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When leaders gather for the resumed session of the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA 5.2) next week, part of their discussions is expected to focus on the problems with humanity’s food systems. A growing…

Cities have long been about carving out a place for humans apart from nature. But that model has begun to change. Urban planners are increasingly realizing that to fend off a growing list of environmental threats,…

From 28 February to 2 March, representatives of the 193 Member States of the United Nations, business leaders, civil society and environmentalists from around the world will come together in Nairobi, Kenya, for the…

From the deepest points of the ocean to the food and water we consume, microplastics are a growing threat to human and planetary health. These tiny plastic particles are present in everyday items, including…

For the better part of five decades, plastic has been pouring into the world’s oceans, poisoning marine life, sullying beaches and, infamously, feeding a garbage patch that’s bigger than France. But later this…

Eleven new governments announce they will join the New Plastics Economy Global Commitment at the One Ocean Summit in Brest, France The science is clear – we must address plastic pollution urgently, with a systemic…

It has been almost a year since President Rotevatn, the Minister from Norway, brought down the gavel on the first part of the fifth session of the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA 5.1). Over 12,000…

11 February is the International Day of Women and Girls in Science, which recognises the often underappreciated role women and girls play in science and advocates for their full and equal access and participation.…

Yacouba Sawadogo, 76, has been a farmer for much of his life, tending a plot of land in a semi-arid stretch of central Burkina Faso. But in the 1980s, that way of life almost came to an end. Severe droughts…

From mangroves shielding a storm-prone coast to peatlands locking up megatons of carbon and landscapes coated in life-giving soil: Earth’s ecosystems have massive value. But that value is hard to measure and often…