Academics and some scientific organizations will stop research activities on 10 June to reflect and take action on systemic inequalities in science.
Thousands of academics and major scientific…
Safeguarding biodiversity can help reduce future health risks making our societies more resilient, but the benefits of biodiversity go far beyond disease protection, contributing to global public…
As governments design stimulus measures for economies hit by the Covid-19 crisis, they should seize the opportunity of historically low oil prices to redirect some of the half a trillion dollars…
On World Environment Day, global institutions working on development, labour and environment have united around key actions for spurring a green, just and transformative recovery.
The Partners for…
UN environment chief and economist warn human wealth depends on nature’s health.
The coronavirus pandemic is an “SOS signal for the human enterprise”, according to a leading economist and the United…
A glut of discarded single-use masks and gloves is washing up on shorelines and littering the seabed.
Conservationists have warned that the coronavirus pandemic could spark a surge in ocean…
The European Commission’s €750 billion recovery fund could be covered financially by new sources of revenue, which include extending the EU’s carbon market to the aviation and shipping sectors, the…
Bonn/ Mountain View, 5 June 2020 - Today, on World Environment Day, UN Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the Google Arts & Culture Lab residency program announce “Heartbeat of the Earth”, a series of…
It's World Environment Day! Today we announce Earth Overshoot Day 2020 lands on August 22. The date is three weeks later than in 2019 due to the impact from coronavirus-induced lockdowns around the…
Atmospheric researchers have pinpointed the spot on Earth with the cleanest air. It's not in the midst of a remote jungle, nor on a deserted tropical island. Instead, the cleanest air in the world is…
Cleaner skies were a silver lining of pandemic but data indicates air quality receding as lockdowns eased.
Air pollution in China has climbed back to pre-pandemic levels, and scientists say Europe…
A new theory, from bottleneck to breakthrough, posits that urbanization, falling fertility and the end of extreme poverty could result in a much greener world than the one we inherited.
The…
UNDP-supported project benefits 80,000 coastal residents in Sinoe County to build climate resilient livelihoods, and protect communities from sea level rise and other life-threatening climate change…
As protests are taking place across our nation in response to the killing of George Floyd, we want to acknowledge the importance of this protest and the Black Lives Matter movement. Over the years,…
How the trappings of fame are causing problems for the placid mammal that has become a star of internet memes and Instagram.
Nobody seems to know quite how the sloth became the rock star of the…
From mapping coronavirus to recording extinctions, Heather Houser describes the intersection of art and data visualization.
A deluge of contested data on crises is prompting writers and artists to…
Various scientific reports published around the world have pointed out the impacts of climate change. The International Panel on Climate Change, for example, outlines in its 2019 report how tropical…
Twenty thousand tonnes of diesel fuel spilled into a river inside the Arctic Circle forcing Vladimir Putin to order a state of emergency.
The spill occurred when a fuel reservoir at a power plant…
Our drain pipes, reservoirs, power lines, roads, sewage systems, and more are all designed based on past climate data. But with the climate crisis comes the uncomfortable realization that the past…
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