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| Jul 21, 2025 | More Than 100 Experts Sound Alarm Over Calls to Halt New Genetic Technologies That Could Protect Biodiversity | Global coalition of experts warn a proposed moratorium would close the door on new conservation tools in open letter ahead of World Conservation Congress.
Synthetic biology could offer new approaches to controlling invasive species and dise... |
| Jun 12, 2025 | New body aims to limit pollution’s deadly toll | Pollution is widespread – and often fatal.
Dirty air alone is responsible for 6.7 million deaths globally every year, while conservative estimates suggest that in 2019, 5.5 million people died from heart disease linked to lead exposure.
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| May 2, 2025 | International Day for Biodiversity (IDB), 22 May | The Secretariat is currently developing a suite of communication products to enable a broad uptake of the campaign. These will include: a logo and digital assets for messaging and advocacy on social media.
The main campaign hashtag is #Biod... |
| Mar 20, 2025 | The environment is the economy | Your excellency, Firas Khouri, Chair of the Committee of Permanent Representatives,
Ambassadors and colleagues.
Welcome to the 169th meeting of the Committee of Permanent Representatives (CPR). As we meet today, during a period of great glo... |
| Dec 30, 2024 | Looking back at the environmental highs - and lows - of 2024 | From a landmark deal to fund conservation to chilling news about greenhouse gas emissions, 2024 was a rollercoaster year for the planet.
Here’s a closer look at some of the most memorable environmental moments of the last 12 months, shaped ... |
| Dec 19, 2024 | Climate, Food, Health & Economic Crises Are Interlinked – What’s the Best Path Forward? | 6 Mins Read A major UN report calls out governments for ignoring the connections between biodiversity, water, food, health and climate change – and suggests how best to address these crises.
Environmental, social and economic crises like bi... |
| Dec 18, 2024 | IPBES report reveals options to achieve urgently needed transformative change to halt biodiversity collapse | Deep, fundamental shifts in how people view and interact with the natural world are urgently needed to halt and reverse biodiversity loss and safeguard life on Earth
Acting Immediately Could Generate $10 Trillion in Business Opportunity Val... |
| Oct 18, 2024 | Crisis facing nature takes centre stage at UN summit | In 1992, 150 nations signed the Convention on Biological Diversity, a global agreement to support sustainable development by protecting the web of life on Earth. This marks the 16th Conference of the Parties (COP) to that agreement, which h... |
| Oct 16, 2024 | Climate change solutions not always good for biodiversity | PARIS: Some approaches to tackling global warming can have unintended knock-on consequences for nature and the protection of biodiversity, say scientists urging a more coordinated effort on these challenges.
"Sometimes by trying to fin... |
| Jun 22, 2024 | Negotiations advance towards global intergovernmental science-policy panel on chemicals, waste, and pollution prevention | Geneva, 22 June 2024 – Governments gathered in Geneva have advanced in the process to establish a science-policy panel on chemicals, waste and pollution prevention, agreeing to continue negotiations to further develop the proposal for this ... |
| Jun 21, 2024 | A new light to guide action on chemicals, pollution and waste | As delivered
Excellencies and distinguished delegates,
I'm going to try to be very expedited, but also try to see if I can help make some suggestions for how you may be able to move forward.
First, however, let me give a big thanks to the g... |
| Jun 4, 2024 | Restoring ecosystems from the ground up | Food systems are crumbling due to climate change, biodiversity loss and ecosystem destruction.
Dwindling water sources and severe droughts are degrading soils, resulting in almost one quarter of the earth’s land being less productive.
But i... |
| May 24, 2024 | Bringing back Sri Lanka’s mangroves with science and community spirit | First line of defence
On 5 June, Saudi Arabia will host World Environment Day 2024, an annual celebration of the planet which this year focuses on land degradation, desertification and drought resilience.
More than 2 billion hectares of the... |
| May 17, 2024 | With nature in crisis, more companies are embracing safeguards to protect the planet | For centuries, livestock farmers in Aso, Japan, have gathered each spring for one purpose: to set fire to the region’s famed grasslands.
