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Read MoreWith good governance and management, water can be equitably shared and water conflict can be avoided.
Read MorePeace is more than the absence of war.
Read MoreThe climate crisis is disproportionately affecting people of color and low-income communities around the world. With more climate migrants expected to flee their home in the countries least able to cope in the coming decades, the impacts will be further destabilizing to developing countries. But developing countries are not the only places where environment racism pervades. It’s a global problem.
Read MoreBluer skies and cleaner waterways may be short term benefits of an otherwise terrible global pandemic, but what will happen to the environment when the global economy restarts? Can any of these short term benefits be transformed into long term transformational environmental improvements?
Read MoreThe Covid-19 pandemic has taken over humanity claiming thousands of human lives but reviving natural resources around the world. From uncontaminated water in Venice’s canals to air quality in China, the environmental gains from this tragedy has benefited millions of plant and animal species.
Read MoreThousands of people in Kiribati and many other low-lying areas are expecting to die in their native-lands. Those who have hope consider migrating to a safer place. According to a 2018 World Bank report, 143 million people in South Asia, Latin America and Sub-Saharan Africa could become climate migrants.
Read MoreChina, the biggest producer of plastic in the world, is all set to ban disposable plastic items starting this year. The government ruled out regulations on Sunday to ban plastic bags and straws in major Chinese cities by the end of 2020 and across the country by 2022.
Read MoreThe landmark climate change amendment, that sets a new target for New Zealand to achieve zero carbon emissions by 2050, passed by 119 votes to one on Thursday.
Read MoreDangerous levels of pollutants in the air have clouded the lives of most residents in Delhi, the capital city of India, and the most polluted major metropolis in the world. The government declared a public health emergency last week prompting a city-wide ban on millions of private vehicles and a halt on roadside construction.
Read MoreXR activists believe that climate change is undeniable and time is running out. The movement was launched in Britain in July 2018. Members have since staged dramatic protests including chaining themselves to corporate offices, performing“die-ins” in public buildings and disrupting traffic to push the climate change agenda in politics and the media.
Read MoreAfter becoming the first country to move its capital due to climate change, Indonesia is still struggling with environmental issues that require quicker and better combat strategies. On Tuesday, several schools in Palembang, the capital of Indonesia’s South Sumatra province shut due to worsening air quality in the country.
Read MoreA report released by NASA earlier this year commended India and China for its role in major afforestation efforts that benefit the entire planet. India has now decided to take a step further in its fight against climate change and emerge as a global champion. The Indian government is planning to create a 1400 km-long (869 miles) and 5km (3 miles) wide green belt from Gujrat to Delhi-Haryana border, according to Times of India.
Read MoreJust 20 of the oil, gas and coal reserves around the world directly contribute to more than one-third of all greenhouse gas emissions in the modern era, according to the report. As Friday strikes become more common and the younger generation gets more vocal, governments are increasingly pressured to address the fossil fuel industry's contribution to global warming.
Read MoreThe world’s second largest country, India, is all set to get rid of its single-use plastic by 2022, Prime Minister Narendra Modi told assembly members present at the United Nations on Friday.
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