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Global leaders have acknowledged the need to take urgent collective action to combat the illegal wildlife trade (IWT) at the the fourth global conference on IWT. This now needs to be matched by action.

Coca-Cola, PepsiCo, and Nestlé were the most frequent companies identified in 239 cleanups and brand audits spanning 42 countries and six continents, the Break Free From Plastic movement announced, on October 9. Over 187,000 pieces of plastic trash were audited, identifying thousands of brands whose packaging relies on the single-use plastics that pollute our oceans and waterways globally.

A landmark scientific report released on October 8, assesses the prospects for limiting global warming to 1.5°C and shows the critical need for urgent action. Approved by 195 governments, the report underscores the small window of opportunity we have to move from the dangerous path the world is on.

The international financial services company, NN Group, has announced its withdrawal from tar sands oil and controversial pipeline companies in Canada and the United States. The announcement comes on the heels of the IPCC report and sends a timely message to world leaders that they need to get serious about climate change.

A major IUCN co-authored paper published on October 11, reviews the relatively new field of assessing species’ vulnerability to climate change, as experts warn that time is running out for many species.

As nature continues to decline across the world, worsened by unrelenting levels of illegal logging and rampant poaching, wildlife rangers are one of the planet’s last line of defence. However, ahead of London’s Illegal Wildlife Trade Conference this week, results from the largest ever survey on the working conditions of government rangers across Asia and Africa reveal the harsh realities of their work.

The new action plan released today by Wilmar International, the world’s largest palm oil trader, is not fit for purpose and will not keep forest destroyers out of its supply chain, according to Greenpeace International.

Nearly 100 civil society organisations from across the world have sent a joint letter to German Chancellor Angela Merkel, urging her to intervene in the escalating crisis over the future of Hambach forest, and commit to a swift and just phase out of coal in Germany.

Residents and rescue workers in Florida and other southeastern U.S. states were in the midst of recovering Friday from the devastation inflicted by Hurricane Michael, the remnants of which have moved out into the Atlantic Ocean.

Middelgruden offshore wind farm which was developed off the Danish coast in 2000 and consists of 20 turbines.