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August 28, 2023
Biodiversity Editor

Ecocide another step closer to becoming international law

MEXICO CITY: Mexico has joined the EU, Brazil, the Netherlands, Scotland, Spain (Catalunya) and Belgium in proposing respective laws to make ecocide a criminal offense punishable by up to 15 years in prison. The Stop Ecocide Foundation defines ecocide as…
May 03, 2022
Biodiversity Editor

Climate crisis leads to more war

BERLIN: As ‘Putin’s War’ with Ukraine enters its 10th week, Berlin-based think tank Adelphi and the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) have published 10 conclusions on why conflict prevention and peacebuilding need to become…
March 29, 2022
Biodiversity Editor

Scientists say preserving global GDP means preserving nature

POTSDAM: Prior to the UN Biodiversity Conference (COP15) in Kunming, China next month, experts from the German Leibniz Research Network ‘Biodiversity’ have published 10 “Must Knows” on the preservation of nature as the basis of human life. "If we continue…
March 28, 2022
Biodiversity Editor

European oil majors face Putin windfall tax

BRUSSELS: A study by campaigning NGO Transport & Environment (T&E) says TotalEnergies, Shell and BP have purchased an estimated US$92.7 billion worth of oil from Vladimir Putin’s government since it annexed the Crimea peninsular in 2014. TotalEnergies has…
February 16, 2022
Biodiversity Editor

U.S. government forecasts ocean rise of two metres by 2100

WASHINGTON, DC: A report led by the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), forecasts a two metre ocean level rise by 2100. The water level along America’s coastline will rise an additional 10-12 inches in the next 30 years - more than in…
February 11, 2022
Biodiversity Editor

CMA CGM bans shipping of plastic waste

BREST, France: CMA CGM has announced it will cease carrying plastic waste on its ships from June 01 this year. According to the UN, annual global plastic production is now 400 million tonnes per year. Only an estimated 12 percent has been incinerated and only…
January 19, 2022
Biodiversity Editor

Plastic production now threatens human survival

STOCKHOLM: An international team of scientists says the volume of chemical production, including plastic, has breached a planetary boundary necessary for human survival. In 2009, researchers identified nine boundaries that defined the Holocene era, stable…
January 13, 2022
Biodiversity Editor

Climate crisis causes more rain and more pain

POTSDAM: Burning fossil fuels warms the earth’s atmosphere prompting an increase in extreme rainfall and a negative economic impact. Analysis by the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) and the Mercator Research Institute on Global Commons and…
January 03, 2022
Biodiversity Editor

Natural disasters cost US$105 billion in 2021

ZURICH: Swiss Re says extreme weather in 2021 produced insured losses of US$105 billion – the fourth highest on record. Man-made disasters triggered another US$7 billion for an estimated global total of US$112 billion. Insured losses from natural catastrophes…
December 08, 2021
Biodiversity Editor

Baltic action group to turn ship sewage into marine fuel

ESPOO/HELSINKI, Finland: The Baltic Sea Action Group (BSAG) is creating a ‘Ship/t Waste Action’ project at the Finnish port of HaminaKotka to produce biogas from sewage discharge. Under current International Maritime Organization rules, while passenger ships…
November 24, 2021
Biodiversity Editor

TotalEnergies to pay Suriname US$50 million for oil field offset

NIJMEGEN, The Netherlands: BankTrack is the tracking, campaigning and NGO support organisation targeting the operations and investments of commercial banks globally. Maaike Beenes, its Climate Team coordinator, says as rich countries fail to deliver on their…
November 09, 2021
Biodiversity Editor

Australia rates ‘nul point’ in latest climate index

GLASGOW: The Australian federal government’s environment policies have produced a standout bad result on the 2022 Climate Change Performance Index (CCPI) from NGOs Germanwatch, NewClimate Institute and the Climate Action Network (CAN). The three organisations…

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