IPCC's Thomas Stocker: "I am optimistic, but realistic" about COP21

Development isn't bound to fossil fuels, says Thomas Stocker, Swiss climate scientist and candidate in the October election for a new IPCC chair.

Nigerian President Buhari orders long-delayed cleanup of Ogoniland

President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered the cleanup of the Delta region's Ogoniland, four years after a UNEP reported highlighted dangers to the environment and ...

Concerns over unimplemented UNEP Ogoniland report, 4 years later

Marking the fourth anniversary of the release of the United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP) Assessment of Ogoniland, the Environmental Rights ...

China’s energy footprint in Central Asia

China's strategic investments have allowed it to replace Russia as the main player in the region's energy politics

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Освоение российского арктического шельфа становится национальным проектом, который серьезно беспокоит экологов

Going to the End of the Earth

Exploitation of the Russian Arctic shelf becomes a national project that environmentalists are seriously concerned about

Low-Sulfur Fuel Rules Expected to Raise Shipping Costs, Cut Emissions in Hong Kong

Hong Kong's Legislative Council is taking the first step in controlling sulfur content in fuel used by ships in its waters, requiring local vessels to use ...

Boko Haram, ecological scourge and Africa’s uprisings

The end of armed conflict in the Niger Delta has not brought about the end of military propelled ecological assaults.

Stakeholders step up moves to conserve Niger Delta’s biodiversity

A major step was taken recently in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital, where nature conservation practitioners gathered for two days to fashion out a way ...

Environmental News Pegs

This calendar lists monthly ‘news pegs’ that journalists can use to hang environmental stories on.