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Weather extremes the biggest economic threat of the next decade
The latest edition of the World Economic Forum's (WEF) Global Risk Factors Report leaves no [...]
Mar
How global hotel chains can counter light pollution
Light pollution is a serious environmental stressor, affecting biodiversity, ecosystem services and human health. The [...]
Mar
Nature at a disadvantage. UNEP report on the state of environmental finance
Global financial flows are largely directed toward activities that negatively impact nature, threatening ecosystems, economies [...]
Feb
Global water bankruptcy – a new era in Earth’s history
Global freshwater resources are continually shrinking while demand continues to grow. This situation, referred to [...]
Feb
Investment in climate change adaptation in Europe is still insufficient
Agriculture, energy and transportation are three economic sectors that stand to lose billions of euros [...]
Jan
How to combat desertification for the benefit of society and the economy
Desertification threatens 126 countries today, Chinese scientists are warning, proposing an ambitious new strategy to [...]
Jan
Continental drying up is a growing threat to the global economy
Every year the world loses 324 billion cubic meters of fresh water - enough to [...]
Dec
Impact of climate disasters on agriculture and food security
As a result of natural disasters in the past three decades, agriculture worldwide has suffered [...]
Dec
The climate crisis is a health crisis. Millions of casualties every year
Every fraction of a degree of warming costs lives and livelihoods, said Dr. Jeremy Farrar, [...]
Nov
How much does inefficiency cost in the water sector?
Water management needs energy, while energy requires large amounts of water. Inefficiencies in both of [...]
Nov
