Milena Maglovski
IUCN Closing Statement – Part One of the UN Biodiversity Conference

The first part of the 15th Conference of the Parties (COP15) to the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) closed on Friday 15 October 2021. As we look to the UN Climate Change Conference beginning on 31 October, we must also…
Landmark UN Resolution Confirms Healthy Environment is a Human Right

Nemonte Nenquimo, a member of the Waorani indigenous community in Ecuador says she is of “warrior blood.” Her weapon of choice has been an unusual one: the lawsuit. In 2019, under Nenquimo’s leadership, the Waorani sued the Ecuadorian government for…
4 Myths About Industrial Agriculture

Our lives revolve around food. It’s part of our cultures and our heritages, and our social interactions are often centered on it. Yet, it’s a privilege to be able to have meals every day. Even though the world produces more…
Launch of the Western Balkans Coal Regions in Transition Public Perception Survey

The World Bank’s Energy & Extractives Global Practice, together with the Energy Community Secretariat, launched on 11 October the Western Balkans Coal Regions in Transition Public Perception Survey, to be conducted across the coal regions of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo*, Montenegro, North…
Antarctica Shows Everything Is Possible When We Work Together – Now We Need Leaders To Make History Again

30 years ago, something remarkable happened. Governments around the world agreed to make the Antarctic off limits to oil drilling and mining. In the 1980s the debate of the fate of the Antarctic got intense, as interest in the continent’s…
IEA works with Italy and UNEP in push for projects that use digital technologies to support flexible and resilient energy systems

The International Energy Agency is teaming up with the Italian Ministry of Ecological Transition (IMET) and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) to call for pilot projects on how digitalisation can contribute to flexible and resilient energy systems. The initiative, a follow-up…
Climate Scientists win Nobel Prize for Physics

The World Meteorological Community and the international science community have welcomed the awarding of the 2021 Nobel Prize in Physics to pioneering climate scientists who laid the foundations for our understanding of the role of human activities and greenhouse gases in climate…



