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Clear Opportunities to Decouple Europe’s Waste Generation From Economic Growth
In most European countries and in the EU as a whole, waste generation is growing but at a slower pace than the economy. However, there are no signs that the overall objective...
Seven Tips for an Earth-Friendly Holiday Season
Every day we make choices about the world we want to create. As we plan and provide this holiday season, we can choose to be more friendly to the planet, our shared...
Has the zombie apocalypse of forest fires begun?
We have all seen the dramatic, terrifying images of wildfires tearing at devastating speed through forested areas all over the world, from the Amazon to California and throughout Northern Africa and Europe. But...
New Secretariat of the World Network of Mountain Biosphere Reserves Announced
The Bureau of UNESCO’s Man and the Biosphere Programme has unanimously approved the nomination of the Research Centre for Eco-Environmental Sciences of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (China) and the Biosphere Reserve...
How Plastic is Infiltrating the World’s Soils
The images are sobering: dead sea birds and choking turtles caught in the plastic that is increasingly flooding into marine ecosystems. In many parts of the world, this type of plastic pollution has...
At the COP26 Climate Change Conference taking place in Glasgow, a key question is what do all the new pledges by different countries to reduce emissions mean for global warming? This was...
The end of the year is near: a change in seasons and celebrations of traditional holidays around the world. For many, that means an increase in consumption habits. Big brands sit back...
This is what illegal mining in the Amazon looks like
Illegal mining in the Amazon – a threat to local communities’ health and livelihoods – continues to advance in the region. Last week, rumours that gold was found in the Madeira River,...
Lika and Gorski kotar as positive examples of human and bear coexistence
The number of negative news about large carnivores in Slovak media is increasing. For that reason, representatives of WWF Slovakia in cooperation with WWF Adria brought Slovak bear experts to Croatia to...
Flash Flood Guidance System: Vision 2030
Flash floods cause more than 5,000 deaths worldwide annually, exceeding any other flood-related event. As the global population increases, especially in urban areas, and societies continue to encroach upon floodplains, the need...
Car Leasing and Rental Company Plans to Cut Fleet’s Carbon Emissions by a Quarter by 2025
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is investing EUR 10 million in a EUR 48 million sustainability-linked bond issued by Autonom, a Romanian car leasing and rental company.
This is Romania’s...
Will the EU Finally End its Complicity in Global Deforestation?
Once again, government officials and politicians are returning home from the climate negotiations at COP26 in Glasgow with their bags full of promises and pledges to tackle the climate crisis, including lofty pledges...
What Does COP26 Mean for Adaptation?
As the UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) came to a close, news agencies and bloggers ploughed through the Glasgow Climate Pact to make sense of the commitments made to...
COP26 Ends With Agreement But Falls Short on Climate Action
Whilst the Glasgow Climate Pact agreed at COP26 on Saturday firms up the global commitment to accelerate action on climate this decade, it left many wondering if this deal is enough to limit global warming to...
Global survey shows hardly any support for net-zero pledges with carbon offsets
Yet as nations began wrapping up the difficult talks at the UN Climate Change Conference, also known as COP26 in Glasgow, false solutions, such as net-zero offsets and carbon markets ended up on...
Beneath the ocean surface, an expansive network of dynamic skeletal-like invertebrates harbours at least 25 percent of all known marine species. Both hard and soft corals provide the basis for functioning coral...
