Pushed out of their village by a drought and lack of food, a group of Nepalis are fighting to amplify the voices of those forced to relocate by the planet’s warming.
DHYE, Nepal — High in the…
IIED director Andrew Norton looks at some of the emerging impacts of the coronavirus outbreak, and discusses the possible longer-term effects of the pandemic.
Coronavirus was declared a pandemic by…
While the world rightfully focuses on the Covid-19 pandemic, the planet is still warming. This summer’s Antarctic weather, as elsewhere in the world, was unprecedented in the observed record.
Think of Antarctica and it is probably sweeping expanses of ice, and the odd penguin, that come to mind. But at the time of the dinosaurs the continent was covered in swampy rainforest.
Now experts…
Stock markets around the world had some of their worst performance in decades this past week, well surpassing that of the global financial crisis in 2008. Restrictions in the free movement of people…
When the Berlin Wall fell in 1989 and the Soviet Union ultimately collapsed in 1991, the world changed. The end to the Cold War corresponded with prosperity, balanced budgets and the rise of dot.coms…
From 1 - 4 September 2020, ISES is pleased to present EuroSun 2020 - the 13th International Conference on Solar Energy for Buildings and Industry taking place in Athens, Greece.
EuroSun 2020 will…
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- In accordance with health guidance from the CDC, WHO and other health authorities, we have decided to cancel Innovate4Climate (I4C) 2020 from taking place in Barcelona, Spain on…
Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) is collaborating with the Co-Creation Hub (CcHUB), the leading technology innovation centre in Africa, to launch a call, for innovative…
Crucial UN conference will be delayed until next year as a result of the coronavirus crisis.
The UN climate talks due to be held in Glasgow later this year have been postponed as governments around…
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The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs launched a Consolidated Global Humanitarian Appeal to support approximately 40 vulnerable countries in fighting COVID-19.