For over 70 years, Regional Fisheries Management Organizations (RFMOs) have been entrusted with sustainably managing fishing in international waters. Yet, according to Greenpeace, these bodies have consistently ignored scientific advice,…
Typhoon Gaemi, known locally as Carina, did not make landfall in the Philippines but its powerful outer bands dumped more than 300 millimeters (12 inches) of rain on the Manila…
A recent study published in Nature Geoscience, researchers from the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology suggests that groundwater Could Be Too Hot to Drink for 75 Million People by 2100. FOLLOW…
In poor households without taps, the responsibility for collecting water typically falls on women and girls. As climate change makes water scarcer and they have to travel further and spend…
The World Bank Group assigns the world’s economies to four income groups: low, lower-middle, upper-middle, and high. The classifications are updated each year on July 1, based on the GNI…
Indoor air pollution is defined as the contamination of indoor air by pollutants such as carbon monoxide, particulate matter (PM 2.5), volatile organic compounds (VOCs), radon, mold, and ozone. FOLLOW…
Smart recycling boxes for another 83 locations in Singapore by 2025 FOLLOW THIS TOPIC In a move to enhance its environmental efforts, Singapore is set to expand a pioneering smart…
Within social forestry, 70% of the programs focus on climate change mitigation, while the remaining 30% are dedicated to adaptation. FOLLOW THIS TOPIC Social forestry areas in Indonesia have absorbed…
The report breaks down these deaths: 58% attributed to fine particulate matter (PM2.5), 38% to household air pollution, and the remainder to ozone. India, Nigeria, and Pakistan recorded the highest…