Environmental and Sustainability Science
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Summaries and news items on recent developments
in reverse chronological order
The 2023 state of the climate report: Entering uncharted territory
27 October 2023
Human-driven mass extinction is eliminating entire branches of the tree of life
18 September 2023
September smashes monthly temperature record
World Meteorological Organization, 7 October 2023
Another planetary boundary: biomass
blog by Arthur Lyon Dahl, 3 October 2023
Coral Reefs in Danger
based on a report by IEF member Austin Bowden-Kerby in Fiji, 23 September 2023
Freshwater Use: another planetary boundary overshot
15 September 2023
Microbial extinction is happening
Arthur Lyon Dahl's blog 8 May-16 July 2023
Record-breaking global temperatures
updated 11 July 2023
A just world on a safe planet:
First study quantifying Earth System Boundaries
Earth Commission Report, 31 May 2023
The unfolding food crisis
blog by Arthur Lyon Dahl, 26 April 2023
The latest on Climate Change
IPCC6 Synthesis Report Headline Statements, 23 March 2023
Global fresh water demand will outstrip supply by 40% by 2030
The Guardian, 17 March 2023
Floods and droughts are intensifying
Nature Water, 13 March 2023
The other energy crisis
Arthur Dahl, updated 22 February 2023
Risks from sea level rise
UN Security Council debate, 14 February 2023
Regenerative Agriculture
Earth4All paper, Club of Rome 2023
Why a space sunshade isn't such a bright idea
Letter from IEF President Arthur Dahl
in New Scientist 4 February 2023
Planned science-policy panel on chemicals, wastes and pollution
UNEA Open-ended Working Group
30 January-2 February 2023
Global Biodiversity Framework Adopted
Convention on Biological Diversity, COP 15, Montreal, Canada
18 December 2022
Earth for All: A survival guide for humanity
Book review by Arthur Lyon Dahl
5 December 2022
World Scientists’ Warning of a Climate Emergency 2022
26 October 2022
Risk of passing multiple climate tipping points
International Science Council
9 September 2022
Food Loss and Waste
International Day of Awareness on Food Loss and Waste
29 September 2022
Green nature is good for you, blue is better
blog by Arthur Dahl on health benefits of nature
15 August 2022
Biodiversity Values Assessment
Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES)
1 August 2022
Climate Tipping Points Warning
United in Science
Multi-agency climate science report
13 September 2022
IPBES Values Assessment
Multiple values of nature and its benefits
Latest report of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy
Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES)
11 July 2022
Climate Change 2022
Mitigation of Climate Change - Summary for Policymakers
IPCC
4 April 2022
Legally binding agreement to end plastic pollution
UN Environment Assembly
2 March 2022
Climate Change 2022
Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Working Group II
27 February 2022
Only One Earth Science
website with graphics
11 February 2022
Planetary Boundary for Pollutants, Including Plastics, Exceeded
UNEP Geneva Environment Network
24 January 2022
Chemical pollution has passed safe limit for humanity
Damian Carrington, Environment editor, The Guardian
18 January 2022
Global Status of Coral Reefs
Report on Status of Coral Reefs of the World 2020
launched by Global Coral Reef Monitoring Network
5 October 2021
Making Peace with Nature
UNEP Synthesis Report
February 2021
World Scientist's Warning of a Climate Emergency
Summary and commentary by Arthur Dahl
22 August 2021
Where is Climate Change Taking Us?
IPCC 6th Assessment Report
The Physical Science Base
released 9 August 2021
Well-being in Vanuatu
Vanuatu National Statistics Office issues new report
8 July 2021
Our Planet, Our Future
Nobel Laureates Urgent Call for Action
29 April 2021
Atlas of Sustainable Development Goals 2020
World Bank
4 April 2021
Active Coral Restoration: Techniques for a Changing Planet
New book including work of Austin Bowden-Kerby
3 April 2021
Ecosystem Accounting Takes Off
United Nations Statistical Commission
1-5 March 2021
Scientists' Warnings: Affluence
Alliance of World Scientists
6 December 2020
Compilation to be continued
R
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2020
The Systems Science of Disintegration and Integration
Arthur Lyon Dahl
Paper presented at The Justice Conference 2017
22 May 2017
Climate change threatens global financial crash
By Paul Brown, Climate News Network
9 October 2015
Scientific review of Sustainable Development Goals and Targets
Report by the International Council for Science
14 February 2015
The Road to Dignity by 2030: Ending Poverty, Transforming All Lives and Protecting the Planet
Synthesis Report of the Secretary-General on the Post-2015 Agenda
9 January 2015
The latest on climate change from IPCC
Report by Arthur Dahl
3 November 2014
Beyond the Limits: Implementing a Resilient Future
Global Environmental Policy Programme
21 December 2013
The Threat of Climate Change
New World Bank Report
20 November 2012
Paper by IEF members on sustainable energy governance
IEF members, Sylvia Karlsson-Vinkhuyzen, Nigel Jolands and Lawrence Staudt, have just published their paper 18 November 2012
Planet Under Pressure 2012
scientific conference with IEF participation, London, England
26-29 March 2012
Last updated 22 February 2024