Deforestation and drought threaten carbon storage in Borneo’s rainforests

Carbon storage in Borneo’s tropical rainforests faces a dual threat from deforestation for agriculture and droughts caused by El Niño events, a new study...

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December 20th, 2017 Electronic waste – commonly known as e-waste – is one of the world’s fastest growing waste streams. In 2016, we produced 44.7...

One Planet Summit: Finance Commitments Fire-Up Higher Momentum for Paris Climate Change Agreement

Posted on 19 December 2017 by Guest Author This is a re-post from UN Climate Change News UN Climate Change News, Paris, Dec 12 – Today at...

November 2017 was the third warmest November on record

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