By Stefano Burchi & Owen McIntyre - WCEL has accepted an invitation to join the OECD Water Governance Initiative (WGI) as a new member and partner.
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UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights and the Environment releases "Statement on the human rights obligations related to climate change, with a particular focus on the right to life."Ìý
By Anemoon Soete - At the end of 2015, a court of first instance in the Hague declared the Dutch policy to mitigate climate change inducing emissions not fit for purpose and lacking a sense of reality. As a result, the court of first instance ordered the government to adjust its policy to…
This is the fourth in a series of interviews with Natura 2000 (N2K) experts as part of the LIFE Green List for N2K project. Our interviewee has extensive experience in managing protected area databases and has recently become involved in the…
The fourteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP 14) of the UN Convention on Biological Diversity set the stage for more than 190 countries to step up efforts to protect the world’s ecosystems. The conference took place in Egypt, 17 – 29 November 2018,…
Blog by Claire Warmenbol. Worldwide out of the 47 megacities, China alone counts 17. These are cities with a populationÌýin excess of 10 million people. Today over half of the Chinese mainland population lives in cities. Towards 2030, China aims for 70% of its population, about 900 million people…
EnviroLENS, a Horizon 2020 project funded by the European Commission, will bring together information derived from satellite monitoring technology along with existing environmental laws and use it as direct evidence for law enforcement. EnviroLENS aims to bridge the gap for the utilization of…
Some 250 delegates from NGOs, government, business and science came together to celebrate the anniversary of Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹ûÏÖ³¡Ö±²¥, International Union for Conservation of Nature. The conclusion:Ìýthe road to a sustainable future requires a combined strategy.Ìý
Check out the first article of theÌýChildren as Champions of Climate Change -ÌýstoriesÌýfrom all around the Planet series. More and more to come from different countriesÌýwhere children got engaged with Nature and took action by drawing attention toÌýclimate change, stay tuned!
WCEL announces a new regional report by Anouk Ferté-Devin, Le Droit Forestier ¹ó°ù²¹²Ôç²¹¾±²õ.Ìý