Environment
Global economy to lose billions without action to stop ocean acidification, UN report warns
Coral Reef.
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Clean Air, National Park Advocates Challenge EPA Failure To Protect Grand Canyon From Navajo Generating Station Pollution
The Navajo Generating Station is just 12 miles from the Grand Canyon and responsible for frequently polluted air that makes vistas hazy and unhealthy at the park.
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Commission ignores emissions from tar sands under EU clean fuel standards
Clear cutting and deforestation in Alberta's tar sands region releases on average 8.7 megatonnes of CO2 on a yearly basis, which are not accounted for in the calculation of the fuel's climate impacts.
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Arctic sea ice continues low; Antarctic ice hits a new high
This image shows that Arctic sea ice extent for September 2014 was 5.28 million square kilometers (2.04 million square miles). The magenta line shows the 1981 to 2010 median extent for that month. The black cross indicates the geographic North Pole. Sea Ice Index data. About the data.
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Indigenous knowledge essential to meet global biodiversity targets – UN official
Indigenous forest-dwelling people of the Republic of Congo.
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Major conference on biodiversity warns against 'business as usual' behaviour, consumption
A young child plants a seedling in the dirt.
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Culture is vital in the global development agenda, emphasizes Florence Declaration
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Activists to EU ministers: people want renewable energy and energy efficiency
Greenpeace activists unfurl a giant banner in Milan as Danish energy minister Rasmus Helveg Petersen and his European counterparts arrive for an EU meeting on energy policy
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WWF welcomes improved MSC fisheries standard
Catch, bycatch and habitat - improved MSC standard assures retailers and consumers they can remain confident in the sustainability of the leading certified seafood.
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Human Rights
Conscience, Hope, and Action: Keys to Global Peace and Sustainability
Ringing FOWPAL’s Peace Bell for the World:Nobel Peace Prize Laureates’ Visions and Actions
Protecting the World’s Cultural Diversity for a Sustainable Future
The Peace Bell Resonates at the 27th Eurasian Economic Summit
Puppet Show I International Friendship Day 2020