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Humans have introduced more than 37,000 invasive species, many harmful, into biomes around the world, threatening a range of plants and animals, finds a new study from the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Serv

Punta del Este, 02 December 2022 – Over 2,500 in-person and virtual delegates from 147 countries, engaged in the first meeting

Emissions of methane, a powerful greenhouse gas, are responsible for at least one quarter of global warming.

Along the southeastern coast of Uruguay lies Punta del Este, a city known for its beaches, woodlands and, now, as the site where historic negotiations to end global plastic pollution will begin.

New season, new styles, buy more, buy cheap, move on, throw away: the pollution, waste, and emissions of fast fashion are fueling the

Antimicrobial drugs, such as antibiotics, have saved the lives of millions of people around the world.

As humanity’s desire for new technology grows, so do the mountains of potentially toxic electronic waste.

https://youtu.be/mCkUcJUuCPE Droughts, floods, storms and wildfires are devastating lives and livelihoods across the globe.

Severe flooding this year in Pakistan, Nigeria and, most recently, Chad not only destroyed crops, homes and infrastructure.

Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, 17 November 2022 – An Integrated Assessment of Air Pollution

When wildfires swept across western North America in the summer of 2021, they left a path of destruction in their wake, razing forests, farmland and even entire towns.

Sharm El-Sheikh, 15 November 2022 – At the 27th Conference of the Parties of the UNFCCC (COP 27), ministers and leaders from more than 40 Climate and Clean Air Coalition

The Methane Alert and Response System (MARS) is a new initiative to scale up global efforts to detect and act on major emissions sources in a transparent manner and accelerate implementation of the Global Methane Pledge. Methane rele

As the United Nations Climate Conference (COP27) unfolds in Egypt, there are growing calls

World leaders, heads of business and civil society members will descend on the Egyptian resort town of Sharm El Sheikh on Sunday for the United Nations Climate Conference (

At a glance, you might mistake the three-stall, white and green EV Plugin station in downtown Kigali for a collection of petrol pumps. This, however, is a charging station for electric vehicles (EVs), one of nearly 200 in the Rwandan capital.

UNEP’s International Methane Emissions Observatory reports progress in its mandate for reporting on the powerful greenhouse gas – believed responsible for 1/4 of Earth’s atmospheric warming Over 80 oil and gas companies have committe

Coal used in residential heating is the main source of air pollution in the Kyrgyz capital Heat pumps, renewables, energy efficiency needed in response Bishkek, Kyrgyz Republic, 31 October 2022 – Improv

Plastics are accumulating in the world’s soils at a worrying rate, according to a new report from the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).

As the global population approaches 8 billion next mont