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As Climate Changes, World Grapples With a Wildfire Crisis
Whether it’s the Australian coast or the rainforests of Brazil, unrestrained wildfires – shrouded by black smoke and punctuated by the crackle of burning vegetation – have laid waste to some of...
Climate Change: A Threat to Human Wellbeing and Health of the Planet.
Human-induced climate change is causing dangerous and widespread disruption in nature and affecting the lives of billions of people around the world, despite efforts to reduce the risks. People and ecosystems least...
Green Fashion in Užice
Women’s Centre Užice (WCU) was registered in 1998, resulting from an initiative made by 15 women and with the aim to start discussing the real status of women, their rights, and abilities...
It’s Down To Us
Recycling is not the best, but the last solution within the circular economy system. It is a solution following product reuse, repairs, new business models aimed to extend product shelf life. Recycling...
Drawing Disaster-Preparedness Lessons From Tonga’s Volcano
The massive volcanic eruption off the coast of Tonga on 15 January produced a blast hundreds of times the strength of the Hiroshima nuclear explosion, according to NASA.
The volcano and subsequent tsunami...
Why is Greenpeace Talking About Taxing the Super Rich?
Why is Greenpeace, an environmental organisation, talking about taxing the super rich? International Director Jennifer Morgan weighs in on global calls for governments to fight inequality and hold the world’s wealthiest accountable.
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It’s Time to Shift to Net-Zero Emissions Plastics
There are two sides to everything - and that goes for plastics, too.Let's start with the positive side. Plastics shape and facilitate the whole of modern life. They are found in everything...
Nature-Based Solutions as a Response to Climate Change
Today International Union for Conservation of Nature, Regional Office for Eastern Europe and Central Asia (IUCN ECARO), in cooperation with the Public Investment Management Office of the Government of the Republic of...
World Economic Forum Study Shows How Cities Can Save on Commuting Time, Double Job Access
A new report released by the World Economic Forum pinpoints how cities can use mobility options to improve social equity and economic growth.
The white paper, How Mobility Shapes Inclusion and Sustainable Growth,...
5 Reasons Why a Healthy Ocean is Linked to Human Rights
We live on a blue planet, with oceans and seas covering more than 70 percent of the Earth’s surface. Oceans feed us, regulate our climate, and generate most of the oxygen we...
Denmark Commits Millions to Vulnerable Farmers Through IFAD’s Climate Adaptation Fund
In the wake of COP26, which featured a strong call for increased finance to help the world’s poorest countries adapt to the impacts of climate change, Denmark today announced a contribution of...
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...
The True Cost of Black Friday
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...
