From small cats to pangolins: Detection dogs help track elusive species
In the grassy dwarf shrublands of South Africa’s Karoo, Michelle Marie Schroeder is looking for a very specific kind of poo. Black-footed cats spend most of the day hidden in…
On the front lines of conservation in Sumatra: Rangers safeguard Batutegi forest
TANGGAMUS, Indonesia — For more than a decade and a half, forest ranger Wandi Harmoko has walked the ridges and valleys of Batutegi, a landscape in southern Sumatra. He is…
Flames reach edge of orangutan rehabilitation center, with fire season set to intensify
JAKARTA — A wildfire that reached the edge of an orangutan rehabilitation center in western Borneo is highlighting how Indonesia’s intensifying fire season threatens not just forests and wildlife, but…
As fires burn and temperatures soar, it’s time to imagine a world beyond GDP
Steven Stone is acting director of the United Nations Environment Programme's Office of Science In 1934, American economist Simon Kuznets presented a paper to Congress advocating for a new way…
When taps run dry in the Caribbean, it’s not enough to blame El Niño
Amira Odeh Quiñones is a hydrologist and Caribbean organiser for the 350.org climate campaign groupEl Niño, likely to be one of the strongest in modern history, has arrived on Caribbean…
Quarter of countries still missing UN climate plans 18 months after deadline
About a quarter of the countries signed up to the Paris Agreement are still breaching its rules by failing to submit a new national climate plan, 18 months after the…
China’s coal power rebounds as record clean energy goes to waste
China's use of coal for electricity grew in the first half of 2026 as a record amount of wind and solar power was wasted through curtailment, new research has found.The…
A legal fiction blocking billions in climate finance will be challenged this week
Bemnet Agata is a communications officer at the Tax Justice Network, where Alison Schultz is a research fellow.We are entering an age of permanent volatility.Climate change is making extreme weather…
Santa Marta coalition tested as co-chair Colombia turns back to fossil fuels
Leaders of the Santa Marta coalition – a group of governments, businesses and civil society organisations seeking to transition away from fossil fuels – hope it can withstand the loss…