Environmental Protection
Women in power can speed up sustainability transitions
Chelsea Liu, a senior lecturer from the University of Adelaide has found that companies with more women in management positions receive fewer environmental lawsuits.
Canada is a land of unspoiled wilderness, right? Wrong
With all the unpopulated wilderness available in Canada, one might safely assume wildlife thrives there. Sadly, that is not the case any longer.
Earth 2100: prepare for a very different planet
Because of climate change, we should expect not only new species' composition but also a total reconfiguration of ecosystems in a few decades' time.
Snow leopards are hanging in there
Snow leopards continue to face a high risk of extinction in the wild but not at the rate previously thought.
The slaughter of elephants in Africa carries on unabated
“The scale of elephant poaching is by far the largest I have seen or read about in Africa to date,” says Mike Chase, director of the conservationist group Elephants Without Borders.
The World Bank launches the first sustainable water bond
The World Bank hopes to raise up to $3 billion which would be used for investments into projects that are dedicated to promoting ocean conservation and fostering marine life.