TREDJE NATUR proposes angled timber housing that meets UN’s sustainability goals
Copenhagen-based architectural firm TREDJE NATUR has unveiled an urban housing proposal that ticks all the right...
1 million species are at risk of extinction, says new UN report
A new study released Monday by the U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services reports...
BIG unveils a sustainable floating city in response to rising sea levels
BIG and a coalition of partners have unveiled Oceanix City, a visionary proposal for the world’s first resilient...
UN predicts dire future for planet unless people change their ways NOW
The United Nations’ newest Global Environmental Outlook reinforces the worries of everyone concerned about the...
Women are essential to climate resilience in the Caribbean — here’s why
The impacts of climate change are felt most intimately by poor and rural women. Many women rely directly on nature...
Ecovillage in Copenhagen strives to meet all 17 Sustainable Development Goals
Danish architecture firm Lendager Group has won an international competition for its design of the UN17 Village,...
The ozone is finally healing and could be completely repaired by 2060
Finally, some good news about the environment. Earlier this week, the United Nations announced in a report that...
Even scientists are shocked by the latest UN report on climate change
According to a Monday report on climate change from the United Nations, maintaining the Earth's temperature rise...
New study finds food waste will increase to 66 tons per second if left unchecked
A new analysis from Boston Consulting Group (BCG) has found that global food waste will increase by more than...
United Nations recognizes first-ever carbon-neutral soccer club
The Forest Green Rovers, a Gloucestershire-based team in the English Football League that prides itself as "the...
Only 13% of Earth’s oceans remain untouched by humans — for now
Only 13 percent of the planet's oceans are unaffected by human activities, such as fishing and pollution, according...
Sweden is on track to meet its 2030 renewable energy goals this year
Sweden’s ambitious goal to provide renewable and affordable energy by 2030 is expected to become reality a little...
UN releases first “state of plastics” report on World Environment Day
The United Nations has released its first-ever global plastics report on June 5th, World Environment Day. Well-timed...
UN creates a new global climate change coalition
Earth has a "30-year window of opportunity" to tackle climate change, according to World Meteorological Organization...
Levels of ozone-destroying CFCs are mysteriously rising
Globally banned by the Montreal protocol in 1987 for their ozone-destroying properties, chlorofluorocarbon (CFC)...
Solar outshined all fossil-fuels sources combined in 2017
Last year, the world invested more in solar power than in all fossil-fuel sources combined. Investors and governments...
This is how high NYC’s sea levels will rise if we don’t take climate action
Rising sea levels, precipitated by climate change, threaten to overwhelm the world's cities if we do nothing —...
Over 200 nations commit to ending ocean plastic waste
Over 200 countries just signed a United Nations resolution in Nairobi, Kenya to eliminate plastic waste in the...
World’s largest solar plant in a refugee camp opens in Jordan
The world's largest solar plant found in a refugee camp has begun operations at the Za'atari Refugee Camp in north...
Elon Musk urges UN to ban artificially intelligent ‘killer’ robots
The same man who brought you PayPal, Tesla and SpaceX is now urging the UN to ban the use of artificial intelligence...
Rooftop farms in Gaza provide a lifeline to the community
Meeting even basic needs can be a challenge for the nearly 2 million people that live in Gaza. An Israeli blockade...
The UN just passed a historic treaty banning nuclear weapons worldwide
Could world peace be on the horizon? Last Friday the United Nations passed a total ban on nuclear weapons in an...
UN releases inconceivable new estimate of Earth’s 2050 population
Right now there are 7.5 billion people on Earth and counting. But the world in 2050 will be even more packed, according...
Dropping costs in renewable tech spurs rapid shift to clean energy
Welcome to the clean energy revolution - with or without Trump. A new report from the United Nations Environment...
UN warns of 3C global temperature increase without swift and aggressive global leadership
A new report from the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) warns that global temperatures will rise to 3C...
Meet the 16-year-old who sued the US government over climate change
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8bu21NL3wNA With his long, dark hair flowing, Xiuhtezcatl takes the microphone...
WHO finds 80% of city dwellers are breathing dangerously unhealthy air
A new study from the World Health Organization found that 80% of the world's city dwellers are exposed to air quality...
Leonardo DiCaprio delivers passionate speech to the UN on climate change
On Friday, April 22, actor and and climate activist Leonardo DiCaprio addressed the United Nations to speak about...
6 designs to help refugees live a better life
IKEA’s solar-powered Better Shelter prefabs IKEA offers more than just vegetarian meatballs and affordable...
Why is Yahoo Japan selling ivory?
Google, Amazon, eBay, and most other tech giants refuse to allow their users to sell ivory on their platforms....