Global warming threatens coral reefs around the world. Matthias Hammer, director of Biosphere Expeditions, talks to DW about involving local communities in reef conservation in the Maldives.

Water security is under intense pressure in many urban areas, and the very nature of urbanisation contributes to water stress situations both from a quantity and quality perspective.

The third session of the Plenary of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES-3) taking placein Bonn, Germany, from 12 to 17 January 2015.

Tiny synthetic fibres from clothes, cleaning cloths and consumer products are getting stuck inside fish in ways that other microplastics are not.

The Coastal and Marine Resources Management in the Coral Triangle-Southeast Asia (CTI-SEA) published its second experience note on building know-how on the application of the ecosystem approach to fisheries management (EAFM) in Sabah on 18 June 2015.

A US$10.4 million grant made by the Global Environment Facility (GEF) through the World Bank, aimed at reducing deforestation and preserving biodiversity in close to nine million hectares (almost the size of Hungary) was approved by the World Bank’s board.

Illegally caught fish comprise a significant portion of both the global catch and of seafood imports, including to the world's leading fish-consuming markets. To counter this, the EU enacted strong fisheries laws and in 2012 began issuing warnings to – and imposing sanctions on – states which are accused of failing to comply with those regulations.

The world’s beaches are being washed away as coastal developments increase in size and engineers build ever higher sea walls to defend against fierce winter storms and rising sea levels, according to two of the worlds’ leading marine geologists.

Global Shift to Energy Efficiency and Renewables Could Save Gigatons of Carbon Dioxide Emissions Each Year.

GLAND, Switzerland – Success stories from seven countries in Latin America and the Caribbean prove that the region is positioned to lead the sustainable energy revolution, according to a WWF report presented Tuesday alongside UN climate talks in Lima, Peru.   The report, Green Energy Leaders, provides examples of renewable energy trend-setting in the region including Costa Rica'...

On 30 and 31 October 2014, Belarus and Lithuania negotiated a bilateral technical protocol on transboundary water cooperation for the shared Neman River Basin, facilitated by UNECE and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Belarus, in the framework of the project “River Basin Management and Climate Change adaptation in the Neman basin”. The protocol foresees regular data e...

Today the Global Environment Facility (GEF) presents its report to the the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Twentieth Conference of Parties (COP20).