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The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the UN Climate-Change-convened Fashion Charter today launched the Sustainable Fashion Communication Playbook, a guide for consumer-facing communicators in the global fashion industry to align efforts to sustainability targets, incorporating both environmental and social factors. The Sustainable Fashion Communication Playbook…

On July 4, 2019, women leaders of grassroots organizations from Latin America, Africa, Asia, and Europe came together to form the Feminist Land Platform. This global platform seeks to eliminate the roots of inequalities related to women's land rights, highlight women's leadership, and highlight feminist perspectives in all struggles for land and territories, as well as act on other…

By Catherine Gamper, Sophie Lavaud and Agnes Szuda, OECD Environment Directorate 17 June marks the World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought, a year after unprecedented droughts plagued regions across the world. In Europe, the Po River basin – Italy’s breadbasket – faced the worst drought in 70 years, after rainfall in early 2022 was about half of the yearly average of the…

The Forest Pulse draws on the most recent data and analysis to reveal the latest trends in global forest loss and deforestation. How much forest was lost in 2022? This section of the Forest Pulse is updated annually using annual tree cover loss data to provide a comprehensive overview on where forests have been lost around the world. Annual updates are released each year and…

Cities occupy just 3 percent of the Earth’s land, but account for most of the global energy consumption and carbon emissions. Many cities are also more vulnerable to climate change and natural disasters due to their population densities and interconnected infrastructure. To avoid the most harmful impacts from climate change — including human, social and economic losses — we know…

Issue 603: Droughts in catchment areas in the Alps affect several major European rivers. This study reports that drops in snowmelt are causing drought to become more common, affecting the timing and characteristics of water shortages downstream. Four of Europe’s major rivers – the Rhine, Rhône, Danube, and Po – originate in the Alps. A range of weather-related processes determine the water…