Climate change is the most impactful risk in 2016: World Economic Forum

Climate change will also aggravate water and agriculture crises, conflicts and forced migration

World Bank unveils new business plan for Africa to battle climate change

Africa may be at the receiving end of adverse climate change even as World Bank launches a new plan to support the countries to adapt to these changes

Brasilia Declaration: Countries commit to prioritise road safety

The declaration was finalised at the Second Global High Level conference on Road Safety held in Brazil

World Health Assembly focus on mental health

WHO action plan to strengthen effective leadership and governance for mental health to be discussed

Timber producers seek equity in trade accord

At a recently held conference on tropical timber, producer nations demanded temperate forests be included in any agreement on international …

DTE Coverage: Kenya and East Africa Floods 2024

A dam in the village of Kamuchiri in southern Kenya burst on April 29, killing 45 people

DTE Coverage: Dubai Floods 2024

How Down To Earth tracked and reported on the floods that occurred in Dubai and the United Arab Emirates on April 16, 2024

Elephant tourism often involves cruelty — here are steps toward more humane, animal-friendly excursions

Part of the problem lies with governments, as many have marketed tourism as a way to fund conservation projects

Tripling nuclear energy by 2050 will take a miracle, and miracles don’t happen

It is time to abandon the idea that further expanding nuclear technology can help with mitigating climate change

Grab the pathogens, but don’t share the drugs

Developing countries led by the African bloc fight for access to vaccine and therapy at WHO talks on pandemic policy

Ghana is behind the curve on climate change laws: expert suggests a way to get corporations on board

Ghana is currently lacking the political will as well as technical capacity to establish a strong climate change regulator 

Nigeria’s plantain wine: a traditional drink with huge economic potential

Optimisation of locally produced wine will reduce reliance on imported wine and boost the country’s economy, especially in these days of …

Kenyan authorities brutally evict Ogiek during King Charles’s state visit

Footage and images show Ogiek homes destroyed, some even burnt to the ground

Ecowas rules to protect pastoralists discourage investments in modern livestock farming

Conflict will be reduced if transhumance is restricted to arid and semi-arid regions

Simply Put: Climate change vaccine

Simply Put: Self goal at Belem

Simply Put: Abducting healthcare system

DTE Coverage: Cyclone Mocha rocks Myanmar, spares Bangladesh

The storm made landfall near Sittwe in Myanmar, which was completely inundated

What is sepsis? How to spot, manage and prevent it

Sepsis is a serious public health burden. Controlling it can create healthier societies

Simply Put: Pollution runs deep

Stockholm 1972 United Nations Conference on the Human Environment: World Environment Day 2022

It became the first UN conference which had the word environment in its title.

Simply Put: Only One Earth

Simply Put: The global Stockholm syndrome

Good while it lasted - III: Why this is a mass extinction

All evidence and calculations indicate a bleak situation for bio

Russia-Ukraine conflict: Nuclear plant fire raises contamination scare