One truckload of perfectly wearable textiles is dumped in landfills or incinerated every second. Why? And what is being done to challenge the fashion trade’s wasteful business model?
High-voltage power lines are emerging as one of the main killers of birds in Nepal, affecting common species such as crows all the way to critically endangered vultures.
Rising temperatures, increased rain and less snowfall are changing the nature of snow in the Himalayas. One consequence is more frequent, more dangerous avalanches, researchers say.
Signalling alignment with the United Nation’s global goals ‘is not a bad thing’, but businesses need to put more rigour into integrating sustainability into decision-making and avoid ‘SDG-washing’, says Michaux.
Subsidies that harm nature and the environment cost the world an estimated US$1.8tn each year – the equivalent of the entire GDP of Canada.
UN plastics treaty negotiations resume in Paris to protect the environment from worsening impacts of waste worldwide.
Cape Town is the first city in South Africa to offer households and businesses cash for their excess rooftop solar power. The City is set to start paying businesses cash for power beginning next month, and residents will be able to start selling powe...
