A group of young women dance and burn their hijabs during a protest in Iran’s Bandar Abbas. Credit: social media By Arina MoradiCOPENHAGEN, Oct 25 2022 (IPS) It’s been over a month since Bayan, a 30-year-old Persian language teacher, last left her home in the Kurdish city of Piranshahr, 730 northwest of Tehran. Her parents
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25 October 2022
Iranian Women Fight in the Streets, But Also from Home
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25 October 2022
Narwhals adapting to climate crisis by delaying migration, study finds
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Discovery raises hopes that species may be able to survive global heating despite slower genetic evolution due to their long lifespan Narwhals have been delaying their seasonal migration because of the impact of the climate crisis, suggesting an ability to adapt to the changing Arctic but increasing the risk that they may become trapped in
24 October 2022
Europe in Its Labyrinth
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European Union leaders struggle to find solutions for the energy crisis. Credit: Bigstock By Baher KamalMADRID, Oct 24 2022 (IPS) European politicians continue to run in all directions to find a way out of their energy crisis. One of them – Simonetta Sommaruga, the Swiss Environment Minister, asked people to ‘shower together’. Others are competing
23 October 2022
CSIRO aims to ‘accelerate commercialism’ in new strategy as staff decry scientific diversion
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Government body denies ‘business-over-science’ approach but failed to inform federal minister of change in focus Get our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcast Australia’s leading science agency, the CSIRO, has unveiled a “significant” new working model to promote commercial deals, in a move towards reliance on external funding that one
23 October 2022
The practical feasibility of working time reduction: Do we have sufficient data?
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Publication date: February 2023 Source: Ecological Economics, Volume 204, Part A Author(s): Bence Lukács, Miklós Antal
22 October 2022
I fund climate activism – and I applaud the Van Gogh protest | Aileen Getty
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The Just Stop Oil protest shocked the world, but we must take disruptive action on the climate crisis before it’s too late Two climate activists who threw soup on the protective glass covering of Van Gogh’s Sunflowers painting have captured the attention of the world. While some have ridiculed the activists, as a funder of
21 October 2022
Tracking Social Media to Uncover Ivory Trafficking in Rwanda
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The Congo-Rwanda border bustles with traders going between the two countries but is also a conduit for criminal syndicates to smuggle elephant tusks and other contraband. Credit: Aimable Twahirwa/IPS By Aimable TwahirwaRUBAVU, Northwestern Rwanda, Oct 21 2022 (IPS) Every morning, Valerie Mukamazimpaka, a businesswoman selling various food products from Rubavu, a district in Northwestern Rwanda,
20 October 2022
A new framework for flood adaptation: introducing the Flood Adaptation Hierarchy
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Synthesis ABSTRACT Traditional flood risk paradigms and associated strategies are no longer sufficient to address global flood adaptation challenges due to climate change and continued development in floodplains. The current flood adaptation approach is failing to take advantage of the benefits provided by intact ecosystems and perpetuates social and economic inequities, leaving those who are
20 October 2022
Do livestock environmental regulations reduce water pollution in China?
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Publication date: February 2023 Source: Ecological Economics, Volume 204, Part A Author(s): Dan Pan, Huan Chen, Ning Zhang, Fanbin Kong
19 October 2022
Floods and warm weather perfect storm for Japanese encephalitis outbreak in Australia, researchers warn
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Modellers say those within 4km of an infected piggery potentially vulnerable, meaning 740,546 people at risk of mosquito-borne virus Get our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcast Warming temperatures combined with flood waters could leave almost 750,000 Australians vulnerable to Japanese encephalitis – a disease that until last year was