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This photo taken on April 11, 2025 shows an aerial view of a forest area with clove trees in Ternate, North Maluku.
This photo taken on April 11, 2025 shows an aerial view of a forest area with clove trees in Ternate, North Maluku.
Environment premium

Climate change takes spice from Ternate clove farms

"Today... rainfall is high. It's okay for planting, but it's uncertain for harvesting. It's often unpredictable," farmer Jauhar Mahmud, 61, told AFP.

12 hours ago
Environment

Summer 2024 was Lapland's warmest in 2,000 years: study

"Last summer's average temperature in Lapland, or northern Fennoscandia, was the highest in both direct observations which we have from the late 1800s onwards and so-called indirect tree ring observations, of which the longest time series extends to 2,000 years ago," Mika Rantanen, researcher at the Finnish Meteorological Institute, told AFP.

3 days ago
Environment

China still backs overseas coal plants despite 2021 pledge, research shows

China is involved in constructing 7.7 gigawatts of new coal-fired power, mostly plants used to run nickel smelters in Indonesia, US think tank Global Energy Monitor said. 

3 days ago

The Latest

Environment

Greta Thunberg Foundation donates to Africa climate projects

Swedish environmental activist Greta Thunberg said the foundation set up in her name would donate 150,000 euros ($175,000) to charities working to support "people on the frontlines of the climate crisis in Africa".

4 years ago
Environment

Indonesia to host first Caretakers of the Environment International virtual conference

Indonesia will host the 2020 Caretakers of the Environment International (CEI) Conference, an annual conference where global participants comprising teachers and students discuss solutions to environmental problems. 

4 years ago
Environment

If Arctic ice melt doesn't boost sea levels, do we care?

US government scientists reported that the Arctic Ocean's floating ice cover has shriveled to its second lowest extent since satellite records began in 1979.

4 years ago
Environment

Aiming to be carbon-neutral? Don't rely on planting trees, scientists say

Taking better care of nature could absorb many more climate-changing emissions - but will only work if big companies simultaneously slash their own emissions and focus on boosting biodiversity, not just planting trees.

4 years ago
Global

Pandemic shows need for global response to climate change, says Attenborough

The film "David Attenborough: A Life On Our Planet" sets out his "witness statement" on the destruction of the environment and ideas on how humans can still put it right.

4 years ago
Books

‘The Uninhabitable Earth’: Unpleasant wake-up call to harrowing future

Wallace-Wells remorselessly delineates the notorious impact of human-induced disasters in a worst-case scenario. He spells out the adverse effects of climate crisis in his book’s first line as “worse, much worse than you think”. 

4 years ago
Environment

Spinning clock in New York counts down time until climate devastation

Climate campaigners unveiled a huge countdown clock on Saturday, showing how little time is left before global temperatures hit a critical high, to kick off a week of climate action in New York.

4 years ago
Environment

Croatian biologists fear largest Mediterranean clam near extinction

Croatian marine biologists are struggling to save the largest Mediterranean clam from extinction after a precipitous fall in numbers which they say was probably caused by a deadly pathogen.

4 years ago
Environment

Climate strikers plan 'safe' return to protests, Greta Thunberg says

Leaders of a youth climate strike movement launched by teen activist Greta Thunberg said they will return to mass protests next week, as wildfires and other climate threats surge around the planet.

4 years ago
Opinion

Climate policy will not fix the fire problem

Climate change is real, man-made and something we need to deal with smartly. But the claim that the fires are caused by climate change is dramatically misleading and steers us toward the worst way to help.

4 years ago
Environment

Mobile phone radiation may be killing insects: German study

Radiation from mobile phones could have contributed to the dramatic decline in insect populations seen in much of Europe in recent years, a German study showed Thursday.

4 years ago
Environment

Emissions may add 40 cm sea level rise by 2100, experts warn

Sustained greenhouse gas emissions could see global sea levels rise nearly 40 centimeters this century as ice sheets in Antarctica and Greenland continue to melt, a major international study concluded Thursday. 

