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Jan 3, 2024 · From deforestation and plastic pollution to fast fashion and food waste, here are 15 of the biggest environmental problems of our lifetime.
Humans impact the physical environment in many ways: overpopulation, pollution, burning fossil fuels, and deforestation. Changes like these have triggered climate change, soil erosion, poor air quality, and undrinkable water.
Tackling threats that impact the Earth. WWF’s work addresses direct and indirect threats—and the forces that drive them—to conserve biodiversity and reduce humanity’s ecological footprint.
Nov 7, 2022 · There are no simple solutions to complex problems like climate change. But there have been times in the past when the world has come together to try to fix an environmental crisis. How did we...
How climate change is affecting when, where and even whether people run. From weekend runners to Olympians, people are changing when, where and even whether they run as heat, wildfire smoke and ...
Apr 21, 2023 · The relentless advance of climate change brought more drought, flooding and heatwaves to communities around the world last year, compounding threats to people’s lives and livelihoods, the UN’s...
Jun 28, 2021 · Changes in climate are threatening Canada’s ecosystems and the vital services they provide, including access to freshwater. Nature-based solutions that maintain and restore ecosystems, such as wetlands, are a cost-effective and sustainable means of moderating climate impacts and building resilience.
Feb 14, 2024 · Climate change encompasses not only rising average temperatures but also natural disasters, shifting wildlife habitats, rising seas, and a range of other impacts. All of these changes are emerging...
Nature loss has far-reaching consequences. Damaged ecosystems exacerbate climate change, undermine food security and put people and communities at risk. Around 3.2 billion people, or 40 percent of the global population, are adversely affected by land degradation.
Feb 17, 2022 · Deadly wildfires, noise pollution and other looming environmental threats could cause widespread ecological damage, and need to be urgently addressed, the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) said...
