From BBC Shareclose Share pageCopy linkAbout sharing image copyrightSEC A former UN climate chief says that delaying the critical Glasgow meeting this year would be preferable to risking a failed conference. There have been doubts over the wisdom of having…

Over the past 20 years, the conservation sector has increasingly recognized the contributions Indigenous communities have made toward achieving conservation goals, including protecting biodiversity and maintaining ecosystems that sustain us. Accordingly, some large conservation NGOs that a generation ago were…

From BBC Shareclose Share pageCopy linkAbout sharing image copyrightEPA US envoy John Kerry is heading to Shanghai to woo China in advance of a climate summit President Joe Biden is hosting next week. After a major diplomatic row at the…

From BBC Shareclose Share pageCopy linkAbout sharing image copyrightMark Zytynski/The Woodland Trust A review of the state of Britain’s native woods and trees has found only 7% are in a good condition. While woodland cover is slowly increasing, the wildlife…

Belgium will ban biofuels made from soy and palm oil from 2022 onward as part of its effort to combat deforestation, said the European nation’s Federal Minister of Environment and Climate Zakia Khattabi on Tuesday. “These fuels have little or…

From NPR In a move to curb climate change, an open letter from companies including Apple and Walmart calls on the Biden administration to cut U.S. emissions to at least half of 2005 levels by 2030. (Image credit: David Paul…

From BBC Shareclose Share pageCopy linkAbout sharing image copyrightMarine Conservation Society A “unique” purple sea sponge has been named by a nine-year-old girl, a decade after it was first discovered. The new sponge species was found in the north Norfolk…

Financial giant JPMorgan Chase has agreed to expand its policies addressing deforestation after pressure from shareholders, led by the investment group Green Century Capital Management. Green Century strategically invests in companies to push for change from within. Per SEC rules,…

In a landmark decision that could bolster Indigenous land rights in Brazil and serve as a setback to the Bolsonaro administration’s stonewalling of demarcations, the country’s Supreme Court has agreed to review the process around a past case that cancelled…

Shortly ahead of the 2020 U.S. presidential election, Mongabay spoke with Antha N. Williams, the head of the environment program at Bloomberg Philanthropies, the foundation launched by businessman and former New York city mayor Michael R. Bloomberg. During the interview,…