Tag: environment
Global Deforestation Is Slowing, but Forests Remain Under Pressure
Global deforestation has slowed across all regions in the past decade, according to the Global Forest Resources Assessment 2025 (FRA 2025) released by the Food...
Regional Leaders Awarded for Combating Transboundary Environmental Crimes
The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) has announced the distinguished winners of the 2024–2025 Asia Environmental Enforcement Recognition of Excellence (AEEE). These...
Nearly 900 Million People in Poverty Face Direct Climate Threats
Nearly eight in ten people across the globe are living in multidimensional poverty—about 887 million out of 1.1 billion people. They are...
Human-Driven Climate Change Intensifies Global Wildfires
Wildfires worldwide are becoming more devastating, driven by human-caused climate change that is intensifying heatwaves, droughts, and vegetation dryness across continents. Scientists...
Global Carbon Dioxide Levels Reach Record Highs
Global carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere surged by a record amount in 2024, reaching new highs that commit the planet to...
Developing Nations Trapped in Climate Debt Cycle
Developing countries are paying back more in climate finance loan repayments to wealthy nations than they receive in aid, according to new...
Every Part of Ocean Affected by Climate Change, Biodiversity Loss, Pollution
Every part of the ocean is now affected by climate change, biodiversity loss, and pollution, according to the ninth Copernicus Ocean State...
The Ganges River Is Drying Faster Than Ever
The Ganges River, lifeline for hundreds of millions in South Asia, is drying at a rate scientists call unprecedented. Climate change, erratic...
Pharmaceuticals Persist Through Wastewater Treatment, Threatening Aquatic Life
Municipal wastewater treatment plants are failing to remove many common pharmaceuticals, including the antidepressant fluoxetine (Prozac), allowing these drugs to enter rivers,...
Amazon Trees Growing Larger
Trees across the Amazon are getting bigger, according to new research published in Nature Plants. The study reveals that the average tree...
