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A dearth of local scientists is holding back research on the world’s second largest rainforest.
In February 2024, an international scientific committee voted against creating a new geologic time period called the Anthropocene - a rejection that is both a setback for an ambitious environmental agenda and an opportunity to reflect and learn.
How social science helps combat climate change.
The third session of the OEWG will be held at International Conference Center in Geneva (CICG), Switzerland from 17 to 21 June 2024.
In her State of the Union speech of 2023, Commission President Ursula von der Leyen underlined the fact that the European Green Deal is at the centre of the European economy and "unmatched in ambition".
How much do the views of scientists and experts count when it comes to securing public support for traffic restrictions?
The economists say more frequent use of up-front experiments would result in more effective environmental policymaking in areas ranging from pollution control to timber harvesting across the world.
Australia shows the need for more sustainable and just water management.
Bacteria and fungi recently discovered in the Swiss Alps can digest biodegradable plastics at low temperatures. This ability, if upscaled to an industrial scale, will save money and energy during recycling, say scientists.
Can monetary policy such as the U.S. Federal Reserve raising interest rates affect the environment? According to a new study by FAU's College of Business, it can. Results suggest that the impact of monetary policy on pollution is basically domestic: a monetary contraction or reduction in a region reduces its own emissions, but this does not seem to spread out to other economies. However, the findings do not imply that the international economy is irrelevant to determining one region's emissions level. The actions of a country, like the U.S., are not restricted to its borders. For example, a positive shock in the Federal Reserve's monetary policy may cause adjustments in the whole system, including the carbon emissions of the other regions.
Community effort to systematically count and categorize trash in the Pinole watershed led to the prioritization of locations and trash types that informed recommendations for local government policy.
A new study has found that human health is in grave danger because of plastics across their entire lifecycle.
Lands inhabited by Indigenous Peoples contain 80% of the world's biodiversity, and their traditional knowledge can help save the environment
The European Commission's acknowledgement that research and innovation have the potential to generate environmental harms can be viewed as a landmark in the history of research policy.
The recently concluded climate COP also demonstrated how science is integral to multilateralism. Yes, the outcome was a mixed bag. The language on 1.5 degrees C and ending fossil fuels was weak, but we did see history made with a loss and damage fund.
Some questionable practices show the publisher is greenwashing.
Interventions designed to improve agricultural practices often lack a solid evidence base. A new initiative could change that.
Targets specific locations is something that activists and experts have been pushing for in terms of pollution reduction.
