According to figures from the NGO Global Witness, 66 environmental defenders have been killed so far in 2018. Environmental defenders are people who take peaceful action, either voluntarily or professionally,…

The Supreme Court of Cambodia has upheld the guilty verdict of a lower-court against three Cambodian environmental activists over their involvement in a 2015 anti-sand dredging campaign in Koh-Kong province….

The Whanganui River, New Zealand’s third longest river, has been granted equivalent legal rights, duties and liabilities to those of a human being. This is the first time any natural…

According to a new study published by Cerulogy – a sustainable policy consultancy based in North America, demand for biofuel made with palm and rapeseed oil is resulting in an…

After a wave of youth protests, petitions and civil disobedience in the UK, parliament has become the first government in the world to declare an environmental and climate emergency. Labour leader…

More than a dozen current and former employees of the tech giant Amazon submitted identical shareholder proposals requesting the company to reduce its dependence on fossil fuels.  The proposal, submitted…

After more than five years of investigation into murders, beatings, and intimidations of environmental defenders, United Nations special reporter John Knox is calling for the UN to formally recognize the…

“There is actually no point in going to school if our world is going to die,” said one student as she marched through the streets of Brussels.  On 24 January, more than…

The village of Fairbourne, on the coast of Barmouth Bay in Wales, is expected to become abandoned soon as a result of climate change. The rising sea levels have now…

Max Elder on Twitter CalorApp, developed by a high school student, will alert farmworkers of dangerous temperatures and allow them to report unsafe work practices @CivilEats #signalsofchange https://t.co/peiShAwayY

For solace in uncertain times, here’s a reminder of some positive #signalsofchange we’ve featured recently. A sustainable future is both possible and necessary. 1. Malawi female chief annuls 850 child…

In July, New York will become the world’s first city to publish its progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals. It will report to the United Nations the status of its…

Sweden has lost its highest peak, a glacier on the southern tip of the Kebnekaise Mountain, due to melting caused by record Arctic temperatures. The peak is now positioned at…

A firm in Abu Dhabi wants to tow an iceberg from Antarctica to Abu Dhabi.  A promotional video released by the company suggests bringing the iceberg to the U.A.E. as…

According to the FBI and the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), hate crimes in the US have increased for the third consecutive year.  In addition to reporting the rise in…

The government of New Zealand has announced a new goal of planting one billion trees in the next ten years, double the number it has been planting to date. The initiative promises…

The Endless Runway is a radical and novel airport concept, which replaces the traditional stretch of runway with a loop. The concept of the Endless Runway can generate a breakthrough…

“You’ve never noticed this layer for the simple reason that it’s less than a tenth of a millimeter thick, about the same thickness as a single strand of human hair,…

A survey of 375 C-suite executives – at companies with more than 1,000 employees and upwards of £250 million in annual sales volume – across the US, UK, Europe, Middle…

Carol Brighton on Twitter SeaLevelWise #SignalofChange: @FLGovScott Budget request includes $3.6 million for the Department of Environmental Protection to assist local governments in #sealevelrise planning and #coastalresilience projects. https://t.co/vuQBQ1rMn2

Nutrition experts factor emissions into dietary advice UK dietitians are to promote plant-based diets in which beans and pulses replace red and processed meat. The move is significant because the…