Responding to the climate crisis

Μετά την επικύρωση από 51 χώρες κράτη μέλη στις 22 Ιανουαρίου 2021 τίθεται σε ισχύ από τον ΟΗΕ ο Διεθνής νόμος Πλήρους Απαγόρευσης των Πυρηνικών όπλων, ο οποίος υπερψηφίστηκε στις 7-7-2019 και για…

  As part of the Sustainable Markets Initiative, HRH The Prince of Wales, announces the ‘Terra Carta’ – a charter that puts sustainability at the heart of the private sector.  HRH The Prince of…

  Climate strikers announce date for next global climate strike

Bright yellow stickers warn drivers burning of gasoline has ‘major consequences on human health and the environment’ Cambridge, Massachusetts, has become the first US city to mandate the placing of…

A decarbonisation rate of 11.7% per year is now required to keep warming within 1.5°C, according to new analysis from PwC. 

Lefteris Arapakis comes from a long line of fishers. For five generations his family has plied the bountiful waters off southern Greece, netting the same cod and red mulls that have sustained Greeks…

Five years after the Paris Agreement was adopted during the COP 21, and as the United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres just called on leaders worldwide to declare a State of Climate…

The average American spends 90% of their time indoors. Unfortunately, indoor air quality ranks as one of the top threats to human health, according to the EPA. Indoor air is commonly 2 to 5 times…

Good news to report: The COVID-19 pandemic has not stopped people from recycling. In fact, some people are recycling even more.

Sleep is bliss, but it isn’t always environmentally responsible. Many mattresses contain a toxic brew of chemicals — from flame-retardant chemicals like polybrominated diphenyl ethers to formaldehyde…

Use your microwave 10 minutes less a day and reduce your CO2 emissions by up to 610 pounds a year, depending upon the source of your electricity.       27 Οctober 2020 Earth911

Around the holidays, it's estimated that Americans throw out an extra 1 million tons of trash per week – and one of the biggest offenders of seasonal waste is single-use gift wrap. Use the tips in…

New report today sets out most urgent climate actions for world leaders in 2021, amid rising climate and unemployment anxiety among “Generation COVID”

After ongoing pressure from environmental groups and Indigenous communities, Bank of America has said it will not finance any oil and gas exploration in the Arctic, making it the last major U.S.…

Young people from 140 countries presented policies to UK climate action champion. Young people from 140 countries who attended an online “mock Cop26” climate summit have presented a treaty of 18…

Growing numbers of organizations and individuals have signed a text from Climate Strike organiz

Fourteen nations have made an unprecedented and welcome commitment to use marine ecosystems sustainably. It is equally important to establish a system to hold them to account. Next year sees the…

Two organisations will work closely to enhance policy, support project development, and attract investments to the Pacific

At the Sustainable Innovation Forum 2020, David Kabua, President of the Marshall Islands has called on governments around the world to submit their Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) ahead of…

In the South Atlantic Ocean, a tiny island of 250 people has made a significant contribution to global marine conservation by protecting a huge swath of ocean under its control.