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The people of Kerala are used to coping with heavy monsoon rains and flooding which strike the Indian subcontinent every summer. This year was catastrophically unlike any other. In August 2018, torrential rains led to major…

This World Day of the Girl Child, themed: EmPOWER girls: before, during and after conflict, we asked twenty-three-year old Farai Mubaiwa—African change-maker, feminist and youth leader, as well as 2017 Queen's Young Leader…

This short clip explores the recent findings from UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and calls for rapid and unprecedented #ClimateAction to stay within 1.5C.  

Air pollution can have a “huge” negative effect on cognitive intelligence – especially amongst older men – according to a study released this past August. The research is one of the first of its kind to focus on the links…

It’s already billed as one of the world’s most challenging competitions, but this year the organizers of the Volvo Ocean Race added an extra dimension to the gruelling 45,000-nautical mile journey—they pledged to host the…

More and more countries, including Armenia and Mongolia, are receiving funding from the Green Climate Fund related to implementation of the results from their national technology needs assessments Support to countries in…

At Cochin International Airport, the world’s first solar powered airport, switching to solar was not just an environmental decision, but also a business decision. Airports have a high electricity demand, estimated to be…

The tundra is a vast, flat, treeless Arctic region of Europe, Asia, and North America where the subsoil is permanently frozen – or that, at least, used to be the case. “The tundra is warming more rapidly than any other…

On 26 September, UN Environment awarded the 2018 Champions and Young Champions of the Earth Awards. Two of the Young Champions, Miranda Wang and Miao Wang, are intervening to prevent marine plastic pollution at different…

Indonesia’s mountainous Sulawesi Island is famed for its many active volcanoes and numerous lakes. It is also an area of high seismic activity. Agriculture plays a key role in supporting the local economy through the…