Pula wins world’s first Friend of the Sea Sustainable City Award
The efforts of the Croatian city of Pula to preserve its marine environment and species have been recognized by the Friend of the Sea project
Migratory monarch butterfly now Endangered – IUCN Red List
The migratory monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus plexippus), known for its spectacular annual journey of up to 4,000 kilometres across the Americas, has entered the IUCN Red List of Threatened SpeciesTM as Endangered, threatened by habitat destruction and climate change. All surviving sturgeon species – also migratory, found across the northern hemisphere – are now at […]
Pope Francis: All must act decisively on climate change for we are reaching breaking point
Pope Francis called on the world's nations to work together for the effective implementation of the Paris Agreement
Earth Overshoot Day – resource consumption in Balkans is above global average
The Earth Overshoot Day for 2022, the date when humanity spends all the planet's renewable resources for one year, lands on July 28
Biodiversity Day: Building a shared future for all life
This year’s slogan of the International Day for Biological Diversity celebrated on May 22nd is Building a shared future for all life. Despite all the technological advances of mankind, the availability of water, food, medicine, and energy depends entirely on the healthy and vital ecosystems of the planet. The global community is invited to review […]
Join Serbia’s national consultations under Stockholm+50 initiative
Online platform SparkBlue is open until May 20 to all those who wish to join Serbia’s national consultations under the Stockholm+50 initiative. Ideas and comments gathered though the platform may be included in a report that Serbia’s delegation is to present at the international conference Stockholm+50: a healthy planet for the prosperity of all – […]
Small whale dies in Greek waters from swallowing plastic
There was 15 kilos of plastic in the stomach of a beaked whale carcass found on Rhodes, highlighting the risk from plastic waste on animals and people
EU greenlights Bulgaria’s recovery, resilience plan
The EU is about to formally adopt a EUR 6.3 billion grant package for Bulgaria as the European Commission finally endorsed its recovery and resilience plan