Published by the Environmental News Service HANGZHOU, China, September 6, 2016 (ENS) – The Hangzhou G20 communique issued today brings climate change to the center stage of the global agenda and sends a strong signal for all nations to join the Paris Agreement as soon as possible. Read the full article at: http://ens-newswire.com/2016/09/06/usa-and-china-formally-join-paris-climate-agreement/
Published by the World Wildlife Fund In a welcome piece of good news for the world’s threatened wildlife, the giant panda has just been downgraded from ‘Endangered’ to ‘Vulnerable’ on the global list of species at risk of extinction, demonstrating how an integrated approach can help save our planet’s vanishing biodiversity. The International Union for Conservation […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund While all eyes are rightly focused today on the historic action by the United States and China to formally join the Paris Climate Agreement, it’s also worth noting the two countries’ joint steps to reach another historic global climate deal next month – one that will be the […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Today, President Obama stood together with the President of China to announce that both countries have formally joined the Paris Agreement to combat climate change. This historic announcement sends an undeniable message that the world’s two largest economies and emitters are turning their climate change commitments into action. […]
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The ceremony Saturday in Hangzhou, China, offered a rare display of harmony in a relationship that has become increasingly discordant. Read the full article at: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/04/world/asia/obama-xi-jinping-china-climate-accord.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Presidents Obama and Xi announced that the U.S. and China have formally joined the Paris Agreement, moving the agreement within reach of entering into force this year. This announcement sends a strong signal that these two countries will continue to act aggressively on climate change through stronger domestic […]
Published by the World Wildlife Fund This week, conservation takes center stage as 6,000 global experts dive deep into the issues that will define the physical future of our planet. And with the all the far-reaching impacts of these decisions affecting the long-term sustainability of our planet, it’s a gathering that cannot come soon enough. The […]
Published by Ocean Conservancy Just last week, President Obama announced that he will quadruple the Papahānaumokuākea Hawaii Monument—creating the world’s largest protected marine area. At 582,578 square miles, Papahānaumokuākea will be nearly four times the size of California and 105 times larger than Connecticut. This is huge news for the endangered Hawaiian monk seals, sea turtles, […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund This is the first blog in a special three-part series on green finance in China Xinhua On September 4-5, this year’s G20 Summit will be held in Hangzhou, China. Green finance will be one of the major topics of discussion at this meeting, marking the first time that […]
Published by the United Nations [UN] Environment Programme – State Council approves proposals to propel greening of China’s financial sector – US$600 billion per annum is needed in China to finance green projects Read the full article at: http://www.unep.org/NewsCentre/default.aspx?DocumentID=27084&ArticleID=36254&l=en
Published by the World Wildlife Fund To prevent the worst impacts of climate change, we must shift our global energy supply from one that relies on dirty fossil fuels—coal, oil, and natural gas—to one that is supported by clean and sustainable sources. The good news is that this transition is already well underway, according to a […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Your browser doesn’t support Javascript or has it disabled. onEarth works best with Javascript enabled. A lead crisis strikes an Indiana housing complex – The mayor of East Chicago, Indiana, recently announced the city will raze the West Calumet Housing Complex due dangerously high lead levels in the […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Published by the United Nations [UN] Environment Programme – Pathogen and organic pollution rises in more than 50% of river stretches in Africa, Asia and Latin America – Asia hit hardest by rise in severe pathogen pollution with up to a half of all river stretches affected – Up to 323 million people on three continents […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund In just a few days, I will be leading an NRDC delegation of lawyers, scientists, and policy experts to the International Union for the Conservation of Nature’s (IUCN) World Conservation Congress, which will be held in the U.S. (Honolulu, Hawaii) for the first time in its 60-year history. […]
Published by the World Wildlife Fund Camera traps in China have captured images and video footage of giant pandas that are often difficult to see in the wild. The photographs and video are some of the most amazing images ever of pandas and other species in their remote habitat, which were caught on film as part […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Since its introduction to Guam in the late 1940s, the brown tree snake has done significant damage to the island’s economy and essentially destroyed its native ecology (especially bird populations). USDA Global trade is the number one avenue for stowaway pests. Along with goods, the United States alone […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Your browser doesn’t support Javascript or has it disabled. onEarth works best with Javascript enabled. Wind power is booming in the United States – A new report released by the Department of Energy says the country now generates more electricity from wind than any other country in the […]