Three-quarters of new and emerging infectious diseases in humans originate in wildlife. COVID-19, SARS and Ebola all started this way. The COVID-19 global pandemic has drawn new attention to how…
Politicians warn the climate crisis will lead to more people migrating. But experts say this framing of the issue risks being misleading and dangerous.
You think migration is a challenge to Europe…
Illegal gold diggers have destroyed a 2,000-year-old archaeological site in Sudan in the eastern region of the Sahara desert, official say.
The Jabal Maragha site, which dates from the Meroitic…
Electricity demand fell by 13% in second quarter which helped renewables grow to 40% of energy mix.
Carbon emissions from Britain’s electricity system plunged by more than a third during the…
“The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is the world’s largest business organization representing companies of all sizes across every sector of the economy. They all share one thing: They count on the U.S.…
Coal company Adani sought to raid the home of an environmental activist who opposed its controversial mine in Queensland, Australia's Galilee Basin, court documents have shown.
Solar photovoltaic (PV) panels convert sunlight into energy and continue to play an essential role in the fight to stop the climate crisis. As the pioneering panels of the early 2000s near the end of…
Despite the lush, verdant nature that surrounds the German town of Ulrichstein, residents here — and in the region — suffer from acute water shortages.
Ulrichstein Mayor Edwin Schneider, meanwhile,…
West Mathewson was attacked without warning by lions during one of their regular walks.
A South African conservationist has been killed by lions he hand-reared. West Mathewson, 69, was walking two…
Industrial runoff and lax standards have tainted water across the US. Senators and doctors are calling me, asking what to do.
When I was a little girl, my father would sing songs to me all the time…
On an early December morning last year in the state of Maranhão, Brazil, half a dozen members of the Indigenous Guajajara people packed their bags with food, maps and drone equipment to get ready for…
Researchers to tell UN that loss of biodiversity enables rapid spread of new diseases from animals to humans.
Scientists are to warn world leaders that increasing numbers of deadly new pandemics…
The Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) and Climate Action are hosting a three-part digital event series addressing global food, agriculture, and land use challenges in the…
Richard Murphy and Colin Hines stress the importance of the government spending money on creating jobs as well as on infrastructure to deal with the impact of coronavirus on people and the planet.
HSBC Global Asset Management and Pollination have partnered with the ambition to create the world’s largest dedicated natural capital asset management company.
HSBC Global Asset Management Limited…
Scientists in Kenya have harvested 10 eggs from the last two remaining northern white rhinos in the race to keep the species from total extinction.
The two females – Najin and Fatuwill who are…
Achievement comes following Nigeria vaccination drive, with last cases of wild virus recorded four years ago.
Africa has been declared free from wild polio, after decades of work by a coalition of…
At least 17 dead dolphins washed up on Mauritius' beaches Wednesday, raising questions about what effect the oil spilled from the Japanese cargo tanker MV Wakashio, which ran aground on July 25, is…