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30 10 2020 | 10:38

Protecting nature is vital to escape 'era of pandemics’ – report.

Halting destruction of wild places could slow frequency of deadly outbreaks, say scientists. The world is in an “era of pandemics” and unless the destruction of the natural world is halted they will…

30 10 2020 | 10:28

2020 likely to be one of warmest years on record despite La Niña.

Climate crisis exacerbates extreme weather during natural events, say experts. La Niña climate event is under way, heralding a colder and stormier winter than usual across the northern hemisphere,…

29 10 2020 | 14:54

One thing you can do: Vote

The United States is the world’s second-largest emitter of planet-warming greenhouse gasses and the presidential election next week will have a big impact on the extent to which those emissions are…

29 10 2020 | 14:38

Banks lent $2.6tn linked to ecosystem and wildlife destruction in 2019 – report.

Lack of policies regulating impact on natural world means finance industry effectively bankrolling biodiversity loss, analysis finds. The world’s largest investment banks provided more than $2.6tn…

29 10 2020 | 14:26

International legal experts head to Africa to support courts in poaching fight.

Before the scheme, only 24 per cent of wildlife crime prosecutions in Kenya ended in conviction, writes Abbianca Makoni. Global legal experts including from Britain experienced in sharpening laws…

29 10 2020 | 14:06

More than 200,000 tonnes of plastic leaking into the Mediterranean each year.

Report estimates there is already 100 million tonnes of plastic in the sea, with rate of pollution set to rise. Over 200,000 tonnes of plastic are being released into the Mediterranean Sea every…

27 10 2020 | 12:33

Climate change: 'Dangerous and dirty' used cars sold to Africa.

Millions of highly polluting used cars from rich countries are being "dumped" on developing nations, according to a UN report. Between 2015 and 2018, some 14 million older, poor quality vehicles…

27 10 2020 | 10:24

Feeling the heat over Arctic sea ice.

David Nowell thinks Extinction Rebellion should focus on insulating homes, running public transport cooperatives and campaigning for major economic reforms, while Iain Climie says late Arctic ice…

27 10 2020 | 09:57

World`s largest PV plant grid connected.

The grid-connected 2.2 gigawatt PV plant is located in Qinghai Province/China at an average altitude of over 3000 m. Huawei provided 1.6 GW of inverters with high voltage ride-through capability.

27 10 2020 | 09:35

Key player in war on climate change? The Pentagon.

In the final presidential debate Thursday night, Vice President Joe Biden called climate change an "existential threat to humanity" that we have a moral obligation to address. Whoever leads the…

27 10 2020 | 09:26

Climate change increasingly threatens human health, food and water security and socio-economic development in Africa.

Multi-agency report highlights the current and future state of the climate in Africa  Geneva/Addis Ababa, 26 October 2020 – Increasing temperatures and sea levels, changing precipitation patterns…

27 10 2020 | 09:20

South African environmental activist shot dead in her home.

Fikile Ntshangase was involved in legal dispute over extension of coalmine in KwaZulu-Natal. A South African environmental activist who opposed the extension of a coalmine near her home has been…

26 10 2020 | 15:02

The Global Youth Led Campaign To Save Bugoma Forest. NEMA Revoke ESIA certificate.

Bugoma Forest is continuing to face serious threats from loggers, farmers, and NEMA a government agency entrusted with protecting our natural resources. It should be recalled that the National…

26 10 2020 | 10:28

Climate crisis: Extinction Rebellion blockades gates at Ineos refinery after government data shows firm is major source of pollutants.

‘We are here to expose the climate destruction that Ineos is causing,’ activists say. Extinction Rebellion activists have blockaded the gates of Ineos’s Grangemouth oil refinery, after government…

26 10 2020 | 10:21

Campaigners criticise global deal on carbon emissions from shipping.

Green groups say agreement will allow emissions to continue to rise in the next decade. Governments have rejected calls for tougher regulation of international shipping, settling instead for new…

26 10 2020 | 09:57

WWF: Ghost gear is the deadliest form of marine plastic debris.

New report by the WWF calls on governments to act on deadly plastic debris. The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) is urging governments, fishing gear producers and designers, fishers and the general public…

26 10 2020 | 09:53

While We Focus on COVID-19, Trump’s EPA Is Quietly Killing Us.

As the days tick down to next month's presidential election, debate rages over the U.S. government's handling of the COVID-19 pandemic with critics of President Donald Trump calling for his ouster…

25 10 2020 | 11:35

Climate activists, aged nine and 12, detained by police in India for protesting over air pollution.

Licypriya Kangujam and Aarav Seth put in back of police van after demonstrating in New Delhi, which is often blanketed in thick smog. A nine-year-old climate change activist in India was detained by…

25 10 2020 | 11:31

London the worst city in Europe for health costs from air pollution.

Study measured financial impact of car emissions on deaths, health and lost working days in 432 urban areas. The health costs of air pollution from roads are higher in London than any other city in …

25 10 2020 | 11:26

Greta Thunberg accuses MEPs of 'surrender on climate and environment'.

European parliament votes to continue payments to farmers with no green conditions attached. Greta Thunberg, the Swedish school strike pioneer and environmental activist, has accused MEPs of…