Stories: People & Ecosystems

Since the very first Earth Day more than four decades ago, the environmental movement has tackled a wide range of problems, including air pollution,…

The Gulf of Mexico has the largest dead zone in the United States and the second-largest in the world.

This piece was co-authored with Achim Steiner, UN under-secretary general and executive director of UN Environment Programme (UNEP).

This piece explores…

As the old adage suggests, it is important to see the forests for more than just the trees. While an estimated 500 million people…

Asia Pulp & Paper (APP), one of the world’s largest paper companies, announced earlier this month that…

The world is on track to become a very different place in the next two decades. Per capita income levels are rising, the global middle class is expanding, and the population is set to hit 8.3 billion people by 2030. At the same time, urbanization…

Water is a scarce resource in India, especially in the state of Maharashtra, where most rainfall is limited to the monsoon season from June through September. The Government of India has long…

This post originally appeared on Bloomberg.com.

This post was co-written with James Mulligan, Executive Director at Green Community Ventures.

Natural ecosystems…