Environment

Food still major priority for typhoon survivors, UN official says during Philippines visit

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Nearly half a million people have been left homeless by Super Typhoon Haiyan (local name Yolanda),...

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Animal Welfare Institute Seeks Emergency Protection for World's Smallest Sloth

Animal Welfare Institute filed an emergency petition to list the pygmy three-toed sloth (Bradypus pygmaeus) as endangered under the U.S. Endangered Species Act (ESA). Endemic to Panama’s Isla Escudo de Veraguas, the pygmy sloth—the world’s smallest...

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Japan abandons climate target, weakens chance of ambitious outcome from UN Climate Talks

The Japanese government announced that it aims for a 3.8% greenhouse gas emissions reduction compared to 2005. However, according to the Kyoto baseline in 1990, this is a 3.1% increase. Prime Minister Abe is tricking the world and the Japanese people...

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Small hydroelectric power plants in Rasht Valley of Tajikistan and their impact on local development focus of OSCE report

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Small hydropower plants in Pingun, Rasht Valley, 19 September 2013.

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