Environment

International Court of Justice Declares Climate Crisis a Legal Obligation for States ——————————- The International Court of Justice (ICJ) issued a unanimous advisory opinion affirming that addressing climate change is an international legal obligation, Human Rights Watch reported. The court…

UN Chief: Clean Energy Era Nears as Fossil Fuels Lose Ground ………………. The world is approaching a pivotal shift toward clean energy, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said on Tuesday, as reported by The Guardian. He highlighted falling renewable energy costs…

Young Recyclers Transform Cairo’s Garbage City, Tackling Plastic Pollution ————————— Manshiyet Nasr, a neighborhood on Cairo’s outskirts known as Garbage City, is home to 200,000 residents who handle up to 80% of the city’s waste, The Guardian reported. Despite its…

Billions Wasted: Global Gas Flaring Reaches 17-Year High ——————– The amount of gas burned off by the fossil fuel industry hit its highest level since 2007 last year, releasing as much climate-warming pollution as the entire country of France, The…

Brazil Passes Controversial ‘Devastation Bill’ Weakening Environmental Protections ——————————— Brazil’s Congress has approved a highly contentious bill that significantly weakens the country’s environmental safeguards, raising fears of increased deforestation and harm to Indigenous communities, The Guardian reported. The legislation, known…

Toxic “forever chemicals” above proposed safety limits in almost all English waters tested ——————————— Nearly all tested rivers, lakes, and ponds in England contain levels of PFAS (“forever chemicals”) exceeding proposed new safety limits, with 110 out of 117 water…

WMO Warns Sand and Dust Storms Intensifying, Affecting 330 Million Globally —————————— Sand and dust storms are escalating in frequency and intensity, impacting the health and livelihoods of approximately 330 million people annually across more than 150 countries, Anadolu Agency…

Antarctic Sea Ice Collapse Linked to Sudden Rise in Ocean Salinity —————————— New research reveals a sharp increase in surface salinity in the Southern Ocean south of 50° latitude, coinciding with the steepest decline in Antarctic sea ice ever recorded,…

Global Energy CO2 Emissions Reach New Peak in 2024 —————————- Carbon dioxide emissions from global energy sources increased by 1% in 2024, marking a record high for the fourth year in a row, Anadolu Agency reported citing the Energy Institute’s…

Report Warns Over 500 Bird Species Could Become Extinct Within a Century ——————————- A new study published in Nature Ecology and Evolution warns that more than 500 bird species may vanish within the next 100 years without urgent conservation efforts,…