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Begun at the European Court of human rights in strasburg. Young activists are taking on powerful governments over their alleged inaction action against Climate Change. The courts rulings are legally binding on member countries. The legal route seems to be increasingly popular among activists and young people are increasingly at the forefront of activism. Could an approach based on child rights be the way forward in tackling Global Warming . We have a lot to discuss. It is six youths versus 32 co...

The Water Resources Association of the Delaware River Basin honored leaders and innovators in the science and management of the Delaware Basin.

EPISODE 5: Can Liberians Save Their Forest? And Can Their Forest Save the World?Climate change is ravaging our region but Liberia has one major asset.  One of the world’s largest tracts of forest is right here. Trees play a major role in helping

Church aid agencies are playing a vital role in helping refugees survive and recover from forced displacement

The Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre (CCCCC) has announced the commencement of its Airborne Light Detection and Ranging (Lidar) surveys in 10...

‘Sinkhole’ in Southwest Alaska village linked to thawing permafrost forces family to evacuate their home Author: Greg Kim, KYUK Share on Facebook The COVID-19 pandemic has not put a pause on the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta’s environmental threats. In Chefornak, a family was forced to evacuate their home because a “sinkhole” caused by thawing permafrost formed underneath it. That family had to move into a building intended to be a quarantine facility. Delores “Dolly” Abraham’s o...

4:38 Delores “Dolly” Abraham’s original fear was not a sinkhole, but the river. By last spring, she said that the riverbank, which is eroding in Chefornak, had almost reached the edge of her home. “Probably like 6 or less feet,” Abraham said. With help from her village, Abraham planned to move her home to a safer location. But when contractors came to begin the process of moving her house, they found a bigger problem than the river: there was a 4 to 6-foot-deep sinkhole underneath her...