The rise in sea levels, greenhouse gas concentrations, and ocean acidification saw new records last year, setting alarm bells. Ocean warming also saw a substantial increase in the past two decades and is penetrating to ever deeper levels.
Africa is one of the most biodiverse regions in the world, with the Congo basin forest ecosystem serving as an essential carbon sink and a biodiversity hotspot.
Climate change affects the social and environmental determinants of health – clean air, safe drinking water, sufficient food and secure shelter.
Health must be on the agenda when the impact of an infrastructure project is being determined. We provide a project for further charity.
During the winter, Mongolia’s capital Ulaanbaatar suffers from some of the highest levels of pollution in the world. Solving this problem will require a mix of short-term and long-term solutions, starting with providing citizens with the information they need to protect themselves from dangerous pollution
Now is the time to take advantage of the clean air being experienced in many cities across Asia. We must not support a “quick and dirty” post-COVID-19 recovery plan that returns pollution to the region’s skies.