The controlled blazes are designed to chew up dead grass and fertilize the soil, revitalizing a landsca... |
| May 6, 2024 | Saudi Arabia strives to regreen deserts to tackle drought and land degradation | Abdullah Ibrahim Alissa is standing on a rocky outcrop in Thadiq National Park, a sprawling expanse of arid land north of Riyadh, capital of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Beneath Alissa, the park’s manager, are steep terraces lined with care... |
| Apr 19, 2024 | Five ways you can help save the environment this Mother Earth Day | It is easy to get discouraged by the state of the planet.
Humanity is breaking all the wrong records on global warming. Fragile ecosystems face enormous pressure. More than 1 million plants, animals and other living things are at risk of be... |
| Apr 8, 2024 | Подводный поезд, аэротакси и электросамолёт. Как меняется сфера транспорта, и что нас ждёт в будущем | Мы часто с головой окунаемся в повседневную жизнь, не обращая внимания на перемены вокруг нас. А между тем даже, казалось бы, в привычной всем сфере транспорта за последнее время произошло много нового и интересного. В этой статье мы рассмо... |
| Jan 26, 2024 | Lions are being forced to change the way they hunt. It's all because of a tiny invasive ant, scientists say. | A tiny invasive ant muscled into a Kenyan savannah and sparked such a dramatic transformation in the landscape that even the local lions changed the way they hunt, according to research published Thursday.
The study highlights the potential... |
| Oct 2, 2023 | Could the Next Pandemic Hit Crops Instead of People? | 11 Mins Read Genetic uniformity is central to modern farming. It leaves us vulnerable to plant disease breakouts.
By Saima Sidik, Grist
This story was originally published by Grist. Sign up for Grist’s weekly newsletter here. The Mystery of... |
| Aug 29, 2023 | These Four Nature-Based Solutions Can Help Solve Biodiversity & Climate | 5 Mins Read
By Pete Smith, Professor of Soils and Global Change, University of Aberdeen; Camille Parmesan, Professor of Climate Change Impacts, CNRS, University of Texas, University of Plymouth; Mark Maslin, Professor of Earth System Scienc... |
| Jun 9, 2023 | What will it take to save the world’s insects? | On Friday, June 9 at 19:30 GMT:
Researchers are expressing alarm about a huge decline in insect populations around the world, warning of an emergency that has enormous ramifications for biodiversity and the food chain.
The scale of the cris... |
| May 29, 2023 | More Bird For Your Buck | Pablo Negret, Postdoctoral Researcher at Wyss Academy for Nature - University of Bern & Honorary ... [+] Research Fellow at University of QueenslandPablo Negret |
| Feb 1, 2023 | Here’s Why Climate Change Gets The Spotlight But Biodiversity Doesn’t | Piles of logs sit near the Amazon rain forest in Porto Velho, Rondonia state, Brazil. Photographer: ... [+] Leonardo Carrato/Bloomberg© 2019 Bloomberg Finance LP |
| Dec 6, 2022 | Meat & dairy producers ‘undermining targets’ of Cop15 biodiversity deal, says FAIRR report | Big Meat and Big Dairy are a Big Problem when it comes to biodiversity loss, says new research from investor network FAIRR.
These industries’ failures to manage their impact on biodiversity could undermine key targets in the Paris Agreement... |
| Dec 5, 2022 | COP15: Why does the UN biodiversity conference matter? | Montreal, Canada – Scientists, rights advocates and delegates from nearly 200 countries are gathering in Canada this week to tackle one of the world’s most pressing environmental issues: the loss of biodiversity and what can be done to reve... |
| Sep 23, 2022 | Africa: How Money and Technology Are Militarising the Fight Against the Illegal Wildlife Trade | Thousands of animals and plants are bought and sold each year globally as food, medicine, clothing and furniture - even in the form of musical instruments. Wildlife, it seems, is big business.
