Threatened Fish Stocks Need More Management, Analysts Say
With climate change and illegal fishing threatening fish stocks and ocean health around the world, countries need to work together and with industry to manage access to fish, analysts say.
Read moreTalks on Global Climate Change Open in Doha, Qatar
The world’s top decision makers on climate are meeting in Doha, Qatar, over the next two weeks for the U.N. Climate Change Conference. The 18th Conference of the Parties to the U.N. Framework on Climate Change is expected to focus on strategies for accelerating actions to reduce greenhouse gases and to inhibit the increase of global temperatures.
Read moreScientists Theorize Global Sunblock Could Lessen Warming
Blocking the sunlight that reaches Earth might be another means to lessen the effects of climate change, some U.S. scientists theorize.
Read moreU.S., Russia to Conserve Beringia’s Heritage
Russia and the United States plan to link national parks situated along both sides of their border on the Bering Strait to help protect environmental resources, conduct scientific research and preserve the lifestyle, cultures and languages of the region’s indigenous population.
Read moreU.S.-U.K. Joint Statement on Cooperation on Space Weather
“Space weather is a global challenge requiring coordinated global preparedness. We recognize space weather as a significant natural hazard risk with economic and societal impacts on key infrastructures and technologies including power grids, location and timing systems, aviation operation and security of satellites.”
Read moreDevelopment Conference Ends with Pledge to Future Generations
The key to achieving sustainable economic growth while preserving environmental resources will be new ideas, pragmatism and optimism about “a more prosperous future,” said Secretary of State Clinton in a speech June 22 at the U.N. Conference on Sustainable Development, or Rio+20, as it concluded in Rio de Janeiro.
Read moreClinton Head of U.S. Delegation to Rio+20 in Brazil
Lisa P. Jackson, Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, will serve as alternate head of delegation, and Todd Stern, Special Envoy on Climate Change, will serve as chief negotiator.
Read moreWarmer Arctic Brings Opportunities and Risk, Experts Say
Warmer temperatures causing global climate change are recorded month after month, but the greatest evidence of environmental change appears in the Arctic
Read moreClimate Change Coalition Gains New Members, Momentum
A two-month-old international plan to accelerate action against climate-damaging pollutants is gaining momentum with decisions from Stockholm April 24. The Climate and Clean Air Coalition is moving forward on “fast and federated action on short-lived climate pollutants,” according to a press release from the U.N. Environment Programme (UNEP).
Read moreAmbassador King Delivers Remarks for Earth Day
The U.S. Mission supported an event for Earth Day at the International Environment House. Organized by the Antinea Foundation and the Geneva Environmental Network, the event aimed to build synergies among the NGOs present.
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