Photo: Pixabay/AndreasAux Despite its green image, Ireland has surprisingly little forest. Across Europe, nations average around 35% forest cover but in Ireland the figure is just 11%, one of the lowest on the continent. This hasn’t always been the case. Thousands of years ago, more than 80% of the island of Ireland was covered […]
Read MoreK&L Gates LLP offices across the firm’s global platform are celebrating International Women’s Day 2023 throughout the month of March, including a firmwide kickoff presentation on 8 March from Elizabeth Walker, who will share her insights and advice about life in the legal and business world. Walker’s experience includes both […]
Read MoreCountry: Somalia Source: World Health Organization Experts believe the situation is getting worse and that the international community should pay greater attention by extending their support to avoid a calamity and repeat of the 2011-2012 famine.
Read MoreMangroves in Tai O, Hong Kong. Coastal wetland protection and restoration is an example of the kind of multifunctional solution that is needed to address multiple global crises together. Credit: Chunyip Wong / iStock By Paula Harrison, Pamela McElwee and David OburaBONN, Mar 2 2023 (IPS) When global crises are […]
Read MorePhoto: Pixabay/SandeepHanda Ants scampering around in woodlands remain largely invisible to the casual observer, yet that does not mean their actions on the forest floor truly go unnoticed. They are manifested in a dazzling array of wildflowers in spring with trillium, wild ginger, violets and bloodroot all testament to their […]
Read MoreThe Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Government of Pakistan today signed a USD 5 million funding agreement for a project through which FAO will contribute to the Government’s efforts to recover from the devastating floods that hit the country and Balochistan in particular, in […]
Read MoreCountries: Kenya, Somalia Source: UN High Commissioner for Refugees Failed rains and lingering conflict have driven more than 110,000 Somalis across the border in the past two years into Kenyan camps already struggling to cope with drought.
Read MoreThe research on aviation industry greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions ranges from the British Royal Society’s latest warning on net-zero aviation fuels, to the efforts of a 17-year-old tracking celebrity travel on his newly launched Climate Jets site. But much of Europe’s attention is focused on whether emissions reductions might actually […]
Read MoreA million plant and animal species are threatened with extinction, we have lost half of the world’s corals and lose forest areas the size of 27 football fields every minute, finds WWF report. Credit: Stella Paul/IPS By Baher KamalMADRID, Mar 1 2023 (IPS) Wildlife is indeed far much more than […]
Read MoreVirtual Event: March 1, 2023 – 10:00 AM- 11:15 AM EST. During this event, renowned specialists will discuss the challenges to food security posed by the impacts of the covid-19 pandemic, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and climate change.
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