New environmental performance index highlights sustainability gains, and the challenges ahead

European countries continue to lead the world in environmental performance, according to the 2026 Environmental Performance ...
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Economists and environmental scientists see the world differently – here’s why that matters

Imagine someone has chronic pain. One doctor focuses on the body part that hurts and keeps trying to fix that single symptom. Another uses a more comprehensive brain-body approach and tries to ...
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Global Environmental Change: Research Pathways for the Next Decade

Research on the human dimensions of global change concerns human activities that alter the Earth's environment, the driving forces of those activities, the consequences of environmental change for ...
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How unexploded bombs cause environmental damage – and why climate change exacerbates the problem

There are a record number of conflicts raging around the world – from Ukraine and Gaza to Sudan and Myanmar. Alongside their devastating human toll, these conflicts are all wreaking havoc on the ...