Environment
Nations call for strong plastics treaty as difficult talks loom
More than 90 countries called on Tuesday, June 10, during the third United Nations Ocean Conference, for a global treaty to restrict...
Climate change threatens historic clove farming in Indonesia
Colonial powers once sought to wipe out cloves grown by locals on the eastern Indonesian island of Ternate to safeguard their monopoly...
Taif, Saudi Arabia’s ’City of Roses,’ faces climate change fears
The hills surrounding the city of Taif, known as "the city of roses", produce around 300 million of the area’s signature pink roses...
Environmental upheavals could weaken the perfume industry
In a recent study, Pascale Brousse, founder of the Trend Sourcing agency and an expert in beauty and wellness market trends, and...
UN says new plastic pollution negotiations scheduled for August in Geneva
After December’s failure in Busan, could Geneva bring an agreement in August? A new round of negotiations for an international treaty on...
Hong Kong scientists fight to save agarwood from illegal tree felling
Environmentalists say illegal agarwood tree felling is on the rise in Hong Kong, fuelled by black market demand. The forests of the...
EU countries back stricter rules to curb microplastics pollution
EU countries on Tuesday, December 17, backed plans to curb plastic pollution by toughening rules for companies using the pellets that...
In Busan, UN plastic pollution talks fail to reach landmark deal
Deeply divided negotiators failed on Sunday to reach a landmark global treaty to curb plastic pollution, missing a self-imposed deadline,...
Plastic pollution treaty: What is at stake in the Busan talks?
A fifth and final round of talks on a treaty to end plastic pollution opened on Monday, November 25, the day after the end of a chaotic...
Philippines: What is the outcome of the law against plastic waste?
Long one of the world’s top sources of ocean plastic, the Philippines is hoping new legislation requiring big companies to pay for waste...
