Issues & Trends

2018-09-29	Warning of 'ecological Armageddon' after dramatic plunge in insect numbers Show The abundance of flying insects has plunged by three-quarters over the past 25 years, according to a new study that has shocked scientists.
2018-08-29	Water-smart agriculture could cut migration risk - FAO Two-thirds of the world's people suffer some water scarcity for part of each year By Nicole Hoey LONDON, March 20 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Water stress is increasingly driving migration around the world, but efforts to adapt to worsening shortages could help, a new U.N. study suggests.
2018-08-29	The Great Pacific Garbage Patch Has Way More Trash Inside It Than We Thought For years, scientists have been tracking a large accumulation of floating trash, mostly bits of plastic, in the north Pacific ocean called the “Great Pacific Garbage Patch,” or the “trash vortex.” This region, according to the latest research, has more lost and discarded plastic inside it than previous surveys suggested—like, a lot more.
2018-08-28	Nature's 'alarming' decline threatens food, water, energy: U.N. OSLO (Reuters) - Human activities are causing an alarming decline in the variety of plant and animal life on Earth and jeopardizing food, clean water and energy supplies, a U.N.-backed study of biodiversity said on Friday.
2018-08-29	Pollution Sources in China Increased More Than 50 Percent in Eight Years The number of pollution sources in China has gone up by more than 50 percent since 2010, Reuters reported Thursday, indicating that the country still has a lot of work to do in its efforts to clean up it
2018-08-29	World leaders sound alarm over global water crisis UNITED NATIONS -- The World Bank and the U.N. are sounding the alarm over a global water crisis. A joint report released Wednesday says that 40 percent of the world's population is affected by water scarcity.
2018-08-29	Water shortages could affect 5bn people by 2050, UN report warns More than 5 billion people could suffer water shortages by 2050 due to climate change, increased demand and polluted supplies, according to a UN report on the state of the world’s water.
2018-08-28	"Paris of the oceans" pact crucial to save seas, says WWF head People should pay attention to the origins of their seafood and push companies to play their part in ocean conservation - Pavan Sukhdev
2018-08-27	Corruption is still rife around the world At least 6bn people around the world live in corrupt countries, according to Transparency International’s (TI) latest ranking of perceptions of corruption in the public sector. Based on surveys with analysts and business folk, TI found 69% of countries scored less than 50 (100 being “very clean”) in its index for 2017.
2018-08-27	Want To Find Global Warming? It's Time To Get Planting. THE GOOD NEWS: 1.5 million volunteers in India planted 66 million trees in 12 hours to set a world record and combat the effects of climate change.