The UN Secretary General Just Gave An Major Speech On Climate ChangeOn Monday afternoon, UN Secretary General António Guterres delivered a major address drawing attention to the world’s insufficient action on climate...
This is the World’s First Fully Solar Powered Airport. (It Serves as Many People as Dulles Airport)The United Nations Environment is bestowing its highest annual honor on an airport in India for being the first airport...
The Inside Story of How the World Closed the Hole in the Ozone Layer The year is 1985. Ronald Reagan is president. Margaret Thatcher is prime minister of the United Kingdom. Michael Jackson,...
Why Former President of Ireland Mary Robinson Fights for Climate JusticeMary Robinson was the first female President of Ireland, serving from 1990 to 1997. She then served as the UN...
A Paris Agreement for the Shipping IndustryThe UN agency that oversees shipping, the International Maritime Organization, adopted its first-ever deal to reduce greenhouse gas emissions last...
Young People Around the World Are Increasingly Suing Governments To Protect the Environment. (And they are winning)In 1998, researchers at Shell wrote a memo in which they predicted a series of devastating storms in the year...
Map of the Day: Where Investment in Renewables is BoomingToday’s map comes from a new UN-backed report Global Trends in Renewable Energy Investment 2018. As the name suggests the report,...
Podcast: The Wanjira Mathai InterviewWanjira Mathai is a Kenyan environmental and civic leader. She is the chair of the Wangari Mathai Foundation, which is...
For the first time, an International Treaty to Protect Environmental ActivistsIn many Latin American countries, environmental protests can be a matter of life and death for the activists involved. In...
