Tag: pollution

Climate change is not a standalone issue but a crisis impacting on and threatening every aspect of life on Earth

In the 35 years which have passed since the EIA was created in 1984, the world has witnessed astonishing and sometimes bewildering changes

Whether you like it or not, single-use plastic must go. Yes, it can be useful, it can be convenient, cheap and easy to produce – but it’s harming the planet and surely that’s reason enough to get rid of it?

The infiltration of plastics into our daily lives goes deep, making it hard to avoid this polluting material which will remain in our ecosystems for centuries to come.

Having been fascinated with the ocean and its inhabitants since childhood, diving was inevitably going to be a big part of my life.

When we buy our sugar, coffee, chocolate, leather, burgers, soy milk or wooden garden chairs we may be helping to fund deforestation. It's estimated that 53 per cent of those areas cleared in recent decades have been for agricultural commodities, as a result the EU has become a major driver of deforestation