Source: Union of Concerned Scientists How We Unlock the Huge Solar Potential in Massachusetts’ Environmental Justice Communities Massachusetts has tremendous solar potential in environmental justice neighborhoods: enough to power all of the Commonwealth’s nearly three million homes. Activating this resource is key to fulfilling the state’s decarbonization and affordability goals. This is particularly vital as energy costs have become an everyday point of discussion for Massac

Source: Nepali Times Nepali researcher is still looking for answers to balancing nature conservation with human livelihoods t was a packed hall in the summer of 2019 at the 20th anniversary of the Student Conference on Conservation Science in Cambridge. An empty chair on the stage waited for one man. Hundreds of students and researchers excitedly anticipated the arrival of Sir David Attenborough. The British nature broadcaster and writer marked his 100th birthday this week,

Source: Tyndall Center Researchers warn that framing biodiversity loss as a national security threat relies on speculative migration projections and risks undermining the evidence-based policy required for genuine ecological restoration. Scientists have warned that a new UK Government report on global biodiversity loss and national security runs the risk of distorting evidence and driving ineffective policy by framing ecological degradation and its impacts on migration as a s

Connecting the futures of jaguars, whales, and humans into one vibrant ecosystem By RAMESH JAURA Source: CMO COP15 Marking a watershed moment for global conservation, countries at the 15th Conference of the Parties (COP15) to the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS) united behind bold new protections for a host of threatened migratory species, including jaguars, sharks, and freshwater fish. Most significantly, they linked the fate of these

Source: Tyndall Centre Researchers report that well-designed climate policies prevented more than three billion tonnes of CO2 emissions in 2022, demonstrating that policy design is critical to effective decarbonisation. Countries with stricter and better-targeted climate policies cut carbon emissions faster, according to a major new study . Involving researchers in the UK and EU, including academics from the University of East Anglia (UEA), the study draws on the most compreh

Source: Tyndall Centre A new global assessment of climate risks to biodiversity across more than 98,000 protected areas worldwide provides an open-access tool to support climate resilience planning. Scientists have published the most comprehensive assessment to date of how climate change threatens biodiversity in more than 98,000 protected areas worldwide, aiming to help conservationists build resilience in the face of accelerating climate impacts. The open-access tool – Wall

Deep Dive into Research Gaps and Emerging Threats Latin America and Spain This comprehensive analysis moves beyond a simple literature review; it is a crucial state-of-the-art assessment designed to systematically map and understand the complex communication phenomena fueling the contemporary climate and environmental crisis. This research was produced by AIUNCA, the International University Agency for Environmental News and Communication, an initiative of the international p

The University Agency for Environmental News and Communication Bringing together universities from around the world Belém, Brazil – November 12, 2025, 9:30 a.m. Italian Pavilion “Made of Future” – PV-A08, Blue Zone Event proposed by IULM University with IPS Academy / CitiPlat AIUNCA, the International University Agency for Environmental News and Communication, will be officially presented at COP30 within the international spaces dedicated to innovation, sustainability, and in

Source: Union of Concerned Scientists Ask a Scientist: How Do We Solve California’s Water Shortage Crisis? California’s megadrought seems as endless as the Mojave Desert. Between killer heat and growing wildfires, the state experiences some of the harshest effects of climate change. Although California is leading in clean energy policies needed to tackle the worst impacts, water management is still a real problem—for everyone in the country. That’s because the United State

Kathmandu, Nepal Source: Nepali Times Extreme heat affects the urban poor more, cities need greenery to cope In 2023, northern India...

Source: Nepali Times Every year, up to 15 people are killed by tigers in and around Nepal’s Chitwan National Park, famous for its...

Source: Nepali Times The flood on the Bhote Kosi was a timely reminder about the risks Himalayan communities face from melting...

Source: Tyndall Centre The University of East Anglia has launched a major new partnership with Willis Towers Watson (WTW) to advance...

Source: Union of Concerned Scientists Why More Frequent Wildfires and Extreme Rainfall Are a Particularly Perilous Combo July’s deadly...

Source: Tyndall Centre GlobalRx, a new dataset of over 200,000 prescribed burns, sheds light on climate impacts and fire management...

Source: Union of Concerned Scientists The true costs of coal, natural gas, and other fossil fuels aren’t always obvious—but their impacts...

Source: Tyndall Centre A global report on the role of forests in providing economic and social resilience has revealed that the rapid...

Source: Tyndall Centre New research identifies the key causes of changes affecting river deltas around the world and warns of an urgent...

Universities Launch AIUNCA: A Ground-breaking Environmental News Agency May 15 – The media networks of universities from Latin America and the Caribbean, Italy, Portugal and Spain have come together to establish AIUNCA, a news and communications agency focusing climate change, biodiversity, new models for sustainable development, and countering disinformation. AIUNCA –Spanish acronym for Agencia Internacional Universitaria de Noticias y Comunicación Ambiental- is founded on t

Fact vs. Fake In an epoch marked by escalating environmental urgency, the discourse surrounding carbon neutrality has assumed a central...