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The climate data for 2021 is now mostly in, and it has proved to be another noteworthy year across the oceans, atmosphere, cryosphere and surface temperature of...

In this article, the authors examine the links between deforestation and security, charting a way forward for policymakers, law enforcement and the multilateral...

The Kandadji Dam project in Niger is projected to displace about 38,000 people living near the Niger River due to the ongoing activities. Focusing only on the...

The destruction of nature and the world’s ecosystems presents an unprecedented challenge for humanity. With one million species on the brink of extinction – the...

Sufficient supply is essential for global food security, but an overemphasis on availability overshadows more pressing issues, such as climate change...

Improved water security is critical as climate change worsens. Local climate data is needed to mitigate risks for vulnerable communities.

Connected and healthy rivers deliver many important benefits, but if all currently proposed hydropower dams are built, over 260,000 km of rivers will lose free...

What before was 'clear' is now 'unequivocal': human activity is causing the climate to change rapidly and drastically, while threatening the environment and the...

The EU wants electric cars to drive it to net zero, powered by batteries produced in the bloc, but at what cost to people living near new lithium mines?

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.