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    Urban climate resilience projects such as green corridors, urban forests, and shaded streets can reduce heat while improving public health and biodiversity.
    Climate
    22.06.26

    Urban Climate Resilience Projects are Helping Cities Save Lives and Money

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    Climate literacy is as fundamental to the sustainability transition as any policy or technology, with the world's ability to understand, evaluate, and act on climate solutions proving just as decisive as the solutions themselves.
    Contributed Articles
    19.06.26

    Climate Literacy as Climate Justice: Why Capacity Building Must Become a Global Priority

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    UNESCO World Heritage sites for biodiversity protection safeguard some of the world’s most important ecosystems, helping wildlife populations remain stable, such as the Sumatran orangutan population in Indonesia, despite global declines.
    Biodiversity
    18.06.26

    UNESCO World Heritage Sites for Biodiversity are Becoming Critical Refuges for Wildlife

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    The reforestation climate-cooling effect depends heavily on where forests are restored and on how they interact with local climate systems.
    Climate
    18.06.26

    Reforestation Climate-Cooling Effect Depends More on Location than Tree Numbers

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    The Nature Conservation Index 2025 evaluates 180 countries across a broad range of environmental indicators, offering policymakers, conservationists, and the public a data-driven roadmap to measure where nations are succeeding or falling short in protecting the natural world.
    Contributed Articles
    17.06.26

    Nature Conservation Index 2025: Mapping the Frontiers of Global Conservation Success

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    The International Year of Rangelands and Pastoralists highlights the importance of grasslands, savannahs, and grazing lands for biodiversity, food systems, and climate resilience.
    Food
    17.06.26

    International Year of Rangelands and Pastoralists Highlights Overlooked Ecosystems

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    Global solar power growth reached record levels in 2025 according to Ember’s 2026 Global Electrivity Review, as renewables overtook coal in the world’s electricity mix for the first time in more than a century.
    Energy
    15.06.26

    Global Solar Power Growth Reaches Historic Turning Point

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    Wildlife longevity conservation is reshaping how scientists approach species protection, with new research revealing that older animals carry irreplaceable ecological knowledge and social roles that raw population counts have long failed to capture.
    Wildlife
    09.06.26

    Wildlife Longevity Conservation is Changing How Scientists Think About Survival

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    Responsible coral reef tourism helps protect fragile marine ecosystems by encouraging sustainable diving, snorkeling, and travel practices.
    Oceans
    08.06.26

    Responsible Coral Reef Tourism can Help Protect Fragile Oceans

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    Climate-friendly aquaculture production could significantly shrink the seafood industry's environmental footprint by replacing resource-heavy finfish and shrimp farming with bivalves and seaweed.
    Food
    08.06.26

    Study Urges Shift to Climate-Friendly Aquaculture Production Through Bivalves and Seaweed Expansion

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    Three 16-year-old students from India claimed the top prize at The Earth Prize 2026, the world's largest environmental competition for teenagers, with Plas-Stick, a water filtration solution that uses discarded tamarind seeds to remove microplastics from drinking water and was chosen by a global public vote of around 23,000 people.
    Contributed Articles
    05.06.26

    The first ever Global Winners of the Earth Prize are from India, and They’re Using Waste Tamarind Seeds to Remove Microplastics from Water

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    Third-generation NDCs climate action plans submitted in 2025 include stronger emissions targets, adaptation measures, and implementation strategies across multiple sectors.
    Policy
    05.06.26

    Third-Generation Climate Action Plans Show Countries Raising Ambition

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    The new species discovery rate has accelerated in recent decades as scientists identify thousands of previously unknown plants, animals, fungi, and insects each year, including these 24 new amphipod species recently discovered in the Pacific Ocean.
    Science
    04.06.26

    New Species Discovery Rate is Accelerating Faster than Scientists Expected

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    A plastic-waste-to-clean-hydrogen breakthrough from the University of Cambridge turns two pollution problems into one solution, using solar energy and recycled battery acid to convert hard-to-recycle plastics into clean fuel and valuable chemicals.
    Science
    03.06.26

    Plastic-Waste-to-Clean-Hydrogen Breakthrough Turns Trash into Fuel

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    The IUCN Green List of marine protected areas recognizes ocean conservation sites that meet high standards for biodiversity protection and effective management, such as Saudi Arabia’s Farasan Islands Reserve.
    Oceans
    01.06.26

    IUCN Green List of Marine Protected Areas Continues Expanding Worldwide

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    The real environmental impact of biodegradable plastics depends entirely on end-of-life management, as landfill conditions can trigger methane release that far outweighs any benefits gained by switching away from conventional plastic.
    Circular Economy
    28.05.26

    The Real Environmental Impact of Biodegradable Plastics is More Complex Than it Seems

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    Upcycling cocoa bean shells for a circular economy transforms chocolate production waste into valuable ingredients using natural extraction methods.
    Circular Economy
    27.05.26

    Upcycling Cocoa Bean Shells for a Circular Economy Gets a Sweet Innovation

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    The updated climate change mitigation pathways show that limiting global warming to 1.5°C does not require a single fixed strategy, offering communities and policymakers a flexible mix of renewable energy, nature-based solutions, and behavioral changes to build their own mitigation pathways.
    Climate
    26.05.26

    Climate Change Mitigation Pathways Offer Flexible Solutions

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    UN climate accountability resolution passed May 20, 2026, with 141 votes in favor transforming the International Court of Justice's 2025 Advisory Opinion, clarifying states' legal obligations to protect the climate into an action roadmap, led by Vanuatu alongside a cross-regional core group including Barbados, Colombia, Kenya, Marshall Islands, Palau, Philippines, demonstrating multilateral cooperation advancing climate justice.
    Climate Justice
    25.05.26

    UN Climate Accountability Resolution Passes, Translating ICJ Climate Opinion into Action Roadmap

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    New research suggests Indigenous approaches to healing the mind-nature divide could offer a path through today's overlapping crises, as scientists link the colonial roots of human disconnection from nature to worsening ecological, mental health, and social instability.
    Indigenous Knowledge
    20.05.26

    Indigenous Approaches to Healing the Mind-Nature Divide Offer New Pathways

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