A global update from the leading authority on the status of species shows that climate change is compounding other threats to plants and animals.
Tag: United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity
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Swimming the Lordly Hudson, All 315 Miles of It
Lewis Pugh, a British endurance swimmer, sees the river as the prime example of how a toxic waterway can be revived.
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My Continent Is Not Your Giant Climate Laboratory
Africa should not be turned into a testing ground for risky solar geoengineering technologies.
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Countries Adopt a Sweeping Agreement to Protect Nature
Delegates meeting in Canada, aiming to halt a dangerous decline in biodiversity, agreed on a deal to place 30 percent of the planet under protection.
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No One Wants to Say ‘Put Down That Burger.’ But We Really Should.
If current eating and farming trends continue, the world will clear at least one and a quarter more Indias worth of land by 2050.