The ongoing war in Ukraine is accelerating the loss of soil nutrients, impacting both the country's agricultural productivity as well as global food security.

Scientists from UKCEH and students from Imperial College London are working together to come up with novel climate solutions in the Green Innovation Challenge. This joint initiative between UKCEH and ...

The message is clear: climate change should be prioritised as a security crisis, not just an environmental one

The UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology is involved in new research to convert farm waste into high-performance, low-emission fertilisers, which will reduce greenhouse gas emissions and farmers’ costs. ...

den. However, it is a resource and a hidden connector: from wastewater reuse to nutrient recovery, from renewable energy production to surveillance for public health and ecosystem protection. This event will explore how sustainable wastewater management and sanitation provision can deliver shared benefits for ecosystem protection, health, climate mitigation, and food system resilience. Convened by UNEP and key partners, this dialogue will demonstrate that investing in wastewater provides real solutions to global challenges: addressing water scarcity, producing renewable energy, recovering nutrients, strengthening health security, lowering climate emissions, and building resilient food systems. The event will also highlight UNEP’s convening role and invite Member States and donors to contribute to scaling solutions that protect people, economies, and the planet. Conclusion – Call to Action We call on Member States, partners, and donors to work with UNEP in unlocking the hidden value of wastewater – investing in innovation, capacity, and scalable solutions that deliver benefits across health, climate, and food security. Organizer Walid Passas

The common kitchen appliance plays an outsized role in exposure to nitrogen dioxide, a toxic air pollutant.

The common kitchen appliance plays an outsized role in exposure to nitrogen dioxide, a toxic air pollutant.

The US and other governments derailed an agreement on a global environment study, its co-chair says.

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📢 Ahead of #UNEA7 more than 160 CSO and Indigenous Peoples organizations have urged the INC Bureau to ensure that the new Chair of the #plasticstreaty negotiations brings back trust, transparency, and...

Fertilization use in Ukraine declined sharply following the Ukraine war in early 2022, associated with severe national nutrient deficits and underscoring an urgent need for an integrated nutrient mana...

Improved manure recycling is one measure being proposed that could help Ukraine’s soil recover from misuse of fertilisers.

Ukraine’s agricultural legacy as the “breadbasket of Europe” faces an unprecedented threat, not merely from the ongoing conflict but from a hidden crisis beneath its soil. Recent research indic

Fertilization use in Ukraine declined sharply following the Ukraine war in early 2022, associated with severe national nutrient deficits and underscoring an urgent need for an integrated nutrient mana...

Fertilization use in Ukraine declined sharply following the Ukraine war in early 2022, associated with severe national nutrient deficits and underscoring an urgent need for an integrated nutrient mana...

Beyond the disruption to Ukraine’s food exports, the war is jeopardising the country’s long-term ability to remain the ‘breadbasket of Europe’, because its soils are gradually losing vital crop nutrie...

Fertilization use in Ukraine declined sharply following the Ukraine war in early 2022, associated with severe national nutrient deficits and underscoring an urgent need for an integrated nutrient mana...

The plastics treaty talks in Geneva ended without a deal. As negotiators weigh their options about the way forward, troubling questions are…

South Asia reels from devastating 2025 floods, demanding climate justice and urgent Loss & Damage finance as COP30 becomes a test of global accountability

Water pollution, farmers' wellbeing.

The Environment and Climate Change Committee has published its report, ‘Nitrogen: time to reduce, recycle, reuse’, which calls for the UK to be more ambitious and strategic in its plans to...

A House of Lords report warns that successive Governments have failed to tackle the dangerous impacts of nitrogen pollution in England.

State’s environment minister warns bloom unlikely to disappear any time soon as testing for toxic algae continues at 14 Adelaide sites

A vast toxic algae bloom has sparked growing concern in Australia as it lingers off the south coast, killing hundreds of marine species and disrupting fisheries.

The catastrophe has turned South Australian waters toxic green and suffocated masses of marine life.

A data-driven conceptual framework that benchmarks sustainable nitrogen management for wheat production in China and shows strong potential for fostering locally adapted strategies that balance agricu...

A data-driven conceptual framework that benchmarks sustainable nitrogen management for wheat production in China and shows strong potential for fostering locally adapted strategies that balance…

Nature Food - A data-driven conceptual framework that benchmarks sustainable nitrogen management for wheat production in China and shows strong potential for fostering locally adapted strategies...

The carbon capture company Climeworks only captures a fraction of the CO2 it promises its machines can capture. The company is failing to carbon offset the emissions resulting from its operations – wh...

Explore why too much nitrogen is a bad thing.

Wir überdüngen den Planeten mit Stickstoff. Eigentlich waren alle biologisch nutzbaren Formen des Elements über Milliarden von Jahren eine heiß umkämpfte Mangelware. Um an sie heranzukommen, haben sic...