Pollution

In the news: Leonardo DiCaprio leads $43m Galápagos pledge, US embraces offshore wind, and the environmental challenges facing Asia’s cities

A young environmentalist discusses efforts to drive environmental equity through climate finance, from the United States to Mongolia.

The UN's Second World Ocean Assessment lays out the critical state of the oceans – and how little is known about them and their ecosystems.

In the news: Brazilian Amazon now a net carbon emitter, California officials face off with Nestlé, and the world’s groundwater drying up.

Spotlighting the new Wageningen Biodiversity Initiative in an interview with Professor of Plant Ecology and Nature Conservation Liesje Mommer.

Renewal of the gold mining industry hinges on regulation, Indigenous rights and due diligence in order to protect the Amazon and its people.

Four winners receive funding to solve socioeconomic and environmental challenges in Central Asia for Aral Sea landscape restoration.

The largely unknown archipelago in the middle of the Atlantic will host the fourth-largest marine protected area.

In this news roundup: Yemen on the brink of mass famine, Atlantic circulation weakest in 1,600 years and how Bitcoin threatens the climate

Luxembourg unveils sustainable finance plan, scientists call for Colombia hippo cull and DJs mash birdsong with techno beats

In this news roundup: US rejoins Paris Agreement, carbon capture goes mainstream, and how AI is counting trees in the Sahara.

In this news roundup: 500,000 go vegan for January, microplastics found in unborn babies, and why organic meat won’t solve the climate crisis

As COVID-19 decimates Thailand’s tourism industry, a new scheme is recruiting laid-off boat operators to clean up Koh Tao.

Central Asia leaders report that climate monitoring, new finance mechanisms and tree-planting are underway in a climate-vulnerable region

In this news roundup: Banks harming biodiversity, farms fueling COVID mutations, and why the Pfizer vaccine means little to the Global South