Author: Kirsi Seppänen

The U.N. refugee agency said on Tuesday its work in Yemen was near a “potential breaking point” as coronavirus spreads in the war-damaged country, with…

With cat photos and sometimes scathing irony, Mathieu Rebeaud, a Swiss-based researcher in biochemistry, has nearly tripled his Twitter following since the coronavirus pandemic began….

From Asia to the Middle East, the Covid-19 pandemic is exposing the unique vulnerabilities of the world’s estimated 164 million low-paid migrant workers, who toil…

Revolutionary ’green’ types of bricks and construction materials could be made from recycled PVC, waste plant fibers or sand with the help of a remarkable…

Spain’s Ministry of Ecological Transition has published a ministerial order that establishes the criteria to determine when recovered paper for use in the manufacture of…

Australia risks becoming a dumping ground for the world’s worst polluting vehicles because of the absence of fuel and vehicle efficiency standards, according to a…

Doctors say Australian hospitals are creating huge amounts of unnecessary waste and risking equipment shortages through single-use metalware. Scalpels, tweezers, suture scissors, forceps and clamps…

A clash between protesters demanding drinking water and security forces in southwestern Iran has turned into the hottest issue on Iranian social media. On Saturday…

Eight European countries have urged the European Union to include natural gas in future funding, as the bloc’s executive prepares to unveil its plan for…

The fires that caused 33 deaths, destroyed more than 3,000 homes, and burned more than 10m hectares of bushland were accurately predicted by the Bureau…

Scientists say this is the first clear evidence that plastic pollutants in rivers are finding their way into wildlife and moving up the food chain….

Scientists at the Universities of Birmingham and Bath in the United Kingdom say they have developed a “faster, more efficient way” of recycling plant-based biopolymers…

International waste management charity Wasteaid has announced a two-year partnership worth €900,000 (£800,000) with sustainable food packaging company Huhtamaki to drive community-level circular economy innovation…

Indigenous leaders are calling for help to stop oil companies drilling in the headwaters of the Amazon river in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic,…

More than 15,000 dams in the US would likely kill people if they failed, and at least 2,300 of them are in poor or unsatisfactory…

The Arctic is one of the fastest-warming places on the planet —and scientists still aren’t completely sure why. Melting snow and ice may be speeding…

Australian researchers have passed a major international milestone for the durability of next generation perovskite solar cells, a key step towards the commercialisation of ultra…

People living in Denmark will soon be required to sort their waste into ten different types, according to the government. One of the biggest goals…

A new global waste standard has been released by the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) to enable companies to track their waste generation and encourage a…

A global assessment of recycling and sustainability labelling on plastic packaging claims to have found that only 17% of assessed labels give consumers quality information…