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The clock is ticking in 2022 for ambitious reforms to enable the global community to address the climate crisis and pandemic preparedness.

Unsustainable human activities are exacerbating soil salinity.

From pledges to on-the-ground actions; the race to decarbonisation is on. This decade is also about restoring ecosystems which are vital to the global hospitality sector. Seasoned experts provide advice on proven and tested solutions and raise new ideas tackling both climate and biodiversity challenges.

What is critical is an understanding of our complete inter-­connection with and dependence on the Earth’s natural systems for our very ­existence

Decades of war, poverty, and fossil fuel extraction have devastated the country’s environment and its people.

The switch to electric motors could significantly reduce air pollution as motorcycle taxis employ millions across the continent  

More than 100 leaders agreed to halt and reverse harm to forests and land by 2030, but similar zero-deforestation pledges had repeatedly been made and not met.

The UN chief was deeply saddened to learn of the passing of the anti-apartheid leader and human rights activist, who died in Cape Town, South Africa, earlier that day. He was 90.

By Moncho Torres Kabul, Dec 24 (EFE).- The return of the Taliban paralyzed everything in Kabul, including the measures that the Afghan capital had taken over the last few years to combat air pollution, which, with the arrival of winter, shoots up to toxic levels. Passengers getting off a plane at Kabul international airport are …

Two competing plans have emerged for a global treaty on plastics, as discussions are set to begin in earnest in February at the United Nations. One key issue is whether a treaty should focus on ocean plastic and litter, or look more broadly.