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NEW DELHI, Mar 28 (IPS) - "The size of the faucet highlights the magnitude of the problem. It makes the problem impossible to ignore. We're used to throwing things 'away'—but when we're confronted with what happens when 'away' is not an option, I think it creates an emotional wake-up call," says Benjamin Von Wong.

Documentary filmmaker Robert Richter died at home in New York city from complications of heart failure.

ANTARCTICA, Feb 24 (IPS) - It was 7:30 a.m. I got ready the fastest I could, adrenaline kicking in, curiosity and excitement peaking. I rushed out of my cabin, opened the big exit door, and there in front of me was the first visual of the majestic white continent - Antarctica.

Sustainability and 'public-interest' artificial intelligence initiatives have been launched during the AI Action Summit in Paris

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UNITED NATIONS, Jan 30 (IPS) - On January 19, Israel and Hamas implemented a three-phase ceasefire agreement that seeks to end the war between Israel and Palestine, facilitate the exchange of prisoners and hostages between the two nations, and begin a period of reconstruction in the Gaza Strip.Since the ceasefire took effect, humanitarian organizations have struggled to assist hordes of displaced Palestinians as…

It's true that training and using AI models like ChatGPT consume large amounts of electricity, resulting in the release of greenhouse gas emissions.

Claims about AI's environmental cost circulated following the Los Angeles wildfires in early 2025.

A prolonged dry spell combined with strong winds has created the "perfect conditions" for Los Angeles wildfires to rage out of control, even though experts say it's too soon to pinpoint exactly how much climate change contributed.At the same time, perennial debates over suburban sprawl and forest ma...

MADRID, Dec 11 (IPS) - The available data is self-explanatory: business-prompted human activities have already altered over 70% of the Earth's lands, with 24 billion tonnes of fertile soil lost due to industrial agriculture, the excessive use of chemicals, overgrazing, deforestation, pollution and other major threats.

KERALA, India, Dec 09 (IPS) - As the fifth round of negotiations of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC) for a global plastics treaty concluded in Busan, South Korea (25 November-December 1 2024), the meeting underscored both the complexities and the promises of multilateralism. What we saw in Busan was indicative of other environmental treatymaking spaces, including ones on climate and biodiversity.

Romania's political landscape is reeling after a little-known, far-right populist secured the first round in the presidential election, electoral data showed Monday, going from an obscure candidate to beating the incumbent prime minister.

Negotiators are fighting over three big parts of the money issue: how big the numbers are, how much is grants or loans, and who pays.

Environmental advocates released reports Friday decrying fossil fuel industry influence at these climate talks in Baku, Azerbaijan, called COP29

BAKU, Nov 17 (IPS) - It has been a high-profile packed agenda in Baku, Azerbaijan, marked by milestone events designed to complete the first enhanced transparency framework and the new collective quantified goal on finance, among other top priority matters.

Environmental advocates released reports Friday decrying fossil fuel industry influence at...

World Weather Attribution said climate change is the most likely explanation for extreme downpours in southern Spain, as a warmer atmosphere can hold more moisture, leading to heavier downpours.

Despite a sliver of good news in the latest monthly climate analyses, global heating continues — and the world is far from taming it.

The world is on a path to get 1.8 degrees Celsius (3.2 Fahrenheit) warmer than it is now,...

Despite talk of a green recovery, global greenhouse gas emissions continued to rise as the world emerged from coronavirus lockdowns