The Basel Convention is an international treaty, signed in 1989, designed to prevent the movement of hazardous waste from developed to...

Countries are falling behind in their commitments to meet the Paris Agreement targets, according to the United Nations Environment...

On 20 December 2019, the Supreme Court of the Netherlands ruled, in the so-called ‘Urgenda Case’, that the Dutch government is obliged...

Sustainable finance has gone through a spectacular growth trajectory over the past decade – its adoption as a standard practice by most...

The ecological degradation and the role of cities as major polluters has become more relevant than ever, with currently half of the...

A wave of sustainable lifestyle solutions is gaining popularity as the world moves to a greener agenda. Businesses are following suit,...

In November 2019, the activist hedge fund TCI Fund Management released their Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Investment Policy...

The UK officially withdrew from the EU on January 31 2020, but there is still much uncertainty surrounding what will happen next. While...

When global grain prices inflated expeditiously between 2007 and 2008, transnational agricultural land deals surged. With its low-cost...

A lack of government oversight and antitrust law enforcement has given rise to the ‘Big 4’- four major firms who control more than 60% of...

The complexities of global trade raise questions about how best to address the way countries fairly compensate for their environmental...

If the world is to meet the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDG13), which demands urgent action to tackle the climate crisis, companies...

In October 2019, two co-chairs of the next Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report in 2022 visited the Hong Kong...

Legally protecting traditional indigenous lands is an effective way of preserving natural resources and mitigating the effects of the...

According to the Center for Biological Diversity, the expansion of human population and consumption has increased species extinction by...

In December 2019, the European Commission presented the ‘European Green Deal’- the EU’s legislative roadmap to carbon neutrality by 2050....

The choice between economic development and sustainability is often considered to be irreconcilable. However, viewing the elements of...

The current economic model is failing to adequately address the climate crisis. Can a radical alternative offer a better solution to a...

As the realities of the climate crisis become more widely discussed around the world, governments are increasingly under pressure from...

Earth.Org analysed satellite data to assess the changes in vegetation and land cover in the Mu Us desert in North-western China from 1985...