‘Kids Are At The Heart Of Climate Action’: UN
From the high Himalayas down to sea level, climate change is no longer a distant threat for children in Nepal and the Maldives – it is a daily struggle: landslides …
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European Commission, UNEP to boost cooperation on environment, climate security, resilience
Brussels: In a move to strengthen global environmental cooperation in increasingly challenging geopolitical circumstances, European Commissioner for the Environment, Water Resilience, and a Competitive Circular Economy, Jessika Roswall, met with the Executive …
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Global biodiversity agreement mobilises $200 billion boost to protect flora, fauna
#Biodiversity# Environment# Nature Protection#Biodiversity Protection Governments on Friday reached agreement on a strategy to raise an additional $200 billion each year to better protect the world’s flora and fauna by …
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A growing number of Canadian households contain dangerous levels of radon gas, finds survey
The 2024 Cross-Canada Survey of Radon Exposure in the Residential Buildings of Urban and Rural Communities indicates that radioactive radon exposure in Canada is rising and continues to be a …
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Electronic waste mountain growing five times faster than recycling rate: Report
#Ewaste, #Environment, #EWasteMountain IBNS-CMEDIA: The amount of electronic waste – or e-waste – that we produce is at least 62 million tonnes, and it’s rising five times faster than the amount being …
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Senior officials call for action and solutions at UN Environment Assembly
#Environment IBNS-CMEDIA: Leaders attending a major UN environmental conference in Nairobi must drive forward solutions to combat climate change, biodiversity loss and pollution, Secretary-General António Guterres said on Thursday. “Your …
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Extreme heat likely to wipe out humans and mammals in distant future, Research finds
#ClimateChange, #Environment, #mammals IBNS: A new study shows unprecedented heat is likely to lead to the next mass extinction since the dinosaurs died out, eliminating nearly all mammals in some 250 million …
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Environmental champion hails rivers as ‘arteries of our planet’
#Environment Endurance swimmer Lewis Pugh traded the ocean for New York State’s Hudson River, declaring at the end of his epic 517 kilometre journey downriver on Wednesday that “we can …
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Environmental issues worry consistently leads to many Americans losing sleep, suvery
Worries about environmental issues are consistently leading to lost sleep for many Americans, a recent survey has revealed. According to a March 2023 survey commissioned by the American Academy of …
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World Environment Day: Earth ‘cannot keep up with our demands’
New York: “This planet is our only home”, Secretary-General António Guterres said in his message for World Environment Day, to be marked this Sunday, warning that the Earth’s natural systems …
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