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In an unprecedented move that environmental advocates are calling historic, UK Export Finance (UKEF) and Netherlands-based Atradius have withdrawn their combined $2.2 billion financial commitment from French energy giant TotalEnergies’ liquefied natural gas project in northern Mozambique. This marks the…
As political leaders increasingly dismiss climate science, a sobering new United Nations report underscores the urgent environmental crises facing our planet. The Global Environment Outlook 7 (GEO-7), released this week in Nairobi by 287 scientists from 82 countries, reveals that…
Brazil’s COP30 climate summit in Belém promised to be a groundbreaking moment for Indigenous voices, billing itself as both the “Indigenous COP” and “Amazonian COP.” Located at the mouth of the Amazon River, Belém served as a symbolic gateway to…
A groundbreaking new report has put a staggering price tag on the hidden health costs of synthetic chemicals in our food system: $2.2 trillion per year. This astronomical figure—equivalent to the combined annual profits of the world’s 100 largest publicly…
As coastal cities worldwide face mounting threats from rising seas, scientists are exploring an ambitious geoengineering solution: creating massive inland seas by redirecting ocean water into desert depressions. The concept, which begins with Egypt’s enormous Qattara Depression, represents a potentially…
Two years after experts declared “the age of fossil fuels will end,” Australia appears increasingly unprepared for the rapid economic transformation ahead. The country’s massive coal export industry could face steeper declines than previously anticipated, raising urgent questions about how…
A devastating succession of storms and major cyclones has battered South and Southeast Asia since mid-November, claiming more than 1,600 lives and leaving a trail of unprecedented destruction across six countries. Indonesia, Vietnam, the Philippines, Malaysia, Thailand, and Sri Lanka…
The conservation world mourns pioneering researcher Iain Douglas-Hamilton, who transformed wildlife protection over decades. Meanwhile, a federal judge struck down Trump's wind energy ban, while Australia plans massive grid expansion requiring fivefold renewable capacity increases by 2050.
Across Brazil’s Amazon rainforest and Cerrado savanna, Indigenous and traditional communities are at the forefront of forest protection and landscape restoration, yet they struggle to access the financial support needed to expand their vital work. These community-led enterprises harvest açaí…
Climate scientist claims US derailed UN environmental assessment as Britain cracks down on North Sea exploration but Canada moves forward with pipeline expansion. Meanwhile, 230+ environmental groups demand national data center moratorium over energy concerns.
