Environment Programme
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Trends
‘Silent Killer’ alert: Climate change claimed 50,000 lives in Europe last year
Higher temperatures aggravated by carbon pollution killed nearly 50,000 people in Europe in 2023. The continent is getting hotter at…
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Opinion
Tree plantation campaigns are actually expensive stories of failure: Report
Various NGOs run by environmentalists such as Lucy Kagendo who heads Green Dimension Network planted 50 saplings in Kenya last…
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Trends
Climate Change and the Spread of Lyme Disease: A Growing Global Concern
What was once considered to be a regional health issue has now become a global health issue, Lyme disease. This…
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World
Campaigners hail ‘seismic shift’ as London’s Science Museum drops oil giant Equinor as sponsor
Global fossil fuel giant Equinor has sponsored the Science Museum’s interactive ‘Wonderlab’ since 2016. But the relationship is coming to…
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News
Paris 2024: French sports minister takes a dip in Seine amid controversies over river’s cleanliness
The Seine River in Paris has been a part of serious controversies lately. On June 23, the day that Mayor…
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Trends
Should Paris Olympics organisers dump Toyota Mirai as the official car?
Organisers of the 2024 Paris Olympics are looking ahead to hosting the “greenest-ever Games”, aiming to cut the carbon footprint…
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News
Iconic buildings go dark for Earth Hour 2024: Understanding significance of annual event
Several prominent buildings across the globe, including Big Ben in London, the Eiffel Tower in Paris, the Sydney Opera House…
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News
NYC to get first pocket forest in Roosevelt Island as climate crisis keeps temperatures high
In the coming month, a tiny forest housing more than 1,000 native plants is expected to spring up in The…
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World
UNEA-6: Can key UN environment assembly help tackle the triple planetary crisis?
The sixth session of the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA-6) is set to commence on February 26 in Nairobi, Kenya,…
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World
UN chief raises alarm over climate change and deadly conflicts driving global food insecurity
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres expressed serious concerns on Tuesday over climate change and food crises increasingly threatening global peace, telling…
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