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Experts urge united global vision, definitions, targets for ‘responsible sourcing’ of minerals needed for green transition

World Resources Forum, St. Gallen, Switzerland Experts have delivered a sweeping prescription to governments, civil society and industry for a globally coordinated approach to the

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Sand and dust storm frequency increasing in many world regions: UN

United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification, Bonn Two billion tons of sand and dust, equal in weight to 350 Great Pyramids of Giza, enter the

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UN Warns of 6 Risk Tipping Points Threatening the Environment, Security

UNU Institute for Environment and Human Security A United Nations University report finds that drastic changes are approaching if risks to our fundamental socioecological systems

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Leading scientists, philosophers identify nature’s missing evolutionary law

Carnegie Science, Washington DC Evolution of plants, animals: “A very special case within a far larger natural phenomenon.” Similar marvels occur with stars, planets, minerals,

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‘Invisible’ E-Waste: ~$10B in essential raw materials recoverable in world’s annual mountain of e-toys, cables, vapes, more

WEEE Forum, Brussels, Belgium Every year, unused cables, electronic toys, LED-decorated novelty clothes, power tools, vaping devices, and countless other small consumer items often not

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Did life exist on Mars? Other planets? With AI’s help, we may know soon

Carnegie Science, Washington DC ‘Holy Grail of astrobiology’: Machine learning technique reveals a sample’s biological or non-biological origin with 90% accuracy Scientists have discovered a

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Invasive Alien Species: Major Global Threats to Nature, Economies, Food Security, Human Health

IPBES, Bonn, Germany Key role in 60% of global plant and animal extinctions; Annual costs now >$423 Billion – have quadrupled every decade since 1970;

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Amid growing evidence of harm to child health and learning, advocates call for faster replacement of diesel school buses

Canadian Partnership for Children’s Health and Environment, Ottawa Health and environmental advocates today called on communities, school boards and governments at every level to accelerate

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Do fish bay at the moon? Can songs unmask mystery fish? Eavesdropping scientists create ocean soundscapes

The Rockefeller University, Programme for the Human Environment, New York Using hydrophones to eavesdrop on a reef off the coast of Goa, India, researchers have

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UN: Bottled water masks world’s failure to supply safe water for all, can slow sustainable development

UNU-INWEH: UN University Institute for Water, Environment and Health), Hamilton, Canada The rapidly-growing bottled water industry can undermine progress towards a key sustainable development goal:

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Large dams’ capacity seen dropping 26% by 2050 due to sediment: UN

UNU Institute For Water, Environment and Health, Hamilton, Canada Trapped sediment has robbed roughly 50,000 large dams worldwide of an estimated 13% to 19% of

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COP15: Nations Adopt 4 Goals, 23 Targets for 2030 in Landmark UN Biodiversity Agreement

UN Convention on Biological Diversity, Montreal By 2030: Protect 30% of Earth’s lands, oceans, coastal areas, inland waters; Reduce by $500 billion annual harmful government

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UN Announces Satellite-Based Global Methane Detection System

United Nations Environment Programme, Paris / Nairobi As part of global efforts to slow climate change by tackling methane, the UN today announced a new

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UN Biodiversity COP 15: What’s on the Table, What to Expect

United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity, Montreal, Canada Key negotiating issues defined and detailed: A COP15 Primer On Nov. 10, Elizabeth Maruma Mrema, David Cooper

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~5.3 Billion Mobile Phones will Become Waste in 2022

WEEE Forum, Brussels 2022 International E-waste Day slogan: ‘Recycle it all, no matter how small!’ Despite world-leading e-waste management, ~30% of Europe’s stock of mobile

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Decisions based on narrow set of nature’s market values underpin biodiversity crisis

IPBES, Bonn, Germany More than 50 methods and approaches exist to make visible the diverse values of nature The way nature is valued in political

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50,000 wild species meet needs of billions worldwide; experts offer options to ensure sustainable use

IPBES, Bonn 1 in 5 people rely on wild species for income & food; >10,000 wild species harvested for human food; 2.4 billion (1 in

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Crushed, zapped, boiled, baked, more: Nature used 57 recipes to make Earth’s 10,500+ ‘mineral kinds’

Carnegie Science, Earth & Planets Laboratory, Washington DC Water helped 80+% of mineral species to form Biology had a direct or indirect role in ~50%

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The abundance of diverse “unconventional water sources”

UNU Institute for Water, Environment & Health, Hamilton, Canada Tapping a fraction can help meet fast-growing global freshwater needs UN and partner water experts say

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World “at a crossroads” in management of droughts, up 29% in a generation

United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD), Bonn Humanity is “at a crossroads” when it comes to managing drought and accelerating mitigation must be done

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CEC Secretariat recommends factual record on vaquita porpoise

Commission for Environmental Cooperation, Montreal The Secretariat of the Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) has recommended developing a factual record to explore factors contributing to the near-extinction

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Mould, pesticides, toxic chemicals reported in survey of Canadian child care professionals

CDN Partnership for Children’s Health and Environment / Canadian Child Care Federation Nearly half of some 2,000 professionals in child care programs across Canada who

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