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This photograph shows an industrial prototype in a lime production site capturing CO2 at an Eiffage factory serving as a pilot site for the start-up Revcoo in Haut-Lieu, near Avesnes-sur-Helpe, northern France on June 24, 2025.
This photograph shows an industrial prototype in a lime production site capturing CO2 at an Eiffage factory serving as a pilot site for the start-up Revcoo in Haut-Lieu, near Avesnes-sur-Helpe, northern France on June 24, 2025.
Environment

CO2 in the atmosphere up by record amount in 2024: UN

Levels of the three main greenhouse gases -- the climate-warming CO2, methane and nitrous oxide -- all increased yet again in 2024, with each setting new record highs, the UN's weather and climate agency said.

4 days ago
Environment

World falling far behind deforestation goals with farms and fires driving loss

The report said the world permanently lost 8.1 million hectares of forest, an area about the size of England, in 2024 alone, putting the planet 63% behind the goal set by over 140 countries in the 2021 Glasgow Leaders' Declaration on Forests and Land Use.

6 days ago
Environment

How did an Indian zoo get Tapanuli orangutan?

An Indian court cleared the 3,500-acre wildlife facility known as Vantara on Monday of allegations including unlawful acquisition of animals and financial wrongdoing.

1 month ago

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Indonesia

Indonesia’s rehashed climate action commitments ‘not ambitious enough’

Indonesia barely tweaked its forthcoming draft of climate action pledges under the Paris Agreement, prompting critics to worry it is no longer ambitious enough for one of the world’s largest emitters of greenhouse gases.

5 years ago
Environment

Tibet sees remarkable increase in wild animals

The forestry authorities of Southwest China's Tibet autonomous region said they have seen significant growth of the wildlife population due to their continuous protection efforts.

5 years ago
City

Air quality in Jakarta is improving, for now

With many people currently staying at home most of the time to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, Jakarta has reported a slight improvement in air quality. Experts have urged the authorities to use the opportunity to redesign human activities and city development to achieve a lasting effect.

5 years ago
Food

Save money with these zero-waste cooking tips

Zero-waste cooking emphasizes repurposing edible scraps into soups, stocks, and reducing waste.

5 years ago
News

With tourists gone, Africa's conservationists brace for the worst

The orphaned baby elephants ambled in for their morning feed at Kenya's Sheldrick Wildlife Trust (SWT), but the hundreds of visitors who would normally be waiting to watch them were absent. So were their dollars.

5 years ago
Environment

Global warming to cause 'catastrophic' species loss: Study

Global warming will cause "catastrophic" biodiversity loss across the world if greenhouse gas emissions aren't curbed, with some ecosystems liable to collapse as soon as 2030, according to new research into where and when die-offs may occur.

5 years ago
Environment

Great Barrier Reef suffers worst-ever coral bleaching: Scientists

Australia's Great Barrier Reef has suffered its most widespread coral bleaching on record, scientists said Tuesday in a dire warning about the threat posed by climate change to the world's largest living organism.

5 years ago
Indonesia

Activists unconvinced as deliberations on mining law revision delayed 'indefinitely'

The House of Representatives narrowly escaped public scrutiny last week after it shelved a plan to deliberate a contentious mining law revision amid physical distancing measures to curb the spread of COVID-19, but activists remain unconvinced that lawmakers won’t revive the plan again in the future.

5 years ago
Environment

Coronavirus could trigger biggest fall in carbon emissions since World War Two

Carbon dioxide emissions could fall by the largest amount since World War II this year as the coronavirus outbreak brings economies to a virtual standstill, according to the chair of a network of scientists providing benchmark emissions data.

5 years ago
People

The young Brazilians fighting for the Amazon

A new generation of young Brazilians from the Amazon region are seeking to reshape the fight for the world's largest rainforest, which is shrinking before their eyes.

5 years ago
Health

Health experts call virus pandemic a window into future climate threats

The coronavirus pandemic is a preview of the types of global health threats that will emerge as the planet becomes hotter, and how it is tackled has implications for dealing with climate threats as well.

