Africa loses more money than it gets in aid
While annual global aid is less than $30 billion, the continent incurs loss of $58 billion every year
Conflict and food insecurity: Iraq only one among many
Globally, 33 countries, including 26 in Africa, are in need of external assistance due to a combination of conflict, crop failures and high …
Earth has lost half of its ecosystem
Two-thirds of land-based ecosystems must be sustained to support life on the planet, says study
Emperor penguin at risk from global warming
Study estimates penguin population in Antarctica to decline by 50 per cent
UN climate change chief urges alma mater to divest from fossil fuels
Swarthmore College has an estimated $139 million in fossil fuel holdings
Oceans Commission proposes eight ways to reverse degradation of high seas
Report calls for urgent global action to save oceans from pollution and acidification
Degradation of Amazon rainforest affecting its natural function
Fallout could be linked to increasing droughts
Hit by slime, Caribbean corals at risk of extinction
Loss of algae grazers could wipe out the corals in the next 20 years
Borneo’s wildlife habitat to shrink by a third in 65 years
Over 30 per cent of island’s mammals likely to become extinct
World Bank sanctions fund to strengthen fisheries management
Project will initially support four Pacific Island countries
Pastoral community in Kenya at high risk from climate change
Lack of livelihood options makes herders more vulnerable
Full extent of carbon emissions from fossil-fuelled power plants underestimated
Current accounting methods do not consider life-long emissions
World could soon witness ‘historic’ coral die-offs
Severe coral bleaching has been reported across Northern Pacific
After hottest May, Earth records hottest June of 21st century
Rise in temperature primarily because of warm ocean waters
Developing world taps renewable energy at twice the rate of rich countries
China leads the global rank on clean energy; India is placed fourth
Methane time bomb ticks under melting Arctic ice
Global warming releasing large amounts of dangerous greenhouse gas from permafrost
Tropics could lose important commercial fish by 2050
Global warming might force fish species to move to cooler waters at the poles
Farmers in Burkina Faso give smart answer to climate change
Adoption of innovative techniques restores 300,000 ha of degraded land
Australia set for highest temperature rise by century end
Government in denial mode despite repeated warnings
Children make up for 80 per cent of deaths attributed to climate change
But they are the most ignored in the climate change discourse
Beef cattle release more greenhouse gases than other livestock
Environmental footprint of beef is bigger than poultry or dairy
East Africa unites with UN, Interpol to curb illegal logging
Global partnership seeks to check deforestation and crossborder illegalities in timber trade
New NASA video shows how carbon dioxide flows in Earth’s atmosphere
Nearly all emissions of the greenhouse gas originate in the Northern Hemisphere
Climate change affecting jobs in South Asia
Training in green skills must for youth: report
Environmental degradation draining Pakistan’s economy: survey
Increasing urbanisation is causing air, water pollution