ROME — Nearly half of the wild-caught fish harvested globally could be used to produce feed for farmed aquaculture products by 2040 if the industry were to grow exponentially in line with a roadmap de...

Earth Overshoot Day marks the date when humanity has exhausted nature’s budget for the year. This year, 2025, it fell on July 24.

The Trump administration’s twisted definition of one word is putting hundreds of rare animals at risk.

Bees follow other bees to flowers, which gives early blooming plants an advantage in attracting pollinators.

As the country moves to intensify mining and oil operations, environmental and Indigenous leaders’ bank accounts are being frozen or closed. Such “debanking” cuts them off from financial support and p...

The only ice factory in Bubaque is out of service. Local fishermen, like Pedro Luis Pereira, are forced to source ice from factories on the mainland in Guinea-Bissau, West Africa, some 70 kilometres a...

New scientific research from Greenpeace has uncovered ancient and fragile corals at a Lord Howe Rise seamount in the South Pacific, an area of huge ecological significance in the high seas that has ne...

A new study takes a first-of-its kind look at how farming converts non-forested areas and major carbon sinks into cropland and pasture.

​The EU talks a good game, but rhetoric alone is not enough. The ratification delay is a golden opportunity for reflection and to strengthen standards.

Dutch historian Rutger Bregman delivers his first BBC Reith Lecture: Moral Revolution.

Antony Penrose’s mother didn’t talk about her war work; he found out why after she died

An Indigenous journalist’s experience of entering the belly of Cop where time does not flourish, it is consumed

Brazilian farmers want to end a ban on planting soya on cleared land, which critics say would spur deforestation.

The 30th United Nations climate change conference kicked off on Monday in Belém, Brazil. Here is a recap of what happened on COP30 Week 1.

Munduruku Indigenous people held a peaceful demonstration at COP30, demanding the demarcation of their territories.

Armed forces and settlers used bombs, dogs, poison and machinery to attack people and infrastructure at key sites

Trade associations representing some of the largest dairy companies in the world have coordinated efforts to weaken international standards for how corporations measure their carbon emissions.  Expert...

In the wake of the November 13, 2015 Paris terror attacks, the French government declared a nationwide state of emergency that gave the authorities sweeping powers to fight terrorism – at the expense of some civil liberties. Ten years later, some of these exceptional legal powers have now passed into everyday law and even greater surveillance measures have been introduced.

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O secretário-geral da ONU disse a SUMAÚMA que está determinado a lutar por uma relação entre a humanidade e a Natureza ‘que nos permitirá derrotar não apenas as mudanças climáticas, mas garantir que a...

Podcast Episode · The Interview · 29/10/2025 · 23m

‘Trumped-up’ charges spark diplomatic row as scientists express fears for health of 70-year-old Leonid Pshenichnov

New study shows top producers responsible for more carbon dioxide-equivalent emissions than all of oil giant Saudi Arabia.

The United Nations faces a “race to bankruptcy” unless Member States pay their dues in full and on time, Secretary-General António Guterres warned on Friday, presenting a sharply reduced $3.238 billio...

Human Rights Watch found a major international company could be sourcing cattle from ranches linked to deforestation.

The UN maritime agency opened a special session in London on Tuesday, where nations are debating – and may adopt – a landmark framework to curb greenhouse gas emissions for global shipping, amid inten...

Financial institutions pouring money into land clearance and undermining efforts to stop destruction, says Climate Focus

Science Podcast · Updated weekly · Professor Jim Al-Khalili talks to leading scientists about their life and work, finding out what inspires and motivates them and asking what their discoveries might ...

Even as scientists rush to identify the migratory paths of some endangered shark species to help better protect them, climate change and other threats shift this behavior, adding urgency to the resear...

The best of this week’s wildlife photographs from around the world