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Q&A with European Forest Institute director Marc Palahí on the bioeconomy movement, sustainability and how forests can help achieve this

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

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

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

From the Amazon to Siberia, experts discuss the world’s 2020 fires, spanning climate change, deforestation and fire management

How to plant trees using methods other than your hands? From drones to dogs to ‘cocoons,’ there are many ways to get seeds into the ground.

In this news roundup: global carbon emissions down 17%, virtual conferences go mainstream, and locusts wreak havoc in India

The ongoing Amazon wildfires have focused media attention on forest fires but also on wildfires more generally and their link to biodiversity and habitat loss, as well as global heating. We take a look at the some of the different types of wildfires, assess their impact and what is causing them, and why accurate, real-time […]

A quick rundown on our planet’s ecosystems

A quick rundown on our planet’s ecosystems

A new global coalition to combat sand and dust storms was launched at the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification Conference of Parties (UNCCD COP14) meeting in Delhi on 6 September. Sand and dust storms—also known as sirocco, haboob, yellow dust, white storms, and the harmattan—are a natural phenomenon linked with land and water management, […]

Water cycle expert Douglas Sheil examines the links between the rainforest and how conditions that led to the widespread fires also fed Hurricane Dorian.

In this news roundup: Germany bets on hydrogen, IPCC warns of impending food crisis, and blockchains ensure ethical cobalt in electric cars.

In this news roundup: Cambodia says no to U.S. trash, Greta Thunberg's new pop-rock hit, and how Pacific islands could morph to survive climate change