encouraged other countries to keep exploiting fossil fuels
The UK’s decision to open a new coalmine in Cumbria was a “disaster” that…
Species populations falling, with some decreasing due to loss of habitat and less food availability
More than half the seabird species breeding on British and Irish coasts have declined over the…
Concerns rose when no wind projects were put forward for government’s recent clean energy auction
The government will offer significantly higher subsidies for new offshore windfarms after crisis…
One in three children in Delhi is already asthmatic, with many more at risk of organ damage from breathing noxious air. A crowded waiting room at one children’s hospital tells the story
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