Pollution
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Deforestation destroyed more than two football fields of Brazil’s Amazon a minute last year
Deforestation destroyed the equivalent of more than two football pitches each minute in the Brazilian Amazon in 2020, another devastating…
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Sustainable cities after COVID-19: are Barcelona-style green zones the answer?
Previously bustling city centres remain empty, shunned in favour of suburban or rural areas where social distancing is easier and…
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Deadliest plastics: bags and packaging biggest marine life killers, study finds
Plastic bags and flexible packaging are the deadliest plastic items in the ocean, killing wildlife including whales, dolphins, turtles and…
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United Nations urges world leaders to declare a state of climate emergency
More than 70 world leaders were due to address the one-day virtual gathering aimed at building momentum for much steeper…
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8 things to know about Saturday’s UN climate summit
On the fifth birthday of the Paris Agreement on Saturday, a U.N. climate summit will test how far political leaders…
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Human-made materials now outweigh Earth’s entire biomass – study
The giant human footprint stamped across the world in 2020 is greater than the impact on the planet of all…
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Paris Agreement: aiming for 1.5°C target could slow global warming within next two decades
But global temperatures have already increased by nearly 1.2°C, and continue to rise at around 0.2°C per decade. Christine McKenna…
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What the People Want Is Climate Leadership
Though the task is enormous, new survey findings show that the public is on their side. Ambroise Fayolle Project Syndicate…
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It might be the world’s biggest ocean, but the mighty Pacific is in peril
Yet across its reach – from Antarctica in the south to the Arctic in the north, and from Asia to…
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Scrap gas pipeline in eastern Med due to climate cost, says report
The giant gas reserves at the heart of a bitter political standoff between Greece and Turkey could lead to the…
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British Prime Minister Boris Johnson tells Scott Morrison it’s time for ‘bold action’ on climate change
But a statement from Mr Morrison described the call differently, noting that Mr Johnson “welcomed” Australian emissions reduction initiatives and…
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Air pollution attributed to at least 150 Covid-19 deaths in Ireland – study
At least 150 Covid-19 deaths in Ireland are attributable to long-term exposure to air pollution, according to a new study. Paul Cullen…
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The war against plastic is distracting us from pollution that cannot be seen
In a collaboration with experts from the environmental sciences, engineering, industry, policy and charities, we have written a paper in…
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What Germany can teach the US about quitting coal
In Lusatia, there is a saying: “God created the beautiful landscape, and the devil put the coal underneath it.” Dan…
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‘Wilfully destructive’: Natural disasters nearly double under climate change, UN says
Climate change is largely to blame for a near doubling of natural disasters in the past 20 years, the United…
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Human rights complaint urges Rio Tinto fix environmental ‘disaster’ at Bougainville mine site
Each morning, Theonila Roka Matbob walks down to the river that flows near her village, and looks at the water…
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