

Pollutionwatch: wood burning worsening UK air quality
A new study shows how home wood burning is worsening air quality in UK towns and cities. Wood burning is adding between 24% and 31% to...


Nature-based solutions offer local benefits through local action
International partnerships, social innovation and private sector involvement are vital for the development of nature-based solutions for...


Who’s driving the future of conservation? Ordinary people
Citizen science has become something of a buzzword, but it’s nothing new. Before science became professionalised in the 19th century,...


Bamako Convention: Preventing Africa from becoming a dumping ground for toxic wastes
African nations have long been at the center of incidents involving hazardous waste dumping. From the leaking barrels of toxic waste in...

Here's what 2018 may bring for natural disasters
Natural disasters including devastating hurricanes and wildfires caused $306 billion in damage in the U.S. in 2017, making it the...


How Did We Get Hooked on Plastic?
The story of how the search for a material to replace ivory changed our lives forever. In the 19th century a billiard ball company placed...


White House seeks 72 percent cut to clean energy research, underscoring administration’s preference
The Trump administration is poised to ask Congress for deep budget cuts to the Energy Department’s renewable energy and energy efficiency...


Climate change affecting stability across West Africa and Sahel: UN security council
The UN Security Council has identified climate change as a driver of conflict across West Africa and the Sahel, in a statement published...


Africa: Keeping Up with Climate Change - Climate Zoning as a Tool to Fight Hunger
In countries around the world, farming households are facing the wrath of unpredictable climate patterns. This has not only resulted in...


Renewables Overtake Coal in Supplying European Electricity
A new analysis by Sandbag and Agora Energiewende shows that the European Union generated more electricity from renewable sources such as...