Sri Lankan police have arrested a man suspected of shooting Kawanthissa, one of the country’s best-known wild tuskers, and seized two illegal firearms as authorities investigate the circumstances surrounding the elephant’s death
El Salvador’s lawmakers have voted to overturn a controversial ban on metal mining, signaling a new direction for the country’s economic future despite widespread opposition from environmental and religious groups. The ban,
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The global economy is incurring losses of up to $25 trillion each year due to the failure of key sectors such as agriculture, energy, and fishing to account for the negative impacts
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Energy is the lifeblood of opportunity and economic development and a pillar of human civilization in the 21st century. Even the most remote communities in rural America were welcomed into the industrial
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The eighth continent is the Continent of Sleaze. You and I have never been there, only heard rumours about it. On that continent, there are rivers of money in which corporate executives
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The unsustainable practice of killing fish for human consumption not only harms them but countless other marine animals die as “unintended” bycatch in reckless fishing operations or lose their lives to the
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Note from Our Editorial Desk The weather and flood forecast for Sri Lanka, as of 12:30 on 27 November 2024, highlights the presence of a cyclonic system that is currently a deep
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Note from Our Editorial Desk The severe weather facing the Northern Province (NP) of Sri Lanka demands immediate and collective action, as the region teeters on the brink of a weather crisis
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In addition to the rise in sea level due to climate change, there is also a risk of water becoming acidic. In that case, the risk of harmful effects on aquatic animals
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Editor’s Note: In this article, authors from Malaysia University of Science & Technology highlight the importance of integrating civil society voices in climate policy, especially within developing countries. Presented at the recent
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We have laws to ensure children are born into a safe, sustainable, and unpolluted environment. These laws are also meant to empower future generations and guarantee birth equity. But far from ensuring that these
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No country is immune from water scarcity issues—not even wealthy countries like the United States. Population growth and climate change are stretching America’s water supplies to the limit, and tapping new sources
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The forthcoming COP 29 Climate Meet, set to take place from November 9 to November 22 in Azerbaijan, has not generated much excitement. On the contrary, there is considerable skepticism about its
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“We must face up to an inescapable reality: the challenges of sustainability simply overwhelm the adequacy of our responses. With some honorable exceptions, our responses are too few, too little, and too
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All eyes should be on the salsa dancing capital of the world, Cali, Colombia, where representatives of 190 nations are joined by a broad swath of global civil society and international Indigenous
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The free-roaming range of a child has been reduced dramatically in only a few generations. About three generations ago, most children were free to travel the full range of their town, but
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