Search for environment articles

Were it better protected, the region’s massive natural capital could generate short-term economic benefits as well as long-term growth opportunities, experts...

Conservation areas can themselves be a source of conflict and we must bear that in mind when advocating for their protection in war.

In the latest article in a series on the world’s key emitters Carbon Brief looks at Mexico, a nation that is already bearing the brunt of droughts, extreme heat...

Study finds populations of some higher-altitude districts in Himalayan state have already dropped. Over the next 30 years, climate change is expected to...

Abror Gafurov, a hydrologist at GFZ-Potsdam, the national research centre for earth sciences in Germany, tells The Third Pole what the latest research shows...

In the latest article in a series on the world’s key emitters Carbon Brief looks at the US, which, to date, has contributed more to human-caused climate change...

While Southeast Asia’s main waterway faces substantial challenges, five developments in the Mekong River hold promise.

The current protests by Indian farmers against the passage of three laws have deep roots in income insecurity, which is driven by changing rainfall patterns and...

Extreme weather events such as droughts and floods are expected to become more severe under future climate conditions. This implies a concern for policymakers...

Raging fires, expanding mineral extraction and land clearing for agribusiness are not only destroying Amazonian lands and biodiversity, they are also...

In his address on this year’s World Cities Day, UN-Secretary General António Guterres recognised that “cities have borne the brunt of the pandemic” and called...