Journalism Matters
500 news organizations mark World News Day by demonstrating the power of journalism to make a difference. Take a look at the following reports and features that are making an impact in an increasingly complex and uncertain world:
Five years after Paris accord, extreme weather the new normal
Climate change challenges have assumed deadly serious proportions in Vietnam, demanding that the country steps up contributions to meeting global temperature goals.
Global warming’s the fight of our lives. We’re losing it
With the biggest culprits failing to act on climate disaster, the human race does not have much long left.
Get cracking now
Is the world serious about global warming? After much deliberation about what needs to be done, pretty much everything has remained the same.
Climate change is driving migration, mainly inside nations
Climate change is uprooting more and more people from their homes. But managed sensibly, migration can help nations adapt to global warming.
Cape Town, Lima offer examples for water-deprived San Diego
As arid San Diego struggles to ensure adequate water supplies, the city can look to Cape Town and Lima for examples of how to dodge disaster.
It’s official: We’re to blame for the climate crisis
It’s taken more than a century, but experts now say humans are definitely to blame for the climate crisis. Will a UN report spur nations to take action?
Conhecimento indígena inova estratégia de combate a incêndios
Saberes ancestrais sobre o uso controlado do fogo para evitar queimadas, reconhecidos pela ciência, inspiram projeto de lei que institui nova política de combate a incêndios
Itaipu Binacional e o compromisso com a sustentabilidade
Conheça algumas das ações sustentáveis da Usina Hidrelétrica de Itaipu, que visam a preservação ambiental
Digging deep to understand rising sea levels
About 10,000 years ago, sea levels in Singapore were at least 20m lower than today. But with the ice age coming to an end, melting land ice fuelled the oceans and sea levels rose over the next three millennia.
Effects of climate change in Ghana
Year after year, the discussions on climate change seem not to be yielding the needed results. Climate change in Ghana is one of the defining environmental challenges of our time as recurrent extreme weather issues such as droughts and floods are having a devastating effect on most economic, social and environmental systems.
Global warming solutions that can save our planet
Global warming solutions are the top-notch question for all countries on the Earth. Humankind has to learn how to use natural resources more efficiently. The reduction of greenhouse gas emissions to the lowest level will help humanity to prevent great catastrophe in the future! Read the article to find out 12 easy steps to a healthy environment!
The generation that can make peace with nature
It is the air we breathe, the soil we plant our food in, the water we drink; it is the single most important thing for our survival – it is planet earth and we are killing it.