WSU granted $19 million to support creation of Center for Health, Environment, Food and Farming

The funding will enable WSU researchers to continue developing new crop varieties for farmers, the post said. The initiative is expected to expand Washington’s commercial infrastructure for storing, transporting and milling whole grains. The...

LETTER: Youth climate activist urges leaders to prioritize science over politics

With tomorrow’s federal budget announcement, I am deeply concerned about Canada’s climate policies. As one of the first youth outside Europe to strike with Greta Thunberg and Fridays for Future in November 2018, and more recently, possibly the...

From ChatGPT to hamburgers, reject climate individualism

I don’t eat hamburgers — but if I did, this newspaper would have me feeling very guilty about doing so recently. On Oct. 29, Guest Contributor Jack Thompson wrote that “persuading a single friend to eat one fewer hamburger will do orders of...

Climate strategy needs your input

A draft version of the strategy, which aims to create a co-ordinated, regional response to the challenge, is now open for feedback. Its main goals are to reduce the risks climate change poses to natural assets and communities, ready the...

Climate finance crisis: Poor nations paying for world's inaction

As the planet heats up, money to protect the world’s poorest is drying up. The United Nations Environment Programme’s (UNEP) Adaptation Gap Report 2025 paints a grim picture: the world is spending less on climate adaptation just when it needs to...

Women, climate, and the invisible frontlines

When the river eats away another homestead in the north, or the tide surges through the southern coast, it is not only land that disappears -- it’s people’s futures, memories, and often their dignity that vanish too. And in these silent crises, it...

Sustaining lead in climate governance ranking 2025 is collective triumph for all Lagosians

Environment By Tokunbo Wahab AS the Commissioner of Lagos State, it is with immense pride that I reflect on the performance of Lagos State in the 2nd Edition of the Subnational Climate Governance Performance Ranking (SCGPR 2.0) developed and...

Britain's Prince William joined Rio de Janeiro's mayor Eduardo Paes on the famous Sugarloaf Mountain at the start of a visit raising awareness of global climate issues

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Experts for addressing water, food, climate together to build real resilience

ISLAMABAD - Pakistan Water Week 2025 opened on Monday with experts warning that Pakistan cannot build real resilience unless water, food and climate are addressed together, not as isolated sectors. The conference, themed “From Scarcity to...

‎Lagos Leads Again in Climate Governance, Showcases Africa’s First Subnational Carbon Exchange

‎Lagos State has once again emerged as Nigeria’s best-performing state in climate governance, clinching the top spot for the second consecutive year in the Subnational Climate Governance Performance Ranking (SCGPR 2.0) developed by the Society for...

PRCS holds pre-COP30 National Dialogue to Amplify Pakistan’s Climate Voice

ISLAMABAD - The Pakistan Red Crescent Society (PRCS), in collaboration with the German Red Cross, organized the “Pakistan Pre-COP30 National Dialogue 2025” under the theme “From Policy to Practice – Pakistan’s Voice for COP30 (Brazil)” at its...

Mindanao farmers to get boost with climate adaption grant

MINDANAOAN farmers are set to receive a major boost in strengthening their resilience against climate change impacts following the Philippines’ successful acquisition of an P8.7-million (USD 150,000) grant from the Adaptation Fund (AF). The...

Climate change and nature are issues the 43-year-old heir has long championed

ScintiTRACER XL2: A New Solution for Environmental Radiation Monitoring

Bertin Technologies expands its range of radiation monitoring instruments with the ScintiTRACER XL2, a new-generation autonomous spectrometric probe developed to offer high performance in gamma dose rate measurement. Combining increased...

European Climate Deal Set for Showdown Ahead of COP30 Summit

France has secured secured concessions from the European Commission, the bloc’s executive branch, on steel and language on technical neutrality, which is a term often used to open the door to more nuclear power. The EU is also set to make changes...

IUCN Commission for Environmental Management launches new guidance on rewilding

Developed by the Rewilding Thematic Group of the IUCN Commission on Ecosystem Management (CEM), the guidelines are a collaborative effort involving over 60 organisations. Aimed at practitioners, policymakers and communities, they include...

EU in last-minute talks to set new climate goal for COP30

By Kate Abnett BRUSSELS (Reuters) -EU climate ministers will make a last-ditch attempt to pass a new climate change target on Tuesday, in an effort to avoid going to the U.N. COP30 summit in Brazil empty-handed. Failure to agree could undermine...

Nursery praised for supportive and welcoming environment in Ofsted inspection

Just Imagine is a day nursery in Highlands Drive, Maldon, offering full day care on a non-domestic premises for children aged between two and 11 years old. The nursery was registered in 2019 and employs 12 members of childcare staff, eight of whom...

Environmental health officers deployed for post-hurricane inspections

Hundreds of environmental health officers were on Monday deployed to communities and businesses to inspect and discard foods, which are no longer fit for consumption, as many areas remain without electricity following the passage of Hurricane...

Cape Verde, Portugal seal landmark debt-for-climate solar deal

The government of Cape Verde is set to sign a landmark contract to modernise the solar power park that supplies the capital, Praia – marking the first project financed through a debt-for-climate conversion agreement with Portugal. South Africa’s...