COP after COP forces many thousands of delegates to cram in faraway places, only to add to the long lists of promises and pledges, of which only few ever see results. Next stop: oil-soaked Baku, Azerbaijan. The latest news: the COP CEO is lobbying for the oil industry.
A new global fund for sharing the benefits of using digital sequence information (DSI) from genetic resources was agreed at COP16 in Cali, Colombia. However, discussions around the establishment of a new wider biodiversity fund, as well as other key decisions, have been postponed and the meeting suspended.
The CAP, which represents about a third of the EU’s budget (€55 billion annually), was meant to address sustainability alongside supporting farmers. It grants financial rewards for environmentally friendly practices, like planting trees or conserving wetlands. However, these measures have largely failed to protect biodiversity.
The year 2023 marked the driest year for global water resources in over three decades, according to a new report coordinated by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), which signaled critical changes in water availability in an era of growing demand.
The Living Planet Report warns that, as the Earth approaches dangerous tipping points posing grave threats to humanity, a huge collective effort will be required over the next five years to tackle the dual climate and nature crises.
Datacenters are notorious for their power consumption and their effect on climate change. Now, the explosive growth of AI adds an extra dimension. But there is more, like huge underreporting of emissions, and the real climate costs of LNG.
The Hague is the first city in the world to ban fossil advertising through local law (ordinance). The city council voted in favor of the initiative proposal from the Hague Party for the Animals that regulates this ban.
To sustain even a basic standard of living for everyone, we need to dramatically change our economic systems and technologies, new research reveals.
Democratic governments should stop using increasingly harsh, overly broad, and vague criminal laws against climate protesters and activists, Climate Rights International said in a new report
A Protein Transition Map highlights protein innovations in the Netherlands and can guide international participants in the protein transition.