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Anti-poverty program in Indonesia also helps save forests, study shows
Helping Indonesia’s poorest people could save the nation’s forests, too, a new study shows.Indonesia is one of the most rapidly deforested places on Earth, and nearly 10% of the population lives below...
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This writer is grappling with the paradox of public parks in Paris
A new book of poetry by John Freeman, “The Park,” uses the Luxembourg Gardens in Paris as a lens to peer into the paradox of how public green space can provide refuge and access to beauty for some...
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US-Mexico border wall threatens sacred Native lands
The Trump administration’s rush to complete sections of a wall along the US-Mexico border before the November election is threatening to damage and restrict access to sacred and historic Native...
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Trump denies knowledge of Russian bounties in Afghanistan; pandemic death...
Top of The World — our morning news round up written by editors at The World. Subscribe here.Several US service members are believed to have been killed as a result of bounties offered by a Russian...
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Discussion: How the coronavirus crisis is exacerbating food insecurities and...
Even as some countries start to reopen, the world is far from safe from the novel coronavirus pandemic that continues to rage. Two grim milestones have been reached, as the globe sees more than 10...
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Hong Kong national security law to take effect; Iran sentences journalist to...
Top of The World — our morning news round up written by editors at The World. Subscribe here.The National People’s Congress Standing Committee, China's top legislative body, passed a highly...
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COVID-19 lockdowns are a unique chance to study human-wildlife interactions,...
Pumas roaming the empty streets of Santiago in Chile. Dolphins in the unusually calm waters off of Trieste Italy. Jackals roaming city parks in Tel Aviv in broad daylight.The lockdowns on human...
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A global push for racial justice in the climate movement
For years, mainstream environmental movements around the globe have excluded people of color. Related: How US protests highlight 'anti-black racism across the globe'Environmental sociologist Dorceta...
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Rhino poaching in South Africa declines during coronavirus lockdown
In South Africa, the COVID-19 pandemic and strict government-imposed lockdown have led to an unexpected consequence: a major decline in rhino poaching.More than 80% of African rhinos remaining in the...
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Despite 'green wave,' France still behind on anti-racist, anti-colonial...
Malcom Ferdinand is a researcher at the French national scientific research center in Paris. Credit: Courtesy of Malcolm FerdinandOn Sunday, France’s Green party and its left-wing allies swept key...
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Fires and coronavirus are a deadly combination for the Amazon’s Indigenous...
Last year’s fires in the Amazon captured the world’s attention. They raged across Brazil, engulfing the recently deforested Amazon jungle. Smoke darkened São Paulo’s skies more than a thousand miles...
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Quest for racial justice in US must include environmental and climate issues,...
The murder of George Floyd by Minneapolis police officers on May 25 touched off massive protest demonstrations around the world against police brutality and systemic racism. The demonstrations have...
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Can direct air capture make a real impact on climate change?
Christoph Beuttler, carbon dioxide removal manager and policy expert at Climeworks, said that since the company started 11 years ago in Zurich, it has faced plenty of pushback.Climeworks is one of the...
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Racial justice movement spurs a Texas city council to bar fracking expansion
The city council of Arlington, Texas, took a historic stand last month by refusing to expand a fracking complex located next to a preschool that serves primarily Black and Latino children.Arlington,...
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‘China’s Erin Brockovich’ goes global to hold Chinese companies accountable
A longer version of this story was originally published by InsideClimate News.The forests of northwest Guinea are scarred by rust-red earth—a product of the West African country's recent bauxite mining...
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Global network of young people writes poems to cope with climate crisis
Some people might find it naïve to talk about poetry as a climate solution, but the arts represent one of the more powerful ways that people transform deeply held worldviews and beliefs about the...
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From Louisiana to Taiwan, environmental activists stand up to a major...
From Southeast Asia to the United States, activists have called attention in recent years to the harmful impact of chemical companies such as Formosa Plastics Corporation, a Taiwanese petrochemical...
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WHO releases new guidelines, sends team to China; Elections in Singapore and...
Top of The World — our morning news round up written by editors at The World. Subscribe here.The World Health Organization released new guidelines yesterday acknowledging some reports of airborne...
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EPA approves field trials of genetically modified mosquito
The Environmental Protection Agency has given biotech company Oxitec the go-ahead to test the effectiveness of genetically modified mosquitoes in parts of Florida and Texas.Oxitec has been developing...
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Trump ends special status for Hong Kong; Sculpture of a Black protester...
Top of The World — our morning news round up written by editors at The World. Subscribe here.President Donald Trump announced an end to Hong Kong's special status under US law on Tuesday. His executive...
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