Zaynab Sadan, WWF’s Global Plastics Policy Lead and Head of Delegation at INC-5.2, said: “The failure of states to find agreement in Geneva is bitterly disappointing. This outcome is neither what ...

GENEVA, Switzerland (15 August 2025) - The INC-5.2 Chair released a revised draft text in the early hours of Friday following a long and suspenseful delay. The day prior, the Chair stunned a packed ...

After decades of seemingly irreversible decline, results from the latest census conducted by the Chinese Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs show that the population of critically endangered ...

BEIJING (February 28, 2015) -- The worldwide population of wild giant pandas increased by 268 over the last decade according to a new survey conducted by the government of China. The increase in ...

Over 1 billion tonnes more food being wasted than previously estimated, contributing 10% of all greenhouse gas emissions ...

Introduction More than 145 million tonnes of sugar (sucrose) is produced per year in about 120 countries; open pan (artisanal) sugar production in Asia probably adds more than ten million tonnes to ...

Today, plastic represents 95 per cent of the waste floating in the Mediterranean and lying on its beaches. Rome, Italy – The Mediterranean Sea is turning into a dangerous plastic trap, with record ...

Healthy nature is an ally that helps prevent climate breakdown and make us more resilient to a warming planet. The latest science from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) shows that ...

Wetlands, the most economically valuable and among the most biodiverse ecosystems in the world, are disappearing three times faster than forests with severe consequences for our future unless urgent ...

New report shows how forest restoration can benefit nature and people. 2021 marks the start of the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration. As the world loses 10 million hectares of forests every year, the ...

The temptation to skip to steps lower in the hierarchy that are easier or cheaper will at best provide a temporary bandaid to these complex global challenges and at worst, cannibalize efforts for ...

Lime announces ambitious carbon reduction targets following a science-based target, committing to be carbon-negative by 2025 and net-zero by 2030. “Today more than 50% of the world’s population lives ...