In a sweeping new study of more than 13,000 urban areas worldwide, researchers have mapped air pollution levels and carbon dioxide emissions, providing comprehensive global analysis of urban ...

Lagos – A new global report has issued a strong warning to governments worldwide, urging immediate action on air pollution to reduce deaths from noncommunicable diseases (NCDs).The report, “A ...

In the stratosphere, ozone acts as a protective layer. But in the troposphere, at ground level, this colorless gas is incredibly harmful to human health and the environment in ways scientists are ...

United Nations-backed talks for a global treaty to end plastic pollution wrapped up without an agreement in the early hours of Sunday, December 1. A new round of talks is expected in mid-2025.

Pope Leo XIV’s pollution warning reignites global debate over corporate climate profits, environmental accountability and the ...

In the past year alone, four major environmental negotiations have collapsed. These failures signal a deeper breakdown in how the world tackles environmental crises such as climate change, ...

The global pollution exposure slope and Mann-Kendall trend of PM 2.5 from 2001 to 2020. Blank land areas indicate no data or not enough observations or failed the significance test (P<0.05). Air ...

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Representatives from 175 countries will gather in Geneva, Switzerland, in August for the final round of negotiations on a legally binding UN treaty to end plastic pollution. Non-governmental ...

Global plastics treaty talks have stalled. And voters last month elected a president and Congress hostile to environmental laws and regulations—and supportive of fossil fuels. For the coming year at ...