A clever low-tech water filtration project that harnesses discarded plastic bottles could alleviate water and sanitation problems in Kenya’s huge Kibera slum.

The resilience of indigenous people, key in climate change adaptation, is rooted in traditional knowledge and deep understanding of the land.

With the release of the 2010 Human Development Index, a new index modifies country rankings to take into account carbon emissions.

Fuelled by a growing international appetite for leather, the industry represents a sizeable chunk of Bangladesh’s yearly export revenues — $284 million in 2007-08. There are about 200 leather ...

Forests cover over one third of the world’s land surface, or around 4 billion hectares. Abundant in biodiversity, crucial in the ecological services they provide to the planet and its living ...

Interfering and taking control of the climate sounds unreal, but a powerful alliance is backing it and the public is not informed.

China, one of the leading producers and consumers of the world’s electric and electronic equipment (EEE), is also a primary destination for discarded products — electronic waste (e-waste). The country ...

Descendants of Japan’s seafaring gypsies practice sustainable marine resource management by maintaining traditional communal values and carefully questioning technological innovation.

Rice producers in Southeast Asia are changing growing techniques and rice varieties to adapt better to climate change.

This photo essay by United Nations University’s Traditional Knowledge Initiative (UNU-TKI) Research Fellow Gleb Raygorodetsky offers a glimpse of the challenges that climate change presents for ...

Seven individuals with special connections to the ocean share their hopes for the world’s oceans — and what it would take to achieve them.

On World Food Day we share the perspective of an anti-hunger and social rights activist who feels food should be a commons not a commodity.