5 years ago
Environment

In an African forest, a fight to save the endangered pangolin

Today, the world's pangolin species are listed as either vulnerable or critically endangered. The pangolin is considered the most-trafficked animal on the planet -- the victim of mass poaching for bushmeat and sales of its scales. 

5 years ago
Environment

First ever heatwave recorded in Antarctica

Even the world's coldest continent is not immune to rising global temperatures, with scientists recording the first ever heatwave event in Antarctica over the 2019-20 summer period.

5 years ago
Opinion

COVID-19 is another proof of ecological devastation

We realize now that those infectious diseases are not only spreading faster, but they appear to be emerging more quickly than ever before. 

5 years ago
Global

Coronavirus lockdowns make cities more walkable

Cities under lockdown to stop the spread of the coronavirus are making more room on their streets for pedestrians, fulfilling a long-standing demand by residents for more walkability that could be hard to reverse, urban experts said on Monday.

5 years ago
Environment

Nature takes back world's empty city streets

As humans retreat into their homes as more and more countries go under coronavirus lockdown, wild animals are slipping cover to explore the empty streets of some of our biggest cities.

5 years ago
Environment

Great Barrier Reef suffers mass coral bleaching event

Australia's Great Barrier Reef has suffered "very widespread" damage after rising sea temperatures caused the third mass coral bleaching events in five years.

5 years ago
Opinion

Writing a greener story in Asia and the Pacific

The earth continues to warn us that human progress cannot come at the expense of environmental degradation. As we make gains, it is our responsibility to advocate for measures that protect the planet – to urgently improve waste management, increase resilience against natural disasters and adapt to the adverse impacts of climate change.

5 years ago
Global

Asia-Pacific countries not on track to reach sustainable development goals: UN

A new United Nations report has warned that countries in the Asia and Pacific region are not on track to achieve any of the 17 sustainable development goals (SDGs) and are in some cases even going in the “wrong direction”.

5 years ago
Environment

Air quality picking up in quarantined countries

Air quality is improving in countries under coronavirus quarantines, experts say, but it is far too early to speak of long-term change.

5 years ago
Opinion

Water at heart of climate action

Last year, at least 11 Indonesian provinces were affected by the worst drought the country faced since 2015, with several regencies driven to declare emergency.

5 years ago
Environment

Water is an under-used weapon in climate change fight, UN says

Using water more efficiently in everything from daily life to agriculture and industry would help reduce planet-warming emissions and curb climate change - a potential benefit that has yet to be widely recognized.

5 years ago
Environment

As coronavirus drives climate protests off streets, activists go online

Extinction Rebellion (XR) is looking for new ways to make a mark, from taking its campaigns online to using its networks to battle the virus.

5 years ago
Indonesia

Government bemoans lack of environmental expertise in justice system

The Environment and Forestry Ministry has complained that a lack of certification in environmental matters among judges remains one of the biggest obstacles to law enforcement in environmental damage cases, including those involving land and forest fires.

5 years ago
Culture

Large online retailers produce fewer emissions, report says

Shopping online in some cases may be better for the environment.

5 years ago
Food

McDonald's to scrap plastic in UK 'Happy Meal' toys

McDonald's pledged on Tuesday to end the use of plastic found in toys served with children's "Happy Meals" in the UK and Ireland by the beginning of 2021.

5 years ago
Opinion

Time to end UN climate fiasco

Year after year, the UN ratcheted up the fear level to where we hear daily of the absurd “existential threat of climate change”, warning that if we do not eliminate the use of natural gas, coal and oil, the end of life on Earth is just around the corner.

5 years ago
Opinion premium

The misconception of electric cars

The misconception that electric cars are close to taking over and will solve climate change is dangerous, because it directs our attention away from the technological breakthroughs in green energy generation needed to reduce rising temperatures — and away from innovations needed to cut air pollution.

5 years ago
Culture

Just wearing your clothes could result in the release of millions of microfibers

Wearing your clothes could be releasing more microfibers into the environment than washing them, according to new research.

5 years ago
Global

War or peace? A threatened Brazilian indigenous tribe weighs its options

The old men want war, but the younger ones are holding them back. That generation divide was clear among the Uru-Eu-Wau-Wau tribe, who live deep in the Brazilian Amazon.

5 years ago