Issues & Trends

2018-01-12	Freshwater under stress as acidity rises, scientists say The first manifestation of freshwater acidification could be poor water quality due to a bacteria known for producing toxins By Thin Lei Win
2018-01-05	Oceans Losing Oxygen at Breathtaking Speeds By David Leestma Algae bloom in the Arabian sea. Norman Kuring / NASA
2018-01-09	Opinion: Mapping out the future of humanitarian response By Tyler Radford
2018-01-07	Europe’s half a million landfill sites potentially worth a fortune By Josh Jacobs Waste can now be mined for metals and to create fuel
2017-12-14	World Bank invests $4.5 bln to arm cities against climate change By Sophie Hares "Investment in urban resilience not only avoids losses but it generates value and it catalyses growth"
2017-12-05	UN commits to stop ocean plastic waste By Roger Harrabin BBC environment analyst, Nairobi Nations have agreed that the world needs to completely stop plastic waste from entering the oceans.
2017-11-28	One Third of Food Lost, Wasted – Enough to Feed All Hungry People By Baher Kamal
2017-11-29	Fight against malaria stalling and could reverse, warns 2017 World Malaria Report SAN FRANCISCO — Between 2015 and 2016, there were 5 million more malaria cases globally, and Rwanda saw the greatest increase in malaria cases, with nearly 1 million people contracting the mosquito-borne disease, according to the World Malaria
2017-11-13	World Scientists’ Warning to Humanity: A Second Notice BioScience, Volume 67, Issue 12, December 2017, Pages 1026–1028,https://doi.org/10.1093/biosci/bix125 Published: 13 November 2017
2017-11-06	150 Organizations Call for Ban on ‘Biodegradable’ Plastic Packaging For several years, oxo-degradable plastic packaging was hailed as one solution to cope with mounting pollution and overwhelmed municipal waste streams. These materials could be made out of conventional plastic resins, such as polyethylene, polypropylene or polystyrene, with ingredients such as metal salts added to hasten disintegration.