25.03.2019 Flood and landslide damage hits a 10-year high in 2018 Floods, landslides, debris flows, rockfall and rockslides caused some CHF 200 million of damage in Switzerland [...]
20.03.2019 Billions deprived of the right to water Access to water and sanitation is internationally recognized human right. Yet more than two billion people [...]
15.03.2019 Global Resources Outlook 2019: Natural Resources for the Future We Want – UN calls for urgent rethink as resource use [...]
13.03.2019 Polluted air shortens the lifespan of Europeans by about two years Air pollution is clearly underestimated as a health hazard, notwithstanding the heated discussion about diesel cars, [...]
13.03.2019 Thawing Arctic Permafrost: One of the Five Largest Threats to the Environment The new report “Frontiers 2018/19: Emerging Issues of Environmental Concern” issued by the United Nations’ Environmental [...]
13.03.2019 Air Pollution May Impact Fetal Cardiovascular System, Rutgers Study Says Exposure to ultrafine particulates, the smallest particles in air pollution, restricts blood flow and nutrients to [...]
11.03.2019 ICAO closes a loophole in climate compensation The Council of ICAO, during its 216th Session, has made another set of important decisions toward [...]
02.03.2019 Green diversity instead of grey cement Worldwide, the loss of biodiversity has taken on dramatic forms. But the economy and society are [...]
04.02.2019 “The Venice of Africa” sinks into the rubbish Lake Nokoué in Benin is Threatened Lake of the Year 2019 Diese Meldung teilen [...]
02.02.2019 Microplastics cause mussels to lose their grip Plastic pollution potentially threatens future survival of this mollusc – new study Diese Meldung teilen [...]
02.02.2019 Solar Farms Shine a Ray of Hope on Bees and Butterflies A trend of planting wildflowers on solar sites could maintain habitat for disappearing bees and butterflies. [...]
30.01.2019 Noise reduction required in European waters! Member States of the European Union are set to fail to protect marine wildlife from the [...]
28.01.2019 Indonesian road-building spree among ‘world’s scariest’ environmental threats Planned roads and railways will shred much of what remeins Diese Meldung teilen [...]
24.01.2019 In China, a link between happiness and air quality Moods expressed on social media tend to decline when air pollution gets worse, study finds. Diese [...]
31.12.2018 Not enough countries prove political will to prevent dangerous climate change Eight of the G20-countries perform very low – USA and Saudi Arabia at the bottom of [...]
29.12.2018 New report: World counts the cost of a year of climate breakdown Extreme weather driven by climate change killed thousands around the world in 2018 – Christian Aid report [...]