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Rena Lee, the president of the Intergovernmental Conference on Marine Biodiversity of Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction, announced at the UN headquarters that a treaty to protect the high seas had finally been agreed, saying: ‘Ladies and gentlemen, the ship has reached the shore.’ The treaty, which has been almost two decades in the making, is crucial

Publication date: May 2023 Source: Ecological Economics, Volume 207 Author(s): Antonia Schuster, Michael Lindner, Ilona M. Otto

Senior civil servants have issued the warning as government is way behind on net zero pledges, according to leaked documents Cabinet ministers have been warned by senior civil servants that they face court action because of their catastrophic failure to develop policies for tackling climate change, according to secret documents obtained by the Observer. The

Research ABSTRACT The sustainability transitions literature acknowledges the importance of place for building a more sustainable world. Although some researchers have studied place analytically and made contributions toward developing sustainable communities across the globe, and others have directly discussed the structural aspects of places, the sustainable transitions literature has not fully reconciled place specifics with

Publication date: May 2023 Source: Ecological Economics, Volume 207 Author(s): Carmelo J. León, Anastasia Hernández-Alemán, Carlos Fernández-Hernández, Jorge E. Araña

More than 60 US scientists, including James Hansen, renowned former Nasa climate researcher, sign open letter The controversial concept of purposely deflecting the sun’s rays to cool down an overheating Earth should be further studied, according to a group of scientists headed by James Hansen, the renowned former Nasa climate researcher. An open letter from