4 years ago
Environment

Global net zero emissions goal would require $1-2 trillion a year investment: Study

Achieving net zero emissions by mid-century would cost an estimated $1 trillion-$2 trillion a year of additional investments, or 1-1.5% of global gross domestic product, a report by the Energy Transitions Commission (ETC) said on Wednesday.

4 years ago
Culture

Welcome to the jungle: Plants overrun Chinese apartment blocks

An experimental green housing project in a Chinese megacity promised prospective residents life in a "vertical forest", with manicured gardens on every balcony.

4 years ago
Indonesia premium

Land, forest fires fact of life in seven provinces

Land and forest fires have been a fact of life in seven provinces across Indonesia for decades. But activists warn that new epicenters of forest fires may emerge in addition to the seven provinces.

4 years ago
Culture

Cotton wipes, brushes: What are the alternatives for a more eco-friendly beauty routine?

Are you tired of regularly seeing your cosmetics singled out as being harmful to health and the environment? 

4 years ago
Environment

Attenborough in warning to humanity with new extinction documentary

Renowned TV naturalist David Attenborough, in a new documentary, gives his starkest warning yet for humanity to safeguard species from mass extinction for the sake of our own survival.

4 years ago
News

Ecotourism should be for everybody, says Nicholas Saputra

“It’s not about facility or accessibility, but it’s more about appreciation and learning among nature. I think it shouldn’t be for particular circles only.”

4 years ago
Culture

Pharrell Williams wants to make your lunch break more eco-friendly

CDs are getting a new life after being recycled as reusable cutlery. That's Pharrell Williams' latest design project launched with German studio Pentatonic to reduce plastic waste. 

4 years ago
Environment

Giraffe haven in Niger faces uncertain future after attack

One of the most famous animal sanctuaries in the Sahel faces a troubled future after suspected jihadists murdered eight people, six of them young French aid workers.

4 years ago
Global

Multinational companies account for nearly a fifth of global CO2 emissions: Researchers

The global supply chains of multinational companies such as BP, Coca-Cola and Walmart are responsible for nearly a fifth of climate-changing carbon dioxide emissions, according to a new study.

4 years ago
Environment

Bering Sea ice at lowest levels in 5,500 years: Study

Winter ice in the Bering Sea is at its lowest levels for 5,500 years, according to a study released Wednesday. 

4 years ago
Entertainment

Film reveals Greta Thunberg as steely, funny and a secret dancer

Greta Thunberg said the weight of having to sound the alarm on climate change was "too much" for her or any child after a hugely surprising fly-on-the-wall film about her rise was premiered at the Venice film festival.

4 years ago
Environment

British newspapers distribution hit by Extinction Rebellion blockade

The distribution of several British newspapers was disrupted on Saturday after Extinction Rebellion climate change activists blockaded printing presses used by Rupert Murdoch's News UK, the publisher of The Times and The Sun.

4 years ago
Environment

Young activists are taking to TikTok to save the planet

If you've assumed that TikTok is only for sharing over-the-top dance challenges, you might want to give the platform a second look.

4 years ago
Global

Global reforestation drive grows fast as governments grasp benefits

The world's largest reforestation push, now almost a decade old, has beaten its 2020 target, as countries use their pledges to tackle national priorities including job creation, food security and climate change, researchers said on Wednesday.

4 years ago
Environment

How to correctly dispose of unwanted electronic and electrical waste

With all the accidents that befall smartphones and tablets, and the never-ending need for up-to-date computers and household appliances, our societies buy and throw away high-tech items at an astonishing rate.

4 years ago
Culture

Is the future of sneakers vegan?

Why buy leather sneakers when you can get sneakers that take into account animal welfare as well as respect for the planet? 

4 years ago
Environment

E-waste a major challenge for the planet

In spite of a host of interesting initiatives to generate value from it, like using bacteria to bind with precious metals it contains, most e-waste is either incinerated or sent to landfill, and only 17.4 percent is recycled.

4 years ago
Culture

Aqua, H&M join forces to turn plastic waste into clothes

Indonesian drinking water brand AQUA and Swedish fashion brand H&M have launched an initiative to create a children's collection made from recycled plastic bottles.

4 years ago