Businesses can either lead transformative change or risk extinction
Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES), Bonn, Germany All businesses depend on and impact nature; All can […]
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Chemical evidence of ancient life detected in 3.3 billion-year-old rocks
Carnegie Institution for Science, Washington DC New method also detects molecular signs of photosynthesis almost 1 billion years earlier than
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
Rangelands’ ‘silent demise’ threatens climate, food, wellbeing of billions
UN Convention to Combat Desertification, Bonn Bonn/Ulaanbaatar – Degradation of Earth’s extensive, often immense natural pastures and other rangelands due to
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
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
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
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
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 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,
~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%
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
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
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
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
Study quantifies metal supplies needed to reach EU’s climate neutrality goal
KU LEUVEN / EUROMETAUX Independent KU Leuven university study, commissioned by EU industry, echoes IEA warning of severe global competition
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,
A Clean Ocean by 2030: United Nations Panel of Experts Charts the Most Direct Course
Clean Ocean Int’l Expert Group, New York Reducing marine debris by 50-90% and a globe circling, high-tech system of monitors