The illegal wildlife trade, which has an estima... |
| Mar 9, 2022 | Colossal grabs $60 million Series A for moonshot mammoth project | Colossal, the company known for its mission to resurrect a woolly mammoth (or at least, an elephant with some very mammoth-like traits), is back with $60 million in Series A funding. But despite the fanfare and cash, there’s not a ton of sc... |
| Jan 5, 2022 | Biodiversity loss and financial stability | Post n°248 Biodiversity loss and financial stability
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| Nov 6, 2021 | Biodiversity and climate crisis—the pivotal role of local and Indigenous people | Global leaders are gathering in Kunming, China, and Glasgow, UK, to address the biodiversity and climate crises. And while there is growing recognition of the interlinkages between the two, a key aspect that has not received enough attentio... |
| Nov 2, 2021 | What happens when billionaires jump on the biodiversity bandwagon | Welcome to the age of billionaire biodiversity conservation.
As climate change scorches the planet and a global extinction crisis escalates, the ultrarich have started funneling bits of their wealth into protecting nature.
At the UN climate... |
| Oct 15, 2021 | The National Academy of Medicine’s climate crisis effort must turn words into action | With little fanfare and even less notice, the National Academy of Medicine (NAM) recently launched its Action Collaborative on Decarbonizing the U.S. Health Sector.
During a kick-off event, speakers made clear that the time for action is no... |
| Oct 12, 2021 | Blue Economy in Thailand: A Rising Tide That Lifts All Boats | By Kitchie Hermoso
Bang Mit is well known in his village in the southern part of Thailand for his generosity. One day, he grilled his freshest catch from the waters and gave it away to everyone who wanted to eat fish. For the past twenty-fi... |
| Aug 31, 2021 | Interview with Sébastien Soleille: “It is essential that banks contribute to protecting the Earth's ecosystems” | Previous article
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| Aug 31, 2021 | Biodiversity PreCOP 2021 Calls For Bold Actions On Land Restoration | Aerial View of Amazon Rainforest, South America getty |
| Aug 31, 2021 | BNP Paribas : “It is essential that banks contribute to protecting the Earth's ecosystems” | Previous article
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| Jun 25, 2021 | U.N. Scientists: Climate and Biodiversity Must Be Crises Solved Together | 4 Mins Read
Until now, many of our global efforts to tackle biodiversity loss and climate change have been done separately from each other. Scientists are now calling for a new approach that takes both issues as intrinsically linked—we can’... |
| Jun 14, 2021 | Killer Fog, Forests, And Wildlife: How Safeguarding Nature Can Reduce Risk Of Future Pandemics | Recently burned rainforest in the Amazon River basin. getty |
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| Feb 19, 2021 | Feb 18 2021 - UNEP provides blueprint to urgently solve planetary emergencies and secure humanity's future | Co-funded by the European Union
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New UNEP synthesis provides blueprint to urgently solve planetary emergencies and secure humanity's future
Meeting ramped-up climate and biodiversity targets, cutting deadly pollution and achi... |
| Dec 21, 2020 | The World Biodiversity Forum Announces New Virtual Convention in January 2021, Advised By The Convention on Biological Diversity and in Collaboration with TEALEAVES | DAVOS, Switzerland (PRWEB) December 21, 2020
The 2021 edition of the World Biodiversity Forum, organized by University of Zurich, bioDISCOVERY and TEALEAVES, will be held virtually. The series of events will commence on January 7th, 2021, a... |
| Nov 1, 2020 | Intergovernmental Panel Links Pandemic Risk To Meat Consumption | Livestock on deforested land in Brazil. (Photo by Marco Antonio Rezende)Brazil Photos/LightRocket via Getty Images |
| Oct 27, 2020 | AI For Good Is Saving The Planet By Accelerating Human Sustainable Development And Transforming Wildlife Conservation | SABI SANDS, SOUTH AFRICA - MARCH 29: Tourists in a safari vehicle watch a cheetah relaxing on an ... [+] outcrop during a game drive on March 29, 2015 at the Sabi Sands private game reserve in the eastern province of Mpumalanga, South Afric... |
| Apr 30, 2020 | So You Want To Save Humanity? Manage Nature Like A Business | Pangolins, the world's most trafficked mammal, have been linked to coronavirus. Biodiversity loss, ... [+] pandemics and climate change are inextricably linked, according to UN expert Pushpam Kumar.Barcroft Media via Getty Images |
| Dec 17, 2019 | Google’s AI can identify wildlife from trap-camera footage with up to 98.6% accuracy | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
With respect to climate change, poaching, and enc... |
| Nov 1, 2019 | Thousands of animals around the world are at risk of extinction. But not jellyfish — they're thriving in warm, polluted water. | Lizzie Daly, a biologist and wildlife TV presenter, swims near a giant barrel jellyfish in the English Channel, July 2019.
