Environment and Sustainability
Swipe through to spot some elusive #SnowLeopards caught on camera! Together with local communities, WWF-India completed one of Ind…
Together with local communities, WWF-India completed one of India’s most extensive high-altitude camera trap surveys in the Western Arunachal Landscape, documenting 31 species, including 20+ snow leopards.
Full article at source: World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF)
OBSERVER: Commission participates in Danish Space Conference highlighting the EU’s growing ambitions in space
Under the Danish Presidency of the Council of the European Union, the 2025 Space Conference in Aalborg brought together policymakers, researchers, entrepreneurs, and students to discuss Europe’s priorities in space, defence, and innovation.
Full article at source: Copernicus
New report tracks and informs global data-driven methane reductions
- Reducing methane emissions is a major opportunity for curbing global warming. With less than five years to achieve the Global Methane Pledge (a 30 per cent reduction by 2030), faster action is needed to meet climate goals.
Full article at source: United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
UN report outlines roadmap for advancing bio-based technologies
With the right backing bio-based technologies, like the conversion of food waste into fuel, could reduce the world’s reliance on fossil fuels, lowering greenhouse gas emissions and helping countries combat climate change, finds a new report from the United Nations (UN).
Full article at source: United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
OBSERVER: FPCUP – Seven years of strengthening Copernicus uptake across Europe and beyond
Over the past seven years, the Caroline Herschel Framework Partnership Agreement (FPCUP) has strengthened the connection between the European Union’s Earth Observation programme and its user community.
Full article at source: Copernicus
Snow leopard Lamu, spotted by a local photographer in Sichuan Province, China, gave birth to her first litter of three cubs
Full article at source: World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF)
In Photos: Rangers race to save Central Asia’s ‘ghosts of the mountain’
For generations, Kyrgyzstan’s sprawling plains and upland meadows have supported a booming livestock industry. But rising temperatures, locals say, are causing glaciers-fed springs to dry up and pastures to degrade.
Full article at source: United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
Climate science and early warnings key to saving lives
“Early-warning systems work,” he told the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) in Geneva. “They give farmers the power to protect their crops and livestock.
Full article at source: United Nations (UN)
Most major methane leak alerts ignored despite climate threat
Methane is a powerful greenhouse gas with 80 times the warming potential of carbon dioxide over a 20-year period.
Full article at source: United Nations (UN)
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- One-third of oil and gas methane emissions to be tracked with real-world measurements
- Government, company responses to super-emitter alerts grow over tenfold
- UNEP expanding to steel and waste sectors, targeting untapped solutions to curb emissions
Nairobi, 22 October 2025 – Government and industry responses to UNEP’s more than 3,500 satellite methane alerts climbed from one to 12 per cent in the past year.
Full article at source: United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
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