Climate & Environment

Protecting the planet: legal experts reveal definition of ‘ecocide’

Dramatic change in Madhumati River salt levels
Bangladesh and has seen a dramatic change in its salt levels in recent years.

Can governments give up using fossil fuels to save the climate?
The world’s leading energy agency warned global carbon dioxide emissions are expected to rise at their second-fastest pace ever this year. Among them is a ..

Reykjavik Arctic States Meeting
US Secretary of State Blinken and Russia’s Foreign Minister Lavrov will both attend the talks and are expected to meet on the sidelines.

2021 Global Report on Food Crises
The report shows that the number of people facing acute food insecurity increased in 2020 and is set to rise further in 2021. Conflict is ..

Iraq’s environment
Every year millions of pilgrims visit Iraq’s holy sites. Most people use plastic bottles and disposable cutlery resulting in millions of pieces of plastic headed ..

Global Earth Day
The European Union has pledged at least a 55 percent cut compared to 1990 levels, while the UK promised 68 percent. Biden has pledged to ..

Combating global warming
Oceans absorb nearly 93 percent of the carbon dioxide released by human activities since 1970.

US/China/Climate
China’s special climate envoy, Xie Zhenhua, will meet with Kerry in Shanghai and the two will exchange views on COP 26.

Fukushima water
Concerns remain among Japan’s fisheries industry and consumers as well as neighboring countries such as South Korea and China.

Clean energy
Al Jazeera has discovered that in the case of NYC, reliance on fossil fuels is expected to increase in the coming year due to the ..