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The average household bins around 163 lbs (74 kg) of leftovers every year, the United Nations Food Waste Index Report 2021 has warned. This contributes to the 931 million tonnes of food waste the world generates annually — equivalent to 17 per cent of all the food available to consumers in 2019. The report was produced by the UN Environment Programme in tandem with the Waste & Resources Action Programme (WRAP), a British charity. It is part of the so-called UN Sustainable Development Goal ...

John Kerry numbered himself among the massed ranks of the Climate Cassandras on Friday, repeating the well-trodden forecast of imminent global warming catastrophe...

Facebook announced on Thursday that it would ramp up its efforts to counter misinformation about climate change.

Teach your children what we have taught our children, that the earth is our mother, whatever befalls the earth befalls the sons of the...

Prince William has said that young people could be the ones to make the biggest impact in the fight against the climate crisis. Speaking to a group of young activists, who had been recognised by the United Nations as "Young Champions of the Earth" by the organisation's Environment Programme, the Duke of Cambridge highlighted the difference their generation could make by simply speaking to their families about environmentalism. "If every young...

The Right Reverend Nicholas Holtam, will retire on July 3 - a month short of his 67th birthday. “Being the Bishop of Salisbury has been a privilege and a joy”, he said. “In present circumstances, the timing of my retirement has not been an easy decision to make, but it feels right to me and to those I have consulted. The impact of the pandemic is going to be felt for a long time. The Diocese is developing a Mission and Pastoral Plan and we have an agreed financial framework with whi...

The 19th edition of the UN-supported conference will be a mix of on-site and online events. The 2019 European Conference on “The Latest Technologies in Refrigeration and Air Conditioning” also took place in Milan. The 19th edition of the UNEP-IIR-AREA-CSG European Conference on “The Latest Technologies in Refrigeration and Air Conditioning” will take place on June 10-11, 2021, as a mix of online and physical events. The physical part will take place at the Polytechnic University in...

Why yak hair is taking over our homes and wardrobes As we sit around our houses staring at the same four walls, we seem to have come to a collective conclusion: short-legged, long-haired ox and even-toed ungulates are in. One of the less predictable trends emerging in 2021 is our increasing propensity to dress ourselves and our interiors in the understated but highly functional elegance of a Mongolian nomadic herdsmen and his “ger” yurt. Mongolia may be remote but it prov...

Asia’s massive appetite for Africa’s wildlife has sustained a profitable international smuggling business, despite lockdowns. 

ISS: Uganda’s illegal wildlife traders undeterred by COVID-19 restrictions Written by ISSAfrica - 189 Asia’s massive appetite for Africa’s wildlife has sustained a profitable international smuggling business, despite lockdowns. Measures to help curb the spread of COVID-19 in Uganda – such as restrictions on movement – apparently have not deterred the illegal international wildlife trade. The demand for both traditional wildlife products (such as pangolin scales) and ne...