Dan Abbott, underwater cinematographer with Wild Ocean Week
The world is in the midst of a mass extinction - the sixt... |
| Sep 13, 2019 | HELP: Hong Kong Dolphin Tours Days Away From Closing Down Due To Low Tourism | 493 12
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Due to the recent drop in tourist numbers, the number of people going on pink dolphin sightseeing tours organised by The Hong Kong Dolphinwatch has plumetted, and the ecological tour operator is now only days a... |
| Sep 5, 2019 | Green Futures: Biodiversity | Green Futures: Biodiversity
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It is unmistakable that we are living in a climate and biodiversity emergency. Most people agree that it is past the time for half-measures. If we are going to tackle the climate emergency, we need to ... |
| Aug 20, 2019 | Hong Kong Meat & Dairy Consumption On The Rise Despite UN Warnings | 4 Mins Read
In the wake of our current biodiversity and climate crisis, which is putting the future of food, health and the environment under severe threat, Hong Kongers are still consuming meat and dairy at a higher rate than ever before. ... |
| May 22, 2019 | Jan Burton: Want to do something about climate change? Build more duplexes. | Jan Burton For the Camera
Most of us jump into our cars to take our kids to school, drive to work, or go to the gym or the store, and we take that lifestyle for granted. After all, we grew up that way. Since World War II, the United States ... |
| May 6, 2019 | New study shows human development is destroying the planet at an unprecedented rate | “We are eroding the very foundations of our economies, livelihoods, food security, health and quality of life worldwide.”
That’s the word from Sir Robert Watson, the chair of a massive multinational research effort to survey the impact of h... |
| Mar 27, 2018 | More Than 75 Percent of Earth’s Land Areas Are ‘Broken,’ Major Report Finds | Like a broken cell phone that can only text or take pictures, but not make a single call, more than 75 percent of the Earth’s land areas have lost some or most of their functions, undermining the well-being of the 3.2 billion people that re... |
| Mar 26, 2018 | More Than 75 Percent of Earth’s Land Areas Are ‘Broken,’ Major Report Finds | Like a broken cell phone that can only text or take pictures, but not make a single call, more than 75 percent of the Earth’s land areas have lost some or most of their functions, undermining the well-being of the 3.2 billion people that re... |
| Mar 23, 2018 | We're going to lose a lot of species by 2050, U.N. report finds | A panel of scientists commissioned by the U.N. just published a comprehensive three-year study assessing the regional impacts of humans on biodiversity around the world. And the situation is looking pretty grim — not just for animals but al... |
| Feb 10, 2017 | Tiny drones might save us when bees go extinct | Bees’ days are numbered — and with their imminent extinction so goes the entirety of Earth’s functioning ecosystem.
In order to avoid total environmental catastrophe, science has been trying to figure out how to keep plants pollinated once ... |
| Protect the earth or face deadlier pandemics — report | Twenty-two global leading experts held an urgent virtual workshop, convened by the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES), about the connection between the degradation of nature and increasi... |
| Hobbyist beekeepers are buzzing after reversing America’s critical bee shortage in just 5 years | There’s now a record number of honeybees humming in the U.S—and for many farmers, hobbyist beekeepers, and almond-milk lovers, the news is sweeter than honey.
Nearly a million bee colonies have been formed in the past five years, according ... |
| Climate Change Weekly: Accelerating extinction, Biden’s ‘middle ground,’ Green New Deal, and more | In this edition of Climate Change Weekly:
A new report finds nature on an unprecedented decline, with accelerating extinction rates.
Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden seeking “middle ground” climate policy.
Iceland is using a new ... |
| EGEB: Exxon to lay off 1,900 US employees | In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB):
Exxon is making big cuts to its personnel, which could be close to 15% of the global workforce.
Protect the earth and its biodiversity or face deadlier, more frequent pandemics, says a new repo... |
