Ecology and Environment

As more people are starting to realize — and as Indigenous Peoples have understood for millennia — how we treat the land affects everything from food and water security to carbon sequestration and climate change. By Cristen Hemingway Jaynes Many farms in the United States are multigenerational family operations,…

A two-day National Workshop on Localized Early Warning Mechanisms concluded in Dhaka bringing together civil society representatives, government officials, policymakers, academicians, and disaster risk reduction experts to strengthen community-based Early Warning Systems (EWS) in Bangladesh. The workshop, held on 12–13…

The Latin American Observatory of Environmental Conflicts (OLCA), in collaboration with the digital media outlet Resumen.cl and with the support of the Global Greengrants Fund (GGF), presents the powerful audiovisual report ‘The Lithium Fever: Shadows of the Energy Transition.’ This…

14 May 2025, Quezon City.  The waste and pollution watchdog group EcoWaste Coalition welcomed the noticeable decrease in littering inside voting centers but lamented the unchecked littering outside. Based on the monitoring conducted last Monday, the group’s Basura Patrollers heaved…

A Call for Stricter Enforcement of COMELEC’s Clean-up Directive 13 May 2025, Quezon City. – To send a strong message on political accountability and environmental responsibility, the EcoWaste Coalition led a post-election clean-up this morning around Flora Ylagan High School along…

Despite a persistent rain, yesterday afternoon various social organisations grouped together in the Espacio Día a día por Julia Chuñil (Day by Day for Julia Chuñil) demonstrated outside the headquarters of four branches of the Chilean state to protest their…

8 May 2025, Quezon City.  As the mid-term election campaign enters its final stretch, an environmental watchdog group urged both national and local candidates to comply with Republic Act No. 9003, or the Ecological Solid Waste Management Act, and keep…

Civil Society Organizations Demand an Immediate Policy Overhaul to Align ADB with Climate Justice and Human Rights Milan, Italy – At the 58th Annual Meeting of the Asian Development Bank (ADB), a united front of civil society organizations from across…

Europe is the fastest-warming continent, and the impacts of climate change are clear. 2024 was the warmest year on record for Europe. By the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) Storms were often severe and flooding widespread, claiming at least 335 lives…

A 426-foot-long electric ship — the largest of its kind in the world — launched from Tasmania this week, marking a milestone in the clean energy transition for maritime shipping. The Hull 096 boat, called China Zorrilla after the famous…