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Europe’s Forests Are Booming and Here’s Why
Around the world, forests are shrinking due to deforestation, urban development and climate change, but in Europe that trend has been reversed.
Large areas of the continent have seen a forest boom that...
The Belgian Way – High Ambitions and a Search for Compromise
Belgium has a well-developed institutional and legal system in place to protect the environment. Overlapping responsibilities in environmental matters between the federal and federated authorities are unavoidable given the distribution of competences...
20 Million Children Miss Out on Lifesaving Vaccines in 2018
20 million children worldwide – more than 1 in 10 – missed out on lifesaving vaccines such as measles, diphtheria and tetanus in 2018, according to new data from WHO and UNICEF.Globally,...
Berkeley Became First US City to Ban Natural Gas
Berkeley this week became the first city in the United States to ban natural, fossil gas hook-ups in new buildings.The landmark ordinance was passed into law on Tuesday, after being approved unanimously...
World Hunger Is Still Not Going Down and Obesity Is Still Growing
An estimated 820 million people did not have enough to eat in 2018, up from 811 million in the previous year, which is the third year of increase in a row. This...
Dietary Fibres from Nature
The use of antibiotics significantly improved the medical practice of the 20th century, and with the vaccination it contributed to almost completely eradicating certain diseases. Yet, their efficiency and availability led to...
Canada Declares Climate Emergency, then Approves Pipeline Expansion
Trudeau doesn't seem to understand what 'climate emergency' means.
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is riding a rollercoaster of public opinion these days. Many Canadians were pleased with the House of Commons' declaration...
Powering Electric Vehicles in Egypt with ABB Fast Chargers
ABB’s supply of direct current (DC) fast chargers is bolstering e-mobility in Egypt, creating the future of sustainable transportation.
ABB is suppling 20 Terra 53 multi-standard DC fast chargers that are being installed...
‘Climate Apartheid’ Will See Millions of World’s Poorest Severely Impacted
A ‘climate apartheid’ will see millions of the world’s poorest people severely impacted.
That’s the chilling forecast from UN Special Rapporteur on Extreme Poverty and Human Rights, Philip Alston, who said even if...
Air Pollution ‘May Affect Number of Eggs Ovaries Can Produce’
Air pollution has been linked to a drop in activity of female ovaries, researchers have revealed.Experts say the findings suggest that female reproductive system is affected by environmental factors, although the study...
EU Aims to Tackle Climate Change With Newly Adopted ‘Green Finance’ Guidelines
Newly adopted guidelines set forth by the European Commission Tuesday aim to tackle climate change by way of the financial sector. The move comes to bolster the success of the Sustainable Action...
There Will Be 9.7 Billion on Earth by 2050, but the Growth Rate Is Slowing
“The World Population Prospects 2019: Highlights”, estimates that the next 30 years will see the global population add an extra 2 billion people to today’s figure of 7.7 billion, and, by the...
Sadiq Khan Invests £6m to Tackle London’s Toxic Air
London Mayor Sadiq Khan is investing £6 million in 15 projects aimed at improving the capital’s air quality and climate emergency.The grant from the Air Quality Fund will support four new Low...
Climate Crisis and Antibiotic Use Could ‘Sink’ Fish Farming Industry – Report
The climate crisis, drug use and feeding farmed fish with wild stocks risks “sinking” the $230bn (£180bn) aquaculture industry, according to an ethical investment network.Fish farms now surpass wild fisheries as the...
Big Pharma Emits More Greenhouse Gases Than the Automotive Industry
Rarely does mention of the pharmaceutical industry conjure up images of smoke stacks, pollution and environmental damage.Yet our recent study found the global pharmaceutical industry is not only a significant contributor to...
English Tree Planting Challenge Will Help Plant 130,000 Trees
More than 130,000 trees are to be planted in English towns and cities over the next two years as part of the nation’s battle against global heating.The environment secretary, Michael Gove, will...
