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UN Forest Accounting Loophole Allows CO2 Underreporting by EU, UK, US

Justin Catanoso 04/05/2018

Scientists say burning woody biomass is not carbon neutral,...

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Debate: India Is Not ‘Self-Destructing’, It’s Being Destroyed Systematically

Sajai Jose 26/01/2018

A startlingly pessimistic vision of India’s looming environmental and...

FILE PHOTO: Rohingya refugees, who suffer from diphtheria, are being treated at a Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) clinic near Cox's Bazar

Rohingya in Bangladesh at Risk of Deadly Diphtheria Face Shortage of Medics, Antitoxins

Krishna N. Das and Nurul Islam 29/12/2017

Doctors Without Borders has treated around 2,000 patients in...

Uruguay's President Tabare Vazquez meets his Zimbabwe counterpart Robert Mugabe at Uruguayan presidential building in Montevideo, October 19, 2017. Credit: Reuters

Zimbabwe’s Mugabe Removed as WHO Goodwill Envoy

Stephanie Nebehay and Kate Kelland 23/10/2017

Mugabe, 93, is blamed in the West for destroying...

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Something in the Water: Life After Minamata’s Mercury Poisoning

Joshua Sokol 06/10/2017

From 1932 to 1968, hundreds of tonnes of mercury...

Hundreds of environmentalists arrange their bodies to form a message of hope and peace in front of the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France, December 6, 2015. Credit: Reuters

US Attends Meeting on Paris Climate Accord, but Still Plans to Withdraw

Allison Lampert 17/09/2017

"There has been no change in the US's position...

Antonio Guterres, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), arrives for a news conference at the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland December 18, 2015. Credit:Reuters

UN Chief Asks Nations to Commit to Paris Deal Amid ‘Dramatic Floods’

Yoshita Singh 09/09/2017

UN chief Antonio Guterres urged nations to get serious...