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How to Save the Planet
4 vital steps to protect the world’s remaining rainforests
Understanding the economic value of rainforests and conserving them will enable greener and more inclusive economies, leading to a more sustainable world.
Environment and Natural Resource Security
How the world is coming together to save coral reefs
Recommendations are being made, studies conducted and funding sought in order to save coral reefs. At risk of extinction, they have multiple positive effects on the planet's health.
Environment and Natural Resource Security
This map shows the extent of human impact on the Earth’s surface
Using this high-resolution map, we can visualize the impact humans have had on almost 95% of the Earth's surface.
Forests
Planting trees can be one tool to fight climate change - if we do it right
Trees have become a major tool in the fight against climate change, but as two experts explain planting them isn't as simple as it might seem.
Plastics and the Environment
We're a long way from ending deforestation, but we can still stop it
In 2014, governments, companies, NGOs and Indigenous groups committed to a series of goals to protect forests, but in 2020, we're further from meeting them than we were six years ago.
Norway
This is Norway's cash incentive for other nations to protect their forests
Norway is the top donor for safeguarding rainforests, ahead of nations including Germany and Britain, and has spent $330 million a year since 2008 to protect them.
Retail, Consumer Goods and Lifestyle
Secondhand clothing is in fashion - and it's helping the environment
The secondhand clothing industry has boomed in recent years, which is good news for the environment, as the fashion industry is one of the world's biggest polluters.
Climate Change
Why the world needs another trillion trees. This week's House on Fire podcast
Episode 3 of our environmental podcast looks at an ambitious plan to plant forests to tackle climate change.
Latin America
6 ways Latin America and the Caribbean can create a green, resilient, and inclusive recovery
From investing in resilience, to leveraging digital technologies, here are six ways Latin America can create a green, resilient and inclusive economy.
Climate Change
Climate change is making autumn leaves change colour earlier – here’s why
A new study has shown that climate change is making autumn leaves change colour sooner due to more carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.
The Ocean
Here's how fishing stifles the ocean's ability to capture carbon
When fish die naturally, their bodies and the carbon they contain sink to the depths of the ocean. Yet when fished, this carbon is released into the atmosphere as CO2.
Biodiversity
This project maps bees around the globe. Here's why that matters
A new study provides a crucial step in assessing the impact of human activity on bees and tracking the potential decline of bee populations.
Environment and Natural Resource Security
One fifth of ecosystems is in danger of collapse – here’s what that might look like
One-in-five countries are at risk of their ecosystems collapsing. Professor of Physical Geography, John Dearing, explains what this means and what's at stake.
Environment and Natural Resource Security
Our ocean floor remains largely undiscovered - these are the countries changing that
Despite our knowledge of the land we live on and the technology available to us, very little of the ocean floor has actually been put on a map.
Environment and Natural Resource Security
Lessons from the Great Recession for a COVID-19 Green Recovery
After the global recession, governments launched major economic packages to reboot their economies. The World Resources Institute explores what lessons we can incorporate into today's gre...