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Indonesian forests put at risk by South Korean and Japanese biomass subsidies

Annelise Giseburt 12 Dec 2024

Andes glacier melt threatens Amazon’s rivers & intensifies droughts

Amanda Magnani 11 Dec 2024

Spain adopts paid ‘climate leave’ policy following deadly floods

Shanna Hanbury 10 Dec 2024
Banner image of Storm Darragh from space via the Met Office.

Battering in U.K. & Ireland, deaths in Thailand & Malaysia as storms keep coming

Kristine Sabillo 9 Dec 2024
Image courtesy of Vicente Sampaio/Imaflora.

Loggers and carbon projects forge odd partnerships in the Brazilian Amazon

Fernanda Wenzel 9 Dec 2024

‘Bear’s-eye camera’ reveals elusive Andean bear cannibalism and treetop mating

Liz Kimbrough 6 Dec 2024

Agroecology offers blueprint for resilient farming in northern Ghana

Caleb Ahinakwah 5 Dec 2024

World’s top court starts hearing historic climate change case

Shreya Dasgupta 5 Dec 2024

Severe drought in Peruvian Amazon isolated more than 130 Indigenous communities

Aimee Gabay 5 Dec 2024
Tattersalli is an area stewarded by the NGO FANAMBY on the edge of Bekaraoka Forest in Madagascar.

Climate finance must empower grassroots conservation in Africa & beyond (commentary)

Dr. Josia Razafindramanana 3 Dec 2024

Researchers propose a ‘circular economy’ solution to housing affordability against climate change

Mike DiGirolamo 3 Dec 2024

Wildlife and humans face shared health risks from plastic pollution

Mongabay.com 3 Dec 2024
Snow and cold at the original CarbFix injection well in Iceland during late 2011 made working conditions at this field site more challenging.

Storing CO2 in rock: Carbon mineralization holds climate promise but needs scale-up

Ruth Kamnitzer 3 Dec 2024
Banner image of farmers in India by Rhett A. Butler/Mongabay.

Climate funds barely reaching small-scale farmers, report finds

Kristine Sabillo 3 Dec 2024

Climate financing should come from oil and gas ‘super’ profits, study says

Maxwell Radwin 2 Dec 2024
Cobalt ore mined in DRC.

Just energy transition reports urge care in surge to reach global renewable energy goals

Sonam Lama Hyolmo and Latoya Abulu 2 Dec 2024
Cutting a tree with a chainsaw.

Land use change impacting seven planetary boundaries, solutions urgent, say scientists

Sean Mowbray 2 Dec 2024
Banner image of civil society groups protesting at the INC-5 meeting in Busan, South Korea. Image courtesy of Seunghyeok Choi/Break Free From Plastic.

No deal to curb plastic production as latest negotiations fizzle

Kristine Sabillo 2 Dec 2024

Legal battle against controversial oil pipeline faces another setback

Shreya Dasgupta 29 Nov 2024
Lula promised to pave a stretch of BR-319 that remains undriveable for most of the year. Without a reliable road link, the city of Manaus remains highly dependent on river transport. Image courtesy of Marcio Isensee e Sá/InfoAmazonia.

Brazil plans new reserves to curb deforestation near contested Amazon roads

Fernanda Wenzel 28 Nov 2024
Two Paĩ leaders.

Paraguay’s Indigenous Paĩ Tavyterã communities fight invaders, fires and drought

Aimee Gabay 28 Nov 2024
Banner image of the Bougainville forest planted by Carteret Islanders, by Thibault Le Pivain for Mongabay.

PNG climate migrants sail away with native trees to their new home

Mongabay.com 28 Nov 2024
Banner image of high river waters in Cardiff, Wales, by Sionk via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

India, U.K. deal with storms that are ‘symptom of our changing climate’

Kristine Sabillo 28 Nov 2024
Restoring the abandoned rice fields required breaking up earthen dykes and clearing channels to restore natural water flow, so that mangroves seedlings and propagules could naturally recolonize the areas. In instances seedlings are also planted to help natural regeneration. Image by Wetlands International & Beyond Borders Media

How a holistic approach aims to heal mangroves in Guinea-Bissau

Ruth Kamnitzer 27 Nov 2024

‘Tragic’ mass fish die-off devastates Amazon River channel amid historic drought

Shanna Hanbury 27 Nov 2024

Nations should redirect 1% of military spending towards reforestation, Mexico proposes

Maxwell Radwin 27 Nov 2024

Researchers find high levels of mercury in Amazon’s Madeira River water & fish

Kevin Damasio 27 Nov 2024
Rainforest rainbow in Sabah. Image by Rhett Butler for Mongabay.

Environmental journalism as the link between local and global (commentary)

Gustavo Faleiros 27 Nov 2024
Cattle in Mato Grosso, Brazil. Photo by Rhett A. Butler for Mongabay.

Brazil beef industry still struggling with deforestation from indirect suppliers, survey finds

Maxwell Radwin 26 Nov 2024
In a village near Kebribeyah district of Somali regional state, a young herder guides the cattle to the water source, keeping the age-old tradition alive. Image by Solomon Yimer.

As climate change upends Ethiopia’s pastoral wisdom, adaptations can help

Sonam Lama Hyolmo and Solomon Yimer 26 Nov 2024
Banner image of civil society groups protesting at COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan. Image courtesy of 350.org.

With COP29 letdown, climate activists pin their hopes on Brazil

Kristine Sabillo 26 Nov 2024
Protesters bearing signs reading "Global North, pay up" and "Global South, hold the line" outside the plenary hall during COP29, Baku, Azerbaijan. Image by Kiara Worth/UN Climate Change via Flickr (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0) https://www.flickr.com/photos/unfccc/54158868096/in/dateposted/ https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/

COP29 ends in $300 billion deal, widespread dismay — and eyes toward COP30

David Akana 25 Nov 2024

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