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Human activity has degraded more than a third of the remaining Amazon rainforest, scientists find

Human activity has degraded more than a third of the remaining Amazon rainforest, scientists find

Hannah Steiner January 28, 2023

Preventing the advance of deforestation remains vital, and could also allow more attention to be directed to other drivers of....

AFRICA: the circular economy, an ally for the ecological transition

AFRICA: the circular economy, an ally for the ecological transition

Hannah Steiner December 01, 2022

In Japan, for example, where the government began a transition to the circular economy in 2000, 650,000 jobs have been....

AFRICA: AGRA launches $550m fund for climate-resilient agriculture

AFRICA: AGRA launches $550m fund for climate-resilient agriculture

Hannah Steiner September 20, 2022

AGRA has announced the creation of a $550 million fund to boost green and climate-resilient agriculture in Africa.

Half of China hit by drought in worst heatwave on record

Half of China hit by drought in worst heatwave on record

Liang Lan August 25, 2022

A crippling drought exacerbated by a record heatwave has spread across half of China and reached the normally frigid Tibetan....

Extreme heat is slamming the world’s three biggest economies all at once

Extreme heat is slamming the world’s three biggest economies all at once

George Scott August 20, 2022

Estimating just how catastrophic climate change will be for the global economy has historically proven challenging. But this summer, it's....

Earth hits 'Overshoot Day' ; NGOs warn the rest of 2022 will be lived in resource deficit

Earth hits 'Overshoot Day' ; NGOs warn the rest of 2022 will be lived in resource deficit

George Scott July 30, 2022

Mankind marks a dubious milestone Thursday, the day by which humanity has consumed all earth can sustainably produce for this....

US to plant more trees as climate change kills off forests

US to plant more trees as climate change kills off forests

George Scott July 26, 2022

BILLINGS, Montana: The Biden administration on Monday (Jul 25) announced plans to replant trees on millions of acres of burned....

Global soy exporters adopt new measures to cut deforestation in Brazil’s Cerrado region

Global soy exporters adopt new measures to cut deforestation in Brazil’s Cerrado region

Liang Lan June 28, 2022

Six of the world’s largest food and agribusiness companies have developed a new method to tackle deforestation and grassland conversion....