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A still from the film Racing Extinction showing a diver swimming beneath a sting ray

9 docs to watch during lockdown

COVID-19 and climate change have been two of the most pressing issues in 2020. So why not spend your lockdown binge-watching environmental documentaries that come with an impactful message about the fate of our planet?  

John Kerry standing in front of the Jakobshavn Glacier in Greenland

Biden's climate plans

What does John Kerry's appointment as US climate envoy mean for the environment?  

A dirty face mask discarded on the pavement

Reuse, recycle or reinvent?

Face masks are polluting streets, beaches and oceans. Could biodegradable versions or recycling tackle the problem?  

Saudi-Arabien Riad vor dem G20 Gipfel

Will Saudi Arabia derail G20 climate-led recovery?

A pandemic recovery plan with strong climate conditions to be key at G20 helmed by 'climate villain' Saudi Arabia.  

OUR RESOURCES AND ENERGY SOURCES
The Marmolada Glacier in the Italian Alps, photographed in 1880 by Franz Datone and in 2020 by Fabiano Ventura

Vanishing glaciers: Photographing climate change

Fabiano Ventura is recreating 19th-century photos of mountain glaciers to show how dramatically our planet has warmed.  

Panama Facts & Figures

Panama: Saving forests to save water

Climate change and decades of deforestation are drying up rivers that feed the Panama Canal.  

A government worker seen inside the newly opened rehabilitated portion of Manila Bay

The beach that wasn't

An artificial beach in Manila Bay using crushed dolomite has caused an environmental stir in the Philippine capital.  

A clear plastic bag of marijuana

5 ways that drugs damage the environment

Drugs are known to be bad for our health, but what impact do they have on the environment?  

A family living in Hammar Marsh, Mesopotamian Marshes

Dam building risks water stress in Iraq

A dam building project in the autonomous Kurdistan Region could have negative impacts on biodiversity and water security  

Land, food and water
Hazelnuts in the hand of a local farmer in Italy

The dark side of hazelnut farming

Italian hazelnut plantations cater to our love of chocolate spread, but they leave a bitter environmental aftertaste.  

A journalist interviews a woman in a garbage dump in Managua, Nicaragua

When environmental journalism turns deadly

Indigenous journalists reporting acts of environmental destruction risk of threats, violence — and even murder.  

Sheep graze in front of solar panels

EU agriculture policy: What are the bones of contention?

The EU's common agricultural policy is one of the bloc's most contentious issues. Here's an overview.  

On the Green Fence podcast - NEW season
OUR CLIMATE

What would happen if young people ran the COP26 international climate talks?

Child climate activist Licypriya Kangujam protests in Delhi

Young activists, including school strikers from Greta Thunberg's Fridays For Future movement, have organized a "Mock COP26" to fight climate injustice after talks were postponed.  

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Planet A: DW's new YouTube channel

We still have time to slow down climate change! Every Friday, we'll show you how to get out of this mess.  

Radical ideas to protect the planet: How do we change?

How do we change?

Can civilization ever protect the planet? DW explores ideas that could transform our approach to the ecological crisis.  

OUR ENVIRONMENT IN PICTURES
A smiling parrot fish in the Canary Islands

Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards: Wildlife conservation with a smile

Here's a look at some of the photos that made us laugh in this year's Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards.  

How climate change is impacting the world's rivers

World Cleanup Day 2020: Tackling cigarette butt pollution

ALL SPECIES GREAT AND SMALL
Kosovo Shar-Nationalpark

The beekeeper protecting Kosovo’s forests

Kosovo's Sharr National Park is a paradise of biodiversity under threat. A local beekeeper is working to save it.  

LISTEN TO LIVING PLANET
Workers cleaning up oil and fuel along the Napo River after an oil spill in Ecuador

What's left behind

Villagers in the Ecuadorian Amazon are wondering how they'll survive an oil spill that's contaminated their water supply and put their future at risk. Also, why cars destined for the scrap heap are ending up on Africa's roads, and the campaign to save lions left behind in the wake of Sudan's conflict.  

Amazon villagers reeling from Ecuador oil spill  

Saving Sudan's neglected lions  

Is Africa becoming the world's used-car junkyard?  

WATCH ECO AFRICA

Doing Your Bit: Recycling oil

A company in Germany has developed a technology that makes recycling waste oil a lot easier.  

WATCH ECO INDIA
Videostill Eco India Sendung 20.11.2020

Dolls from devastation

In 2018 a deluge devastated Kerala. Chekutty dolls are helping it recover.