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Environment

Tough times ahead for climate protesters during corona pandemic

As many countries around the world have implemented lockdowns, environmental protesters like Fridays for Future are looking to the internet instead to the streets. But will it be enough to keep the momentum going?

World’s first vegan leather created by two Mexican entrepreneurs, Adrian Lopez Velarde and Marte Cazarez

Making leather from Mexican cacti

Skins have long been used for leather. Now a Mexican duo has come up with a plant-based alternative using a cactus.

Big Oil looks to plastic for cash flow

A drop in oil prices has the fossil fuel industry looking for other ways to make money. One solution: make more plastic.

Two women at a climate protest with face mask

Climate eclipsed by corona crisis — but why?

Facing a global recession, world economies appear to have to tossed aside green policies to maintain the status quo.

The good news about reforestation efforts

On World Forest Day 2020, DW looks at ambitious global efforts to bring back the trees.

Rob Greenfield munches on some leaves near a fire hydrant

Meet the aspiring millionaire-turned radical activist

Rob Greenfield is on a mission to bring a green message to the world using a number of unusual approaches.

Nuclear radiation in the deep blue sea

The Fukushima nuclear disaster in 2011 sent unprecedented amounts of radiation into the Pacific — adding to the sea's radioactive waste.

OUR CLIMATE

Iran Coronavirus (picture-alliance/AA/F. Bahrami )

Coronavirus and climate change

What does the coronavirus outbreak reveal about our response to climate change?

Cars tail to tail on a congested street in Brussels

Making Brussels fit for walking and cycling

New urban plans aim to give the city back to pedestrians and help residents counter the crisis of a warming planet.

Women as victims of climate change

A woman sits while waiting for food to be distributed in Kenya

Rape, domestic violence, forced marriages: A new study shows the effects of climate change are leading to an increase in violence against girls and women in many corners of the world.

From Kyoto to Paris and beyond

The Kyoto Protocol, which created the first binding targets to limit greenhouse gas emissions, went into effect in February 2005. Some experts say it was a "game changer," but others question its long-term effectiveness.

OUR LAND AND HOW WE USE IT

Are cities Europe's new biodiversity hotspots?

In Amsterdam's busy city park of all places, citizen scientists discovered two new insect species.

Africa's farmers struggle to go organic

Smothering bureaucracy and limited access to finance may hinder the continent's ability to feed itself.

Why feeding cows better grass can help fight climate change

Experts explain to DW why giving cows good quality grass is better for the climate — and is a challenge in Africa.

The Amazon rainforest in Brazil: Living in the shadows of violence and development

View of a tree in deforested area in the Para region in Brazilian rainforest

At the center of deforestation and land conflicts in Brazil, one small-scale farmer has seen the personal cost to her family and community of speaking up. Her son went into hiding to escape death threats.

Rights of nature: Can Indigenous traditions shape environmental law?

An Anishinaabe protestor marches against oil pipeline development in Canada

Indigenous ideas of nature are gaining a foothold in mainstream legal systems by making rivers, forests and even rice legal persons. Can rights of nature laws protect ecosystems?

East Africa: Why are locusts so destructive?

Migratory locusts feeding and resting in grass

The worst locust outbreak in decades has devastated crops in East Africa and shows no signs of stopping. What are these ravenous insects, and what's being done to stop them?

Locust swarms plague East Africa as wildfires burn Australia

Global Ideas Kenia Heuschreckenplage (picture-alliance/AP Images/B. Curtis)

Strengthened by climate change, the Indian Ocean Dipole has made Australia drier while countries such as Kenya, Somalia and Ethiopia become wetter and more hospitable to desert locusts.

Farming without pesticides: How can we make agriculture greener?

A close-up of a field of red and purple flowers (Cornel Lindemann-Berk )

Cornflowers or potatoes? Wildflowers are disappearing due to increased fertilization in agricultural areas. An otherwise conventional farmer in Germany is testing organic farming methods — with varying success.

POSITIVE IMPACT

Solar power comes to off-grid Africa

Solartainer solar power unit installation in Mali

Solar power brings economic opportunities to a remote Malian village.

