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The World Bank (International Bank for Reconstruction and Development; IBRD) has raised more than US$660 million in Sustainable Development Bonds highlighting the critical role of ocean and water resources. Specifically, the World Bank focused on two Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): SDG 14 (life below water) and SDG 6 (clean water and sanitation).

State fire officials say the Camp Fire, which has killed at least 85 people in northern California, is 100 percent contained Sunday.

The Camp Fire has scorched nearly 62,000 hectares of land and destroyed more than 13,600 homes since it broke out November 8.

U.S. President Donald Trumps travels to California Saturday to get an up-close look at the devastation caused by the California fires and to meet people whose lives have been impacted.

The High Level Segment for the UN Convention on Biological Diversity Conference (CBD COP14) concluded with the adoption of the Sharm-El-Sheikh declaration by the 196 Parties, on November 15.

A leaked document from oil company Equinor, obtained by Greenpeace Australia Pacific, reveals previously unreleased oil spill modelling that shows an oil spill in the Great Australian Bight could reach even farther north than Sydney and surrounding beaches, coating thousands of kilometres of Australian coastline as well as the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area.

Conservation action has brought renewed hope for the Fin Whale and the Mountain Gorilla, according to the update of The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. The Fin Whale has improved in status from Endangered to Vulnerable following bans on whaling, while the Mountain Gorilla subspecies has moved from Critically Endangered to Endangered thanks to collaborative conservation efforts.

A new study finds that wild tiger populations in key tiger recovery sites across Asia have the potential to triple within a human generation given strong site management, contributing up to 15 per cent increase in the global tiger population.

Palm oil suppliers to snack food giant Mondelez have destroyed almost 25,000 hectares of orangutan habitat in Indonesia in just two years, new mapping analysis by Greenpeace International has revealed.

Commenting on the news that China has postponed implementing new regulation that would have allowed the use of tiger bone and rhino horn by hospitals, and domestic trade in antique tiger and rhino products, Margaret Kinnaird, WWF Wildlife Practice Leader

Amsterdam – Greenpeace is calling for states to enact trade sanctions against countries not following the CITES restrictions on the shipment of endangered whale meat between countries. Iceland is currently shipping to Japan 1,500 metric tons of the 147 fin whales they killed this year, flouting the CITES agreement. The meat is being transported on the St. Kitts & Nevis flagged vessel Azure Coast.