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The Current Economic Model: A Destructive Social Construct?

As the world witnesses an Ebola outbreak that has been hyped by the media as the next Black Plague, we are left to wonder why the problem of climate change doesn’t attract as much attention. Unarguably, climate change is real...

by Apratim Vidyarthi

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How Pacific islanders are fighting climate change with canoes

Climate change is hitting the Pacific Islands hard. Sea levels are rising, temperatures are increasing, worsening storm surges and flooding have contaminated fresh water supplies and ruined crops. Already, residents of one isla...

by Fenton Lutunatabua

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World Oceans Day and the importance of preserving marine ecosystems

World Oceans Day came a long way from its creation in 1992 to the globally recognised celebration that it is today. The project’s aim is to draw attention on the importance of the world’s oceans, not only to humans but to ...

by Tímea Fazekas

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It Never Rains In Central Asia, But When It Does, It Pours

On May 30-31st torrential rainstorms caused chaos on Kazakhstan’s Almaty, Uzbekistan’s Tashkent and Kyrgyzstan’s Bishkek. While damage was mostly limited to floating cars and flooded houses, for Kyrgyzstan the...

by Global Voices

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Water Stewardship: Bringing Together Business And Conservation

Water is the earth’s most precious resource. Though we live on a ‘blue planet’, less than one per cent of water is actually accessible as freshwater. Water is essential to human survival, to the natural environment, to th...

by Alexis McGivern

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Party Now, Apocalypse Later: The Last Days On Earth According To The UN’s Climate Change Report

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) recently released a report on the state of the earth’s future and the impact of climate change on the world’s natural resources. To say the least, the report is incredib...

by Mimi Celeste Taylor

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When It Comes To Climate Change Refugees, No Man Is An Island

In October of last year, the debate over environmental migration spiked as Kiribati islander Ioane Teitiota appealed to New Zealand’s courts to recognise him as the first climate change refugee. In late November, the courts r...

by Linn Kristin Klausen

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The Current Economic Model: A Destructive Social Construct?

How Pacific islanders are fighting climate change with canoes

World Oceans Day and the importance of preserving marine ecosystems

It Never Rains In Central Asia, But When It Does, It Pours

Water Stewardship: Bringing Together Business And Conservation

Party Now, Apocalypse Later: The Last Days On Earth According To The UN’s Climate Change Report

When It Comes To Climate Change Refugees, No Man Is An Island

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