Policy & Ethics
Updates every hour. Last Updated: 11-Jul-2025 14:10 ET (11-Jul-2025 18:10 GMT/UTC)
China makes progress in carbon neutrality and clean air efforts, report finds
Eurasia Academic Publishing GroupPeer-Reviewed Publication
- Journal
- Environmental Science and Ecotechnology
Sustainable plastic waste management: New insect-based bioconversion system shows promise
Eurasia Academic Publishing GroupPeer-Reviewed Publication
A team of researchers from the University of Castilla-La Mancha (Spain) and the University of Newcastle (Australia) has introduced a novel, two-stage bioconversion system that uses insect larvae to transform plastic waste into valuable by-products, offering a sustainable solution to two global environmental challenges—plastic pollution and organic waste management.
- Journal
- Environmental Science and Ecotechnology
New policy significantly enhances water quality in the Yangtze river basin
Eurasia Academic Publishing GroupPeer-Reviewed Publication
- Journal
- Environmental Science and Ecotechnology
Pesticide impacts on bees more complex than expected
Queen Mary University of LondonPeer-Reviewed Publication
- Journal
- Science of The Total Environment
- Funder
- Natural Environment Research Council, European Commission, Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council
A ‘smoke-free generation’ in Canada? New analysis says it would result in vast health gains, healthcare cost savings
University of OttawaPeer-Reviewed Publication
- Journal
- Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Prevention in Canada
Small-scale fisheries essential to global nutrition, livelihoods
Duke UniversityPeer-Reviewed Publication
Small-scale fisheries play a significant but overlooked role in global fisheries production and are key to addressing hunger and malnutrition while supporting livelihoods around the world, according to research featured in Nature. