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As the climate crisis becomes ever more serious, each Earth Day that comes along takes on extra significance. This year’s theme is Restore Our Earth, which focuses not only on recovering from the effects of COVID-19, but implementing nature-based solutions that will have lasting, transformative impacts on our planet. While scientists confirm that climate change and loss of…

Women are often a minority in science, but they are working to change that. Women all over the world are playing integral roles in the fight against warming temperatures. For Earth Day 2021, ABC News is highlight three scientists and one activist who are leading the charge against climate change. Here are their stories: The young activist...Kehkashan Basu has done more…

23 April 2021, Rome - The world's smallholder farmers produce around a third of the world's food, according to detailed new research by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). Five of every six farms in the world consist of less than two hectares, operate only around 12 percent of all agricultural land, and produce roughly 35 percent of the world's food,…

As climate change continues to impact agriculture worldwide, a conference aimed at advancing technological cooperation in agriculture and water was held in Tel Aviv with senior government representatives from Israel and Africa along with investors from the UAE and Israeli agricultural technology companies . IMPROVATE Agriculture and Water discussed the challenges facing the UAE and African…

BEIJING, March 6 (Xinhua) -- As a national lawmaker, President Xi Jinping joins other deputies to China's top legislature each year as they deliberate issues of national importance during the annual "two sessions." The 13th National People's Congress kicked off its fourth session this week, unveiling a draft of China's modernization plan for the next 15 years, in which "green development"…

A report by Oxford University’s Economic Recovery Project (OUERP) has found that less than one fifth of Covid recovery spending by the world’s governments can be considered ‘green’. The report, ‘Are We Building Back Better? Evidence from 2020 and Pathways for Inclusive Green Recovery Spending’, was led by Brian O’Callaghan of Oxford’s Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment…