Environment

New Support for a Green Future in Morocco

The World Bank announced on Friday a new US$300 million loan to support the implementation of Morocco’s comprehensive green growth strategy. The second in a program of two operations designed to support the shift towards a low carbon economy, the...

EU ministers sell out on promise to end overfishing

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French artisanal fishermen in the Atlantic.

Science, central to Paris Climate Agreement and Sustainable Development, says UN’s Scientific Advisory Board

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Safeguard farmers' traditional plant breeding rights, say MEPs

A ban on the patenting of products obtained by conventional breeding techniques, such as crossing, is essential to sustain innovation, food security and small businesses, says a non-legislative resolution voted by Parliament on Thursday. MEPs,...