Where G2O countries stand in joining the Paris Agreement

Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund The Group of Twenty (G20) is viewed as one of key forums for the world’s largest economies to set forth joint actions on a range of issues, so the upcoming G20 Summit in China is an important moment for international efforts to address climate change. After all, key […]

Summer Traditions in a Changing Climate

Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Visiting my parents in Miami is one of my favorite summer traditions. Friends sometimes question why we choose the hottest, most touristy season to fly cross-country to the Sunshine State, but we respond that there is something precious about those late-summer beach visits with the grandparents. Day at […]

Whale Sharks Move onto the Endangered List

Published by Ocean Conservancy Written by Dr. Alistair Dove You may have seen in the press the recent announcement from the International Union for the Conservation of Nature, that whale sharks (along with the enigmatic wing head shark) have been downgraded from Vulnerable to Endangered on the IUCN Red List.  I thought it might help to explain exactly what […]

How humans and snow leopards can live in harmony

Published by the World Wildlife Fund Growing up in a herding community in the Nepalese mountains, Ghana S. Gurung knew two things about snow leopards: they killed his family’s livestock, and they needed to be killed in return. Ghana spent his childhood summers in the upper Mustang region with his grandfather, herding his family’s goats, sheep […]

When Doing the Right Thing is Also Fun!

Published by Ocean Conservancy By Chef Kyle Bailey Doing the right thing can also be fun. For chefs like me, working within the limits required under U.S. sustainable fisheries management law these last ten years hasn’t been a burden, it’s been a bonanza. Prior to 2006, when overfishing was still rampant in U.S. waters, the fishermen […]

Obama Announces the World’s Largest Protected Marine Area

Published by Ocean Conservancy This is HUGE! I’m so excited to share with you that President Obama just announced that he will quadruple the  Hawaii Monument—creating the world’s largest protected marine area. It literally doesn’t get any bigger than this! Thank YOU to the more than 20,000 ocean supporters who took action this summer—asking President Obama to go […]

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