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0"> National flags of the three Baltic States, from left, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. Source: Siim Lõvi /ERR Estonians are less likely to choose to live in an urban area than Latvians or Lithuanians, according to a recent survey which also found that purchasing property online was more attractive to respondents the northernmost Baltic State, than those in Latvia and Lithuania. According to the survey, conducted by pollsters Norstat on behalf of Citadele Banka, a Latvian...

Four International Water Stories to Watch in 2021 The travails of the last year, when a bat virus infected humans and turned the world upside down, were an unfortunate reminder of the inseparable ties between society and the natural environment. So it is with water, which will again this year direct the course of history, through events small and large. What are the large events to pay attention to? What are the trends and flashpoints? The fallout from the pandemic will continue to cast a shado...

Pan-African Response to COVID-19: New Forms of Environmental Peacebuilding Emerge Early predictions about COVID-19’s impacts on Africa suggested that the continent would be a disaster zone marked by weak medical systems collapsing under strain and undemocratic states failing to provide social services to destitute populations. These predictions did not come to pass. Instead, many countries across the continent stepped up early on to join the world in curtailing the spread of COVID-19. The sec...

 E-Mail Swapping the car for walking, cycling and e-biking even just one day a week makes a significant impact on personal carbon emissions in cities. Active transport - cycling, e-biking or walking - can help tackle the climate crisis according to a new study led by the University of Oxfords Transport Studies Unit and including researchers from Imperials Centre for Environmental Policy as part of the EU-funded project PASTA: Physical Activity Through Sustainable Transport Approaches. Meeting ...

The Top 5 Posts of January 2021 The nature of climate risks complicates efforts to pinpoint and articulate climate’s impact on conflict. In January’s top post, Peter Schwartzstein draws on years of environmental reporting across the MENA region to share examples of how environmental and climate changes are driving conflict in areas where the climate angle isn’t immediately obvious.   Speaking of climate and conflict, the recently released Global Fragility Strategy fails to include climat...

Press release content from Business Wire. The AP news staff was not involved in its creation. Global Furniture Market to Grow by $ 113.61 Billion During 2020-2024 | APAC to Emerge as Key Growing Region | Technavio February 5, 2021 GMT Technavio has announced its latest market research report titled Global Furniture Market 2020-2024 (Graphic: Business Wire) Technavio has announced its latest market research report titled Global Furniture Market 2020-2024 (Graphic: Business Wire) LONDON--(BUSINES...

In recent years, trends have pointed toward re-urbanization, with more people leaving the suburbs to return to cities, attracted by the amenities and economic opportunities available in urban centers.

Leverage COVID-19 Data Collection Networks for Environmental Peacebuilding Environmental peacebuilding could benefit from COVID-era data innovation. A well-documented obstacle environmental peacebuilders face is a lack of shared, empirical datasets among parties engaged in, recovering from, or descending into conflict. Current innovations in data collection may soon help seal these gaps.  Countries throughout the world have expanded their data collection capabilities to track the spread of COV...

Waste Not Want Not: Malaysia Moves to Become a Leader in Tackling Plastic Waste After China issued its plastic waste import ban in January 2018, global plastic waste shipments were quickly rerouted to Southeast Asia, with Malaysia as a top recipient. Like bamboo sprouts after the rain, illegal plastic recycling facilities quickly popped up in Malaysia. To stay under the radar, some operators set up recycling plants and waste dumpsites in oil palm plantations.  In 2019, Malaysian authorities s...

Turning Old News Into New History When I was studying journalism in the early 1980s at Shanghai’s Fudan University, reading the newspaper each day was part of our homework. “Today’s newspapers are tomorrow’s history,” our professors always told us. I took that lesson with me when I went to the United Kingdom for graduate school in 1988. The U.K. is the cradle of modern journalism, where the ideals of freedom of the press first took root. Whenever a big news story broke, I usually boug...