Fri 18 February 2022: South Africa will support proposals to address the issue of marine litter and plastic pollution at the upcoming 5th session of the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA 5.2). “South Africa supports the proposal to mandate the Executive Director of UNEP to establish an Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC) under UNEA to negotiate […]
Continue Reading
Wed 16 February 2022: As global warming continues to devastate rural agriculture, young women are moving to urban centres – and into prostitution. Epworth, Zimbabwe – Tawanda, 16, gazes calmly into the sky as the sun sets, getting ready for work as the night begins. Tawanda, whose name has been changed to protect her identity, is […]
Continue Reading
Sat 12 February 2022: According to government data, Brazil had the most deforestation in the Amazon jungle for the month of January. From January 1 to January 31, about 360 square kilometers (140 square miles) of forest cover were destroyed in the Brazilian Amazon, an area more than six times the size of Manhattan, according […]
Continue Reading
Fri 11 February 2022: Air pollution costs the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region around $141 billion annually, or 2 per cent of its economic output according to a new report by the World Bank. The report entitled “Blue Skies, Blue Seas: Air Pollution, Marine Plastics, and Coastal Erosion in the Middle East and North Africa” […]
Continue Reading
Thu 10 February 2022: Shocking statistics released by the Executive Council of Dubai on Monday have revealed that 50 per cent of camel deaths in the UAE are caused by consumption of plastic bags. The figures were announced as the country has introduced a policy limiting the use of single-use bags, with fees of 25 […]
Continue Reading
Tue 08 February 2022: Advances in satellite technology have revealed that the world’s glaciers contain significantly less ice than previously thought, according to a study published in Nature Geoscience. The revised estimate reduces global sea level rise by 3 inches (7.62 centimetres) if all glaciers were to melt. But it raises concern for some communities […]
Continue Reading
Mon 07 February 2022: On Monday, Pope Francis stated that dumping plastic in rivers is “criminal” and should be prohibited. . “Throwing plastic into the sea is criminal. It kills biodiversity, it kills the earth, it kills everything.” He further added, “Looking after creation is an education (process) in which we must engage,” citing a […]
Continue Reading
Sun 06 February 2022: Kathmandu- Nepal: Ice on a glacier near the summit of Mount Everest that took millennia to form has shrunk dramatically in the last three decades due to climate change, a new study has shown. The South Col formation may already have lost around 55 metres (180 feet) of thickness in the […]
Continue Reading
Mon 24 January 2022: A spill produced by freak waves from a volcano eruption in the south pacific prompted the Peruvian government to declare an environmental emergency on Saturday. Last Saturday, a massive undersea volcano in Tonga erupted, unleashing tsunami waves that reached as far as the United States. Beaches have been polluted, wildlife have […]
Continue Reading
Sun 23 January 2022: One of the goals most of the world has agreed on is education for sustainable development. This means development that considers present concerns without compromising the interests of future generations. Nations develop through education that takes care of the present and the future. As I have argued in a paper on environmental ethics in education, I […]
Continue Reading
