Environment

Will COP30 Reenergize Nigeria’s Great Green Wall Project?

By Promise Eze
In 2017, 45-year-old Jabiru Muhammed could hardly contain his excitement when the village head of Batu in Jigawa State, northwestern Nigeria, announced that their community would work with officials from the National Agency for the Great Green Wall (NAGGW) to plant trees across a large stretch of land in the village.

Children’s Education Must Be Put At The Forefront of Climate Discussions At COP30

By Oritro Karim
In 2024, the climate crisis has disrupted schooling for millions of students worldwide, weakening workforces and hindering social development on a massive scale. With extreme weather patterns preventing students from accessing a safe, and effective learning environment, the United Nations (UN) and the Geneva Global Hub for Education in Emergencies (EiE Hub) continue to urge the international community to assist the most climate-sensitive areas in building resilient education systems that empower both students and educators.

Adaptation Finance Shortfalls Leave Developing World Exposed

By Cecilia Russell
Hurricane Melissa made landfall in Jamaica yesterday—the strongest hurricane to impact the island on record since 1851—with expectations of tens of thousands of people being displaced and devastating damage to infrastructure. The tropical storm, slightly downgraded but nevertheless devastating, made landfall in Cuba today as UNEP’s newly released Adaptation Gap Report 2025: Running on Empty shows that the finance needed for developing countries to adapt to the climate crisis is falling far behind their needs.

Indigenous Communities Are the Frontlines of Climate Action—It’s Time COP Listened

By Nana Kwesi Osei Bonsu
I had hoped to attend this year’s Conference of the Parties (COP) in person, to stand alongside fellow Indigenous leaders and advocate for the rights of our communities.

Data Centre Investments Bad Deals

By Jomo Kwame Sundaram and Kuhaneetha Bai Kalaicelvan
Opposition to data centres (DCs) has been rapidly spreading internationally due to their fast-growing resource demands. DCs have been proliferating quickly, driven by the popularity of artificial intelligence (AI).

The Time for a Decade of Island Resilience is Now

By Penny Becker, Ralph Regenvanu and Safiya Sawney
As biodiversity loss including ocean degradation, pollution and climate change threaten our planet, islands, and particularly global small island nations, often don't get the spotlight they deserve. Often labeled as vulnerable, the world’s small island nations are in fact powerful beacons of resilience.

Eyes in the Sky: How Satellites Are Helping to Reduce Emissions from Livestock

By Lindsey Sloat
Thousands of years ago, we looked to the stars for guidance — constellations like Taurus and the Pleiades signalled the changing of the seasons and the best times to plant, harvest and move animals.

In Zimbabwe, Secondhand Clothes From the West Are Collapsing the Local Textile Industry

By Farai Shawn Matiashe
Shamiso Marambanyika assists a male customer in selecting a pair of jeans on a Saturday morning in Mutare, a city in the eastern part of Zimbabwe.

The Dangers of Green Mining

By Stephanie Dowlen
Even amidst the regressive resistance of the current U.S. administration, the world is shifting toward a green energy future. As governments pledge to phase out fossil fuels, companies tout electric vehicles, and financiers pour billions into solar, wind and batteries, it seems the necessary transition from fossil fuels to clean energy is finally picking up pace.

New Climate Goal: To Quadruple Sustainable Fuels

By Mario Osava
Quadrupling the production and use of sustainable fuels by 2035 is the goal of a new international initiative to drive energy transition and mitigate the climate crisis, which will be launched during Brazil's climate summit in November.

International Day for Climate Action, 2025


 
We are in a climate emergency. The Earth is already over 1.3 °C warmer than pre-industrial times. 2024 was the hottest year ever recorded.

Community Volunteers Working to Safeguard Bangladesh’s Last Wild Elephants

By Rafiqul Islam
When wild elephant herds come down from the hills in search of food, Sona Miahm, with community volunteers, steps forward to help prevent human-elephant conflicts.

Desalination is Booming in Chile, but Farmers Hardly Benefit

By Orlando Milesi
Desalination projects are booming in Chile, with 51 plants planned to process seawater and a combined investment of US$ 24.455 billion. However, these initiatives hardly benefit small-scale farmers, who are threatened by the prolonged drought, and cause environmental concerns.

Global Forest Loss: Far Off Track From Global Commitments

By Umar Manzoor Shah
The Forest Declaration Assessment 2025 warns that global forest loss remains alarmingly high, with little sign of improvement.

World Food Programme Warns of Emergency Levels of Hunger Amid Severe Funding Cuts

By Oritro Karim
In 2025, unprecedented cuts to foreign aid and humanitarian funding have exacerbated global hunger crises, leaving millions without access to food or basic services. Funding shortfalls have forced aid agencies to scale back or suspend lifesaving programs in some of the world’s most food-insecure regions, particularly across the Global South—exacerbating already dire conditions caused by conflict, displacement, economic instability, and climate shocks.

Chile Aims for Sustainable Port Expansion – VIDEO

By Orlando Milesi
Maritime transport is key for Chile, which has 34 free trade agreements with countries and blocs of nations, one of the broadest trade networks in the world with access to over 86% of the global gross domestic product (GDP).

A Hungry World Knows No Borders

By Dr Himanshu Pathak
When crops fail, people move not by choice, but by necessity. As families are displaced by droughts and failed harvests, the pressures do not always stop at national boundaries. In short, hunger has become one of the most powerful forces shaping our century.

Vanishing Wisdom of the Sundarbans–How climate change erodes centuries of ecological knowledge

By Diwash Gahatraj
Bapi Mondal's morning routine in Bangalore is a world away from his ancestral village, Pakhiralay, in the Sundarbans, West Bengal. He wakes before dawn, navigates heavy traffic, and spends eight long hours molding plastic battery casings. It's not the life his honey-gathering forefathers knew, but factors like extreme storms, rising seas, and deadly soil salinity forced the 40-year-old to abandon centuries of family tradition and travel miles away to work in a concrete suburban factory.

World Bank and Other MDBs Need to Tackle Rich Country GHG Emissions to Support Development

By Philippe Benoit
The World Bank and other multilateral development banks recently have begun reconsidering their self-imposed restrictions on financing fossil fuel projects. This change is being prompted in part by the new U.S. administration and is also supported by developing country experts. Yet, the reality remains that greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) from fossil fuels, and specifically the climate change they induce, can severely undermine multilateral development bank projects and overall developing country growth prospects.

Global South Can Rebalance Climate Agenda in Belém, Says Gambian Negotiator

By Joyce Chimbi
The Gambia's lead negotiator on mitigation believes that COP30 presents a unique opportunity to rebalance global climate leadership.

Darjeeling’s Wake-Up Call: Expert at IUCN Congress Calls for Agile Climate Finance

By Diwash Gahatraj
As global conservation leaders gather in Abu Dhabi for the IUCN World Conservation Congress, communities in the hills of Darjeeling, thousands of kilometers away, are still counting their losses. In early October, heavy rains triggered deadly landslides that buried homes, blocked key roads, and left several people dead. The destruction has once again exposed how vulnerable India’s mountain regions are to extreme weather.
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