African megacities adapt to a climate crisis 06.12.2019

DW looks at how four of Africa's booming cities are adapting to the environmental problems they face from heat to waste.

OUR RESOURCES AND ENERGY SOURCES

Children learn outside at the Green Free School in Copenhagen, Denmark

The Danish school putting sustainability on the syllabus

At the Green Free School in Copenhagen, you're more likely to find pupils gardening than sitting at a classroom desk.

A liquefied natural gas (LNG) tanker arrives at a gas storage station at Sodegaura city in Chiba prefecture, east of Tokyo

Does Germany need liquefied natural gas?

Critics slam Germany's planned LNG terminals on grounds of climate pollution and fracking hypocrisy.

England Anti-Fracking Protest in Blackpool (John Cobb/ Greenpeace)

EU votes for more gas infrastructure

The EU has voted to adopt 55 new fossil gas infrastructure projects that critics say betrays the Green Deal.

Online retailers are destroying goods but won't say how much ends up as trash

Goods on shelves (picture-alliance/Keystone/J. Zick)

Destruction of packages sent back to e-commerce giants is just one part of a poorly researched problem. An estimated €7 billion worth of goods are destroyed each year in Germany alone.

Can e-mobility help solve Kenya's pollution problem?

With much electricity already coming from renewable energy, there is great potential for e-mobility in Kenya. But tackling air pollution through sustainable transport solutions has its challenges too.

Lithium extraction for e-mobility robs Chilean communities of water

Global demand for lithium is expected to triple in six years. But mining companies are increasingly coming into conflict with indigenous communities who are worried about the future of their ecosystems.

How divestment stacks up against fossil fuels

Symbolbild Dollar Yuan Währung Wechselkurs (picture-alliance/dpa/Imaginechina/X. Zhengyi)

Coal and other fossil fuels remain lucrative despite the fact that investing in them is becoming increasingly risky. That's one reason some banks and global funds are backing renewables. Is this the start of a rethink?

DW Environment on Twitter 05.07.2017

Facebook Symbol (picture alliance/AP Photo/M. Rourke)

DW Environment on Facebook 21.05.2019

OUR ENVIRONMENT IN PICTURES

A group of penguins on a large block of ice

Antarctica's dramatic penguin decline

Climate change is having a severe impact on Antarctica and its penguin population.

The plight of the polar bear

The world's most beautiful waterfalls

Women and girls: Victims of climate change

Climate change: Are we trapped in a vicious circle?

8 ways you can help the environment in 2020

2019: Climate protests take center stage as the world burns

ALL SPECIES GREAT AND SMALL

Bienen und Glyphosat (Alex Wild/University of Texas at Austin)

Vital species we can't afford to lose

On World Wildlife Day, DW takes a look at some of the species we may not realize we rely on.

Are you scared of polar bears?

A polar bear floats on its back in water

There are 19 subpopulations of polar bear spanning the 5 'polar bear countries' of the world. All of these bears are threatened by climate change, due to loss of the sea ice that they live on and hunt from. On this International Polar Bear Day, we took a look at the largest land predator on Earth.

UK's 'Birdgirl' a voice for equality and against racism in conservation

The vet who rescues animals from war zones

Bioenergy in Kenya: Making tea production sustainable

LISTEN TO LIVING PLANET

A rare breed

This week we hear stories about different species in the animal kingdom: nutria, pangolins, the golden lancehead pit viper. According to the United Nations, one million animal and plant species are threatened with extinction, many within the coming decades. But as famed primatologist and conservation advocate Jane Goodall explains, animals aren't so different from us humans.

On the Green Fence podcast

A matter of survival - On the Green Fence (5/5)

Neil and Gabe set out to understand the reasons for the massive decline in Germany's insect population.

WATCH ECO AFRICA

A DW, Channels and Kwesé TV showcase of innovative and effective environmental concepts from Africa and Europe.

Solar solutions for Kenya and beyond

What is the secret to D.Light's success in offering off-grid solar power solutions like panels and charging stations?

WATCH ECO INDIA

Be inspired and find constructive solutions for the environmental challenges of today with this DW and Scroll.in collaboration.

Interview: Naomi Klein

Environmental activist Naomi Klein: only a radical Green New Deal can save the planet.

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