First of four parts
Two prominent research organizations confirmed a few weeks ago what scientists had long thought: the world’s warm water coral reefs are...
THE Kenya-based United Nations Environment Program or UNEP is raising the alarm on the severity of the global plastics crisis.
Environmentalists warn plastics, which include...
For centuries, livestock farmers in Aso, Japan, have gathered each spring for one purpose: to set fire to the region’s famed grasslands.
The controlled blazes...
First of 3 parts
Humanity generates between 2.1 billion and 2.3 billion tons of municipal solid waste a year.
When improperly managed, much of that refuse―from...
Dirty air alone is responsible for 6.7 million deaths globally every year, while conservative estimates suggest that in 2019, 5.5 million people died from...
Collaboration between governments, development organizations, the private sector, civil society and academia is crucial to reducing pollution and improving air quality given the transboundary...
Nothing lasts forever, so they say—gadgets included. These are usually traded in or discarded for newer and more advanced models. Such behavior, though, has...
SMHCC properties fully support the United Nations Environment Program's campaign to phase out Single-Use Plastics (SUPs) in the tourism sector.
It has partnered with the...
The world will miss its chance to avert climate disaster without an immediate and all-but-impossible fall in fossil fuel emissions, the UN said Tuesday...
