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Chemical recycling: ‘Green’ plastics solution makes more pollution, says report

Fourth round of U.N. talks fail to finalize a treaty to manage the high seas

NGOs alert U.N. to furtive 2-million-hectare carbon deal in Malaysian Borneo

‘No planet B’: Groups call for $60bn increase in annual biodiversity funding

The world says yes to a cradle to grave plastics treaty: Now the work begins

Climate change a threat to human well-being and health of the planet: New IPCC report

Malaysian officials dampen prospects for giant, secret carbon deal in Sabah

As world drowns in plastic waste, U.N. to hammer out global treaty

In the Arctic, Indigenous Sámi keep life centered on reindeer herding

As climate-driven drought slams farms in U.S. West, water solutions loom

Indigenous leader sues over Borneo natural capital deal

Unique Indigenous Maya food system blends cropping techniques in Guatemala

For Mekong officials fighting timber traffickers, a chance to level up

Uganda’s ‘Dr. Gladys’ honored by U.N. for work linking conservation and health

Between land and sea: Agrobiodiversity holds key to health for Melanesian tribes

Indigenous groups unveil plan to protect 80% of the Amazon in Peru and Ecuador

The catfight within tiger conservation: Why all stakeholders need to start working together (commentary)

Is colonial history repeating itself with Sabah forest carbon deal? (commentary)

Allegations of displacement, violence beleaguer Kenyan conservancy NGO

Details emerge around closed-door carbon deal in Malaysian Borneo

‘Standing with your feet in the water’: COP26 struggles to succeed

Indigenous leaders share hopes and concerns towards pledges made at COP26

New global partnership aims to remove barriers to Indigenous climate finance

Bornean communities locked into 2-million-hectare carbon deal they don’t know about

Do forest declarations work? How do the Glasgow and New York declarations compare?

As fossil fuel use surges, will COP26 protect forests to slow climate change?

A new 100-page report raises alarm over Chevron’s impact on planet

Domestic bushmeat consumption an “urgent” threat to migratory mammals, U.N. says

Not just sea life: Migratory fish, birds and mammals also fall foul of plastic

Humans’ role in climate warming ‘unequivocal,’ IPCC report shows

Ending Amazon deforestation a top priority on Colombian minister’s D.C. visit

Scientists call for solving climate and biodiversity crises together

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