Nepal’s deadly floods trigger calls for climate adaptation
Nepal is grappling with the aftermath of record floods that killed at least 246 people, including 32 children. The late September floods also displaced more than 10,000 households across the nation’s...
View Article‘World’s largest’ carbon credit deal in the Amazon faces bumpy road ahead
NEW YORK CITY, U.S. — The Brazilian state of Pará, home to a quarter of the country’s Amazon Rainforest, signed what it has deemed “the largest carbon credit deal in the world.” Per the agreement, the...
View ArticleThe life and legacy of Ryan Killackey, the filmmaker who rallied...
Ryan Killackey, who passed away on October 4, 2024 at the age of 46, was a tireless defender of the natural world, a voice for Indigenous peoples, and a documentarian who sought to bring the farthest...
View ArticleNGOs push EU to label Sarawak as ‘high risk’ source of timber, palm oil
A coalition of Indigenous and human rights groups are hoping new European Union trade regulations could help pressure timber and oil palm industries in Malaysia’s Sarawak state into respecting...
View ArticleCan cap and trade work in the US?
Recently, the state of Washington embarked on an ambitious new plan to combat climate change. Taking a page from economics textbooks, the state instituted a statewide “cap and trade” system for carbon...
View ArticleWildlife numbers fall by 73% in 50 years, global stocktake finds
Getty Images Human activity is continuing to drive what conservation charity the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) calls a “catastrophic” loss of species. From elephants in tropical forests to...
View ArticleJavan fisherwomen lead fight against marine dredging amid fears of damage
JAKARTA — Fisherwomen on the north coast of Indonesia’s Java Island are leading the fight against the government’s decision to dredge sea sand for export, warning the activity may exacerbate the...
View ArticleExplorer Shackleton’s lost ship as never seen before
After more than 100 years hidden in the icy waters of Antarctica, Sir Ernest Shackleton’s ship Endurance has been revealed in extraordinary 3D detail. For the first time we can see the vessel, which...
View ArticleNews of rich mineral reserves in Burundi forest reserve sparks debate
The announcement of tin and coltan deposits potentially worth tens of billions of dollars “discovered” beneath a forest reserve has taken Burundi by storm, raising questions about its veracity and...
View ArticleNigerian anti-corruption body partners with EIA to combat wildlife crime
Nigeria’s anti-corruption body is partnering with the London-based Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) to address wildlife trafficking. The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related...
View ArticleForest fires rage across South America, devastating the Amazon and beyond
Wildfires have scorched millions of hectares of forest across South America so far this year. From Bolivia to Brazil, Peru to Argentina, the continent has been gripped by one of its worst fire seasons...
View ArticleCommunity-led wetland restoration may hold key to Harare’s water crisis
HARARE — By 6 a.m. on Sunday, the line at a water well in Harare’s Budiriro suburb is already long. It snakes all the way into a nearby street, and some people have begun fighting over who should get...
View ArticleDespite court ruling, Yaqui water rights abuses ignored
YAQUI VALLEY, Mexico – More than a decade after a court ruling that an aqueduct violated the Yaqui tribe’s rights, the Mexican government has done nothing in response, say locals. The Independencia...
View ArticleWorld Bank’s IFC must pay reparations to Honduran farmers, US court rules
AGUÁN VALLEY, Honduras — In the years after 2018, during periods when the threats subsided and the paramilitary gunmen didn’t show up, nights in the village of Panamá were peaceful. People meandered...
View ArticleWhat’s next for Elon Musk’s SpaceX Starship rocket?
Getty Images Elon Musk wants his new rocket to revolutionise spaceflight. And that rocket, Starship, is now the largest and most powerful spacecraft ever built. It’s also designed to be fully and...
View ArticleWith Europe’s move to delay tropical forest protections, everything burns...
Forests. We can’t live without them. If they burn, we die. Many forests are at risk today. The Amazon has been so damaged that it may shift from being a carbon sink to a carbon source and morph into a...
View ArticleResidents of Cancer Alley have fewer protections against environmental...
People who live in one of the nation’s most toxic areas for air pollution — known as Cancer Alley — have lost the ability to sue for protection from environmental racism. The post Residents of Cancer...
View ArticleColorado ski town celebrates after local mountain is forever protected from...
Crested Butte, Colo., has lived with the threat of a huge open pit mine for 50 years. It’s now officially rejected, and a street dance and community hike close the door on long held anxiety. The post...
View ArticleHurricane Milton’s path of destruction
Hurricane Milton tore a path of destruction through Florida late Wednesday, leaving multiple dead and wrenching buildings apart. Many across the southeastern U.S. were still struggling to recover from...
View ArticleClimate change drives rise in rainfall, ‘Christmas typhoons’ in Philippines
The Philippines experienced an increase in “Christmas typhoons” and tropical cyclone-induced rainfall over the last couple of decades, according to the country’s latest climate report. The report, to...
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