GLOBAL
Plastic pollution and climate change are two prominent environmental issues of our time...
Xia Zhu 1 Mar 2021
SOUTH AFRICA
Inmed Aquaponics Social Enterprise is among the first to receive capital through Mondelez International's new impact investing platform Sustainable Futures...
GLOBAL
Women gained legal rights in nearly 30 countries last year despite disruption due to Covid-19, but governments must do more to ease the disproportionate burden...
Sonia Elks 25 Feb 2021
GLOBAL
Our cities, designed for one set of climatic ranges, are increasingly "out of place" as average temperatures rise. The days above 40°C and nights above 30°C are...
Cameron Tonkinwise and Abby Mellick Lopes 24 Feb 2021
GLOBAL
People have become more concerned about the gap between rich and poor during the coronavirus pandemic, especially the young...
Matthew Lavietes 23 Feb 2021
GLOBAL
Air pollution caused tens of thousands of deaths in the world's five most populous cities last year despite coronavirus lockdowns...
Michael Taylor 18 Feb 2021
GLOBAL
Founder of SpaceX and Tesla, Elon Musk has launched the XPrize Carbon Removal competition which aims to create...
GLOBAL
One of the big contributors to climate change is right beneath your feet, and transforming it could be a powerful solution for keeping greenhouse gases...
Lucca Henrion, Duo Zhang, Victor C. Li, Volker Sick 17 Feb 2021
GLOBAL
In a bid to ditch fossil fuels, some countries are considering carpeting deserts with solar panels...
Zhengyao Lu and Benjamin Smith 12 Feb 2021
GLOBAL
Ambitious action from all parts of society needs to be taken in the here and now on climate change...
Daniel Klier 9 Feb 2021
GLOBAL
There's a new nature conservation strategy in town - and it means business...
Tom Oliver 8 Feb 2021
GLOBAL
US President Joe Biden's administration will reengage with the United Nations Human Rights Council, three years after former...
GLOBAL
Far beneath the ocean surface, a cacophony of industrial noise is disrupting marine animals' ability to mate, feed and even evade predators, scientists warn...
Sharon Bernstein 5 Feb 2021
GLOBAL
Sustainability is a hot topic today due to increasing awareness of climate change and inequality, among other pressing issues...
Leanne Keddie 3 Feb 2021
GLOBAL
Countries must put more women into leadership roles to build a stronger post-pandemic world, a top UN official said...
Emma Batha 2 Feb 2021
GLOBAL
In a new study published in Nature Communications, my colleagues and I find a stark confirmation that microplastics are found throughout the Arctic Ocean...
Peter S. Ross 1 Feb 2021
GLOBAL
Covid-19 has been disruptive to non-profit organisations that are, in many cases, already operating on a shoestring...
Brent McKnight and Julie Gouweloos 1 Feb 2021
GLOBAL
From reducing bias in product design to tackling racial injustice, more than 100 businesses, governments and non-profits launched a global initiative...
Zachary Fagenson 29 Jan 2021
GLOBAL
PepsiCo plans to more than double its science-based climate goal, targeting a reduction of absolute greenhouse gas emissions across its value chain by more than 40% by 2030...
GLOBAL
As You Sow has filed shareholder proposals with 10 leading consumer goods companies and retailers, calling for commitments to absolute cuts in the use of plastic packaging...
