‘Darkening’ cities is as important for wildlife as greening them

mennessä CrNet Oy | elo 20, 2025 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development, Yleinen

For billions of years, life has depended on Earth’s rhythm of day and night. DNA codifies body clocks in all animals and plants, which helps their cells act according to this cycle of light and dark. Humans have disrupted this cycle, though, by producing artificial...

Texas Study Reveals Heat Waves Can Cause More Polluted Air

mennessä CrNet Oy | elo 20, 2025 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development, Yleinen

Heat waves are becoming more common, severe and long-lasting. These prolonged periods of hot weather are especially dangerous in already hot places like Texas. In 2023, more than 300 people in Texas died from heat, according to the Texas Department of State Health...

Four Columbia Women Are Reimagining Rice Farming to Tackle Climate

mennessä CrNet Oy | elo 20, 2025 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development, Yleinen

During my time at the Columbia Climate School and School of International and Public Affairs as a student in the MPA in Environmental Science and Policy program, I had the privilege of studying alongside the brilliant women behind Clean Crop, a project that grew from...

More young lives lost in Ukraine, as UN chief repeats call for a ‘just, comprehensive and sustainable peace’

mennessä CrNet Oy | elo 19, 2025 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development

Russian drone strikes on Ukraine overnight including in the cities of Kharkiv and Zaporizhzhia reportedly killed at least 14 people – including three children. The development came as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and a group of European leaders arrived in...

From Waste to Worth: Fashion’s Opportunity to Reclaim up to $150 Billion in Lost Textile Value a Year

mennessä CrNet Oy | elo 19, 2025 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development, Yleinen

The world is producing clothes and other textiles at an unprecedented rate—and discarding them just as fast. In 2024, global textile waste reached 120 million metric tons, with 80% ending up in landfills or incinerated. By comparison, only 12% of the total was reused,...

Statement by Commissioner Lahbib on the 2025 World Humanitarian

mennessä CrNet Oy | elo 19, 2025 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development, Yleinen

“The EU is one of the world’s largest humanitarian aid donors, working to save millions of lives in crisis situations globally. Yet at a time when humanitarian needs are reaching new heights, respect for International Humanitarian Law (IHL) is under threat....