Global drought hotspots report catalogs severe suffering, economic damage in 2023-2025
UN Convention to Combat Desertification, Bonn Food, water, energy crises, human tragedies in 2023-2025 detailed in sweeping analysis Fuelled by […]
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Canadian experts urge protection for children from escalating heat in schools and child care settings
Canadian Partnership for Children’s Health And Environment, Toronto As Canadians face increasingly intense and frequent heat waves, health, education and
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
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
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
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
Chronic land degradation: UN report offers stark warnings, remedies
United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD), Bonn Up to 40 % of the planet’s land is degraded, directly affects
UN: 500 million live in 19 African nations deemed water insecure
United Nation University Institute for Water, Environment & Health 1st assessment of water security in Africa is based on 10
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50% more wildfires foreseen by 2100; Governments are not prepared: UN
UN Environment Programme Even the Arctic, previously all but immune, faces rising wildfire risk; Wildfires and climate change are “mutually
Global Library of Underwater Biological Sounds, “GLUBS,” will help monitor marine life
The Rockefeller University Programme for the Human Environment, International Quiet Ocean Experiment By assembling and expanding first-ever global audio collection
In the news, 2021: Our clients’ most noted science news releases of the year
Terry Collins & Assoc., Toronto Of the 18 science news releases produced in 2021, 16 were environment-themed: food waste, e-waste,
New UN Mapping Tool Reveals Global Floods Since 1985 to Aid Disaster Planning
United Nations University Institute for Water, Environment and Health, Hamilton, Canada See also: “Popular Science Magazine: UN’s World Flood Mapping
IPBES/IPCC: Tackling the biodiversity and climate crises together, and their combined social impacts
IPBES, Bonn (Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform On Biodiversity And Ecosystem Services) Unprecedented changes in climate and biodiversity, driven by human activities,
UN: 17% of all food available at consumer levels is wasted
United Nations Environment Programme, Nairobi, Paris Wasted in 2019: 931 million tonnes of food sold to households, retailers, restaurants and
UNEP synthesis of scientific assessments provides blueprint to secure humanity’s future
UN Environment Programme, Nairobi Meeting ramped-up climate and biodiversity targets, cutting deadly pollution and achieving SDGs needs an all-society push
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Ageing dams pose growing threat: UN
United Nations University Institute for Water, Environment and Health, Hamilton, Canada Increasingly expensive to maintain, experts foresee a trend to
Buildings-related CO2 emissions hit record high: UN
United Nations Environment Programme, Paris / Nairobi Including construction, building sector now accounts for 38% of CO2 emissions; Direct building
New oil & gas industry framework to monitor, report and reduce methane emissions
UN Environment Programme, Energy & Climate Branch In a move that will help tackle one of the biggest and most
Escaping the ‘Era of Pandemics’: experts warn worse crises to come; offer options to reduce risk
IPBES, Bonn (Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services) Highlights: Intergovernmental council on pandemic prevention; risk drivers include deforestation,
Climate-friendly cooling could cut years of greenhouse emissions, save $ trillions: UN
UN Environment Programme / IEA, Paris As need for cooling rises in step with world temperatures, energy-efficient, climate-friendly appliances are
Falling clean energy costs an opportunity to boost climate action during COVID-19 recovery: UN
UNEP / Frankfurt School / BNEF As COVID-19 hits the fossil fuel industry, a new report shows that renewable energy
Vast amounts of valuable energy, nutrients, water lost in world’s fast-rising wastewater streams
UN University – Institute for Water, Environment and Health, Hamilton Canada Enough energy to power all households in the USA