United Nations

The cataclysmic cost of Trump’s ‘war on oceans’

Photo illustration by Lesley Becker/Globe Staff/Adobe Stock This summer, 60 million Americans will head to the seaside to enjoy majestic…

6 years ago

World Water Week: Water, ecosystems and human development | IUCN

Water, ecosystems and human development is the leading theme of this year’s World Water Week. The annual conference on water…

6 years ago

Forests are key to combating world’s looming water crisis, says new GFEP report

Rain clouds hover over a forest in Yen Bai, Vietnam. Photo by Rob Finlayson/ICRAF The world is facing a growing…

6 years ago

Locals Take Wind Industry to UN Over Destruction of Ontario’s Water Supply

The wind industry has all but destroyed water supplies in Chatham-Kent, Ontario. Hammering hundreds of giant steel piles (the foundations…

6 years ago

UN promotes nature-based solutions to growing water shortages

Photo Credit: Kelly Fike/USFWS The UN’s annual World Water Development Report 2018 has highlighted the need to use nature to…

7 years ago