UN finds Wood Buffalo National Park under threat from climate change and development
The United Nations body that oversees World Heritage Sites is approving a report that finds Wood Buffalo National Park's place on that list is in danger.
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Wood Buffalo National Park still on environmental threat list; UNESCO calls for action on oilsands
A United Nations body has affirmed earlier findings that Canada's largest national park remains under environmental threats from dams, oilsands development and climate change.
Bali's local culture, UNESCO sites under threat from water shortage
Far from Bali's beaches and hotels, farmer I Ketut Jata stands on a mountainside, staring at terraced land that is too dry to grow the rice his family has long relied on for food and income.
'This is how a Pacific atoll dies': Island nations will drown
While world leaders from wealthy countries acknowledge the “existential threat” of climate change, Tuvalu Prime Minister Kausea Natano is racing to save his tiny island nation from drowning.
Europe may have to live with the fact its great rivers are drying up
From the Danube to the Loire, Europe’s prime rivers — lifelines for the continent’s economy — are running low after a brutal five-month drought. After years of dry weather, scientists are warning that low-water conditions could become the norm in Europe as the climate changes.
UN chief makes world-wide appeal to help badly flooded Pakistan
U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres appealed to the world for help for cash-strapped Pakistan after arriving in the country on Friday, September 9, 2022, to see the climate-induced devastation from months of deadly record floods.
Release of oilsands tailings into river not the only option: Guilbeault
Releasing treated oilsands tailings into the environment isn't the only solution being considered to clean up the massive toxic ponds in northern Alberta, federal Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault says.
UNESCO team to determine if Alberta's Wood Buffalo Park belongs on endangered list
A United Nations body that monitors some of the world's greatest natural glories is in Canada again to assess government responses to ongoing threats to the country's largest national park, including plans to release treated oilsands tailings into its watershed.
Australia bans coal mine to protect Barrier Reef
Australia’s new government announced on Thursday, August 4, 2022, it plans to prevent development of a coal mine due to the potential impact on the nearby Great Barrier Reef.
Sally Lin helps others reimagine their climate-friendly futures
The 24-year-old Vancouverite works for the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization’s (UNESCO) Futures Literacy program and is developing a climate career portal.
UNESCO’s youth advocate pushes for cash to educate the world
Toronto teen philanthropist Kenisha Arora wants a UN summit on education in New York in September to believe in the magic of youth as it sets out to tackle pandemic-related education loss and profound structural flaws in systems worldwide.
Court rules Australian environment minister has no climate duty of care
An appeals court on Tuesday, March 15, 2022, overturned a groundbreaking ruling that Australia’s environment minister had a duty to protect younger people against climate change.
Fires, deforestation and global heating turn 10 UNESCO forests into carbon sources
World heritage sites in Canada, the U.S., Australia, and Russia are among those that have emitted more carbon than they absorbed since 2001.
Australia dodges downgrade of Great Barrier Reef by UNESCO
Australia on Friday, July 23, 2021 garnered enough international support to defer an attempt by the United Nations’ cultural organization to downgrade the Great Barrier Reef’s World Heritage status because of damage caused by climate change.
