Parliament approved a new law on Wednesday, banning throwaway plastics such as cotton bud sticks, cutlery, straws, stirrers and plates.
According to the European Commission, more than 80 per cent of…
The European Union decided to ban plastic consumer items including plates, cutlery and straws as of 2021 to help clean up oceans.
The prohibition on single-use plastics approved by the European…
All over the world cities are grappling with apocalyptic air pollution but the capital of Mongolia is suffering from some of the worst in the world.
And the problem is intrinsically linked to…
Turkey is the fastest growing OECD economy with rapidly increasing greenhouse gas emissions. Since 2008, its economic growth has been relatively decoupled from air emissions, energy use, waste…
China to host World Environment Day 2019 on Air Pollution
Nairobi, 15 March 2019 – Today, the head of Chinese delegation, Zhao Yingmin, Vice Minister of Ecology and Environment, and Joyce Msuya,…
Antigua and Barbuda, Trinidad and Tobago and Paraguay join Clean Seas campaign during UN Environment Assembly
Three new Clean Seas signatories bring number of Latin American and Caribbean…
The most comprehensive and rigorous assessment on the state of the environment completed by the UN in the last five years was published today, warning that damage to the planet is so dire that…
The South African capital’s crippling water crisis has spawned a host of new taboos and industries.
It’s 11 am on a Saturday, and both my Cape Town local mall and my bladder are pumping. After one B…
Over 4,700 people gather to consider new policies, technologies and innovative solutions for achieving sustainable consumption and production.
Outcomes from the meeting will set the global…
New analysis by the Environmental Integrity Project has found that most US coal plants are contaminating groundwater with toxins.
An examination has found that 91 per cent of coal-fired power plants…
Up to a third of the plant life occupying the African savannah could be driven to extinction as CO2 is pumped into the atmosphere, scientists have warned.
A new study suggests that besides warming…