Archive for 2021
Peatlands worldwide are drying out, threatening to worsen climate change
Peatlands cover just 3% of the Earth’s total land surface, yet store over one-third of the planet’s soil carbon.
COVID’s difficult lessons can help reshape European cities
A new EU Environment Agency briefing details how COVID is showing urban planners ways to make permanent change in sustainable design.
Great apes in Africa are set to lose most of their current ranges
It's vital that new conservation areas be set up for all endangered and critically endangered great apes in Africa.
Attenborough: G7 nations must redouble efforts to save Earth
"We know in detail what is happening to our planet, and we know many of the things we need to do during this decade," he said.
Norway, the world’s ‘most sustainable country,’ will continue drilling for oil
"We will supply energy to the world as long as the demand exists," the country's energy minister says.
UN: We can still save the planet’s fragile ecosystems
This is “our final chance to avert a climate catastrophe, turn back the deadly tide of pollution and end species loss.”