Archive for July 2021
A long-running conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan has devastated local rivers
Photo: Flickr/Adam Jones The world’s attention to geographical conflicts is often focused on the loss of human life and infrastructure, and frequently overlooked are the millions of people left in despair, with their homes, lives and hopes shattered. Similarly, even
Will the EU take a leaf out of its climate change legislation to inform tobacco policy?
Photo: Pixabay/marcinjozwiak The European Commission has released its hotly anticipated ‘Fit for 55’ package under the European Green Deal. The sweeping plan contains measures to reduce net greenhouse gas emissions by 55% before 2030 using a two-pronged strategy. The proposal
We have ‘reached the limits’ of the planet’s natural resources
Levels of welfare for most people will begin to decline within the next decade because of a stress on finite natural resources.
Climate and conflict: A look at environmental peacebuilding
Environmental peacebuilding may resolve tensions over water, land or extraction, and helps prevent conflict in a resource-challenged world.
Carbon hoofprint: wild pigs release as many emissions as 1 million cars a year
Wild pigs are one of the most damaging invasive species on Earth, and they do more than just damage crops and plants.
We must pull out all the stops to save coral reefs, experts say
Photo: Pixabay/Kanenori Among the world’s ecosystems most vulnerable to climate change are coral reefs. “Coral reefs are very much the rainforests of the oceans,” observes the Knowledge Project. “Not only are they diverse communities, but the coral skeletons — like