Natural Resources

High Stakes: Mountain Tourism in a Warming World

By Zofeen Ebrahim
“It started with a thunderous roar in the distance, followed by the clatter of rocks grinding together,” said Mohammad Hussain, 26, a student, who witnessed the flash flood that hit the lakeside of Attabad on June 25, around 12:30 pm, in the mountainous Hunza Valley, a popular tourist spot in the northern part of Pakistan’s Gilgit-Baltistan (G-B).

Man, Sea, Algae: HOMO SARGASSUM’s Stirring Critique of Human Culpability in the Caribbean

By Jennifer Xin-Tsu Lin Levine
The United Nations’ HOMO SARGASSUM exhibition served as a public immersion into the marine world and called upon viewers to take action in the face of the climate crisis, specifically regarding invasive species and water pollution.

UN Reform: Is it Time to Renew the Idea of Clustering the Major Environmental Agreements?

By Felix Dodds and Chris Spence
“Never let a good crisis go to waste.” Winston Churchill’s famous maxim feels very relevant today, when multilateralism and many environmental causes seem to be in retreat. We now face a triple planetary crisis of climate change, biodiversity loss, and pollution.

How Mongolia Can Expedite It’s Just Transition Plans to Include Its Nomads

By Aatreyee Dhar
Youth activist Gereltuya Bayanmukh still reflects on the events in her formative years that inspired her to become a climate activist. When she was a child, she would visit her grandparents in a village 20 km to the south of the border between Russia and Mongolia.

World Bank’s IFC Finally Adopts Remedial Action Framework

By Carla García Zendejas
The World Bank’s private sector arm has raised the bar — and others may follow. On April 15, the International Finance Corporation (IFC) became the first development finance institution to adopt a formal remedy policy, publishing its Remedial Action Framework (RAF) to address environmental and social harm caused by IFC-supported investment projects.

Pumped Storage Hydropower is an Option for Latin America

By Humberto Márquez
Having hydroelectric power without damming rivers, dismantling the environment or displacing populations is possible in Latin America and the Caribbean, with reversible power plants that take advantage of their mountainous geography, and pave the way for only renewable sources to generate electricity.

Increased Demand for Cobalt Fuels Ongoing Humanitarian Crisis in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

By Juliana White
The demand for cobalt and other minerals is fueling a decades-long humanitarian crisis in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). In pursuit of money to support their families, Congolese laborers face abuse and life-threatening conditions working in unregulated mines.

Extreme Weather Will Place Toll on Asia’s Economies and Ecosystems, Says World Meteorological Organization

By Tanka Dhakal
Asia is heading towards more extreme weather events with a possibility of heavy toll on the region’s economies, ecosystems, and societies, says the World Meteorological Organization (WMO).

The Cost of Conservation—How Tanzania Is Erasing the Maasai Identity

By Kizito Makoye
On the vast plains of Tanzania’s Ngorongoro Conservation Area (NCA), the sight of young Maasai men in bright shawls, wielding sticks as they herd cattle, has long symbolized peaceful coexistence with nature. These herders, moving in harmony with zebras and wildebeests, are inseparable from the landscape. But today, that very identity—nurtured for generations—is under siege.

France Rallies World Leaders to Seal Ocean Protection Deal at UN Conference in Nice

By Kizito Makoye
With the future of the world’s oceans hanging in the balance, global leaders, scientists, and activists gathered in the French Riviera city of Nice this week for the historic UN Ocean Conference, where France declared a new era of high seas governance and marine protection.

Mexico, Spain, East Africa, Awarded For their Ecosystem Restoration Programs

By Naureen Hossain
At the 2025 United Nations Ocean Conference (UNOC3), the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) recognized three countries and regions for their large-scale programs to restore their native ecosystems.

From Villain to Vanguard: How the Shipping Industry Could Help Save Our Seas

By Kizito Makoye
Once cast as a culprit of ocean degradation, the global shipping industry is quietly reshaping its image—with experts now betting on it as a key ally in saving our seas.

Atoll Nation of Tuvalu Faces Climate Existential Crisis, Frustration With Slow Funding

By Cecilia Russell
Prime Minister of Tuvalu, Feleti Teo, describes himself as an optimist—despite the existential crisis his atoll nation faces with climate change-induced sea level rise and frustration with existing international financial mechanisms to fund adaptation and mitigation.

‘A Wake-Up Call from the Womb’—Indigenous People Rally for a Binding Plastics Treaty

By Kizito Makoye
As the sun peeked through the French Riviera clouds and a dozen reporters sipped orange juice aboard the WWF Panda Boat docked at Port Lympia, Frankie Orona, a Native American rights advocate from the Society of Native Nations in San Antonio, Texas, stunned the room into a moment of absolute stillness.

Chumbe Island: How Tanzania is Leading the Charge to Save Our Oceans

By Kizito Makoye
Under the surface of Tanzania’s turquoise waters, a miracle unfolds quietly every day.

‘Ocean Health Is Inseparable From Human Health, Climate Stability’—UN Chief Urges Swift Action, Partnership for Ocean Conference

By Naureen Hossain
“When we poison the ocean, we poison ourselves,” UN Secretary-General António Guterres told reporters on the second day of the UN Ocean Conference (UNOC3).

UNOC3: World Leaders Recognize Urgent Need for Ocean Action

By Naureen Hossain
The world has converged along the Mediterranean Sea to affirm their commitments to the sustainable use and protection of the ocean.

Oceans at Risk: Report Warns Global Fossil Fuel Expansion Threatens Marine Biodiversity

By Umar Manzoor Shah
A newly released report by Earth Insight in collaboration with 16 environmental organizations has sounded a global alarm on the unchecked expansion of offshore oil and gas projects into some of the most biologically rich and ecologically sensitive marine environments on the planet.

Girls in Kenya Are Repurposing the Invasive Mathenge Tree Into Furniture

By Farai Shawn Matiashe
Char Tito is hammering nails into wood at Kakuma Arid Zone Secondary School in Turkana County, northern Kenya. The 16-year-old is making a traditional chair under the scorching sun outside one of the classroom blocks.

In a Changing World, Protecting Nature is Protecting Our Future

By Lyes Ferroukhi and Karin Metell
In a world marked by armed conflict, threats to democracy, technological disruptions, and geopolitical tensions, many people are asking: Why should we prioritize environmental crises when there are other, more visible or perceived as more urgent challenges?

South Asian Cities Faced Relentless, Record-Breaking Heatwaves Last Year

By Selomi Garnaik and G. A. Rumeshi Perera
From the blistering heat of Delhi’s streets to Colombo’s humid corners, workers in the informal economy are silently enduring the toll of labour on their bodies and livelihoods.
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