Conflict between humans and Zimbabwe’s 100,000 elephants is growing. Could this new tech help?
Droughts and shrinking resources push animals to raid villages, destroying crops and infrastructure and sometimes injuring or killing people.Read More
Endurance athlete doing record swim where Jaws was filmed ‘more terrified of a world without sharks’
Jaws instilled fear in the public – which director Steven Spielberg regrets – but also inspired people to take a greater interest in the predator.Read More
‘Where conflict, poverty and climate collide’: Number of internally displaced people tops 80 million
With climate change displacing more people within the countries they live, here’s what experts say is needed to support them.Read More
Scientists thought this gecko was extinct or didn’t exist. Now it’s been rediscovered after 34 years
Since it was identified in 1991, mystery surrounded this elusive little lizard for more than three decades.Read More
Europe ‘lagging’ behind on human rights by not recognising right to healthy environment, experts say
There is now a robust legal framework to tackle serious environmental crimes, but experts say the Council of Europe missed a chance to protect human rights.Read More
Red meat and cars mean French men have a 26% higher carbon footprint than women, study says
Food and transport account for half of the average French person’s carbon footprint.Read More
Europe’s electricity grid is outdated and risks derailing fossil fuel phase out, report finds
Over 1,700 gigawatts (GW) of renewable energy projects across 16 countries are stuck in the queue to be connected to the electricity grid.Read More
Dutch NGO hits Shell with fresh legal challenge – and the impact could be ‘enormous’
“Shell will not stop of its own accord,” says the director of Milieudefensie, which has enjoyed previous legal success against the oil giant.Read More
Banana farmers are ‘battling daily’ with climate change, warns report urging leaders not to slip up
Research shows how we can keep enjoying the fruit for generations to come, by cutting emissions, buying Fairtrade, and increasing diversity.Read More
‘Leo will follow Francis’: Catholics in the Amazon hope new pope will protect the rainforest
Amazon Catholics say the new pope is needed at COP30 in Brazil later this year.Read More