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The world has reached a sobering climate milestone—global temperatures last year exceeded 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels, officially breaching the critical threshold set by the Paris Agreement. While this doesn’t permanently doom our climate goals, it signals that time is running…
For centuries, Sweden’s vast boreal forests have been the stuff of legends—dark, mysterious woodlands that provided sustenance and shelter to generations. Today, these same forests fuel a global industry, making Sweden one of the world’s largest exporters of paper, timber,…
Bill Gates, a prominent advocate for both global health and climate action, has stirred controversy with his recent essay “Three Tough Truths About Climate.” While Gates has historically championed clean energy innovation and climate solutions, critics argue his latest position…
In northern Kenya’s Samburu region, a group of women known as Mama Simba (“Mothers of Lions” in Kiswahili) are revolutionizing wildlife conservation by taking leadership roles traditionally denied to them. Since partnering with conservation organization Ewaso Lions in 2013, these…
“What’s the value of your life if you have nothing to die for?” This powerful question from Ángela Maldonado, a Whitley Award-winning conservationist and director of Fundación Entropika, captures the profound dedication of environmental defenders across Latin America who risk…
With the COP30 climate summit set to take place in the Amazon, a glaring contradiction in climate finance is coming into sharp focus: Indigenous and local communities protect more than one-third of the world’s intact tropical forests, yet receive less…
The world’s environmental crises are unfolding faster than our ability to report on them. As forests disappear, coral reefs bleach, and rivers run dry, the journalists best positioned to tell these critical stories often lack the resources, training, and editorial…
A new generation of environmental journalists is refusing to give up hope in the face of mounting planetary crises. Through Mongabay’s Y. Eva Tan Conservation Reporting Fellows program, young reporters from six countries are sharing their vision for environmental journalism…
Ghana has achieved a historic milestone, becoming the first African nation to secure fast-track access to European Union timber markets through a prestigious “gold standard” certification. After 16 years of negotiations, the West African country earned a Forest Law Enforcement,…
As world leaders prepare for COP30 climate talks, where tropical forests will take center stage, alarming new data reveals the scale of the crisis ahead. In 2024, the tropics lost 6.7 million hectares of primary rainforest—an area equivalent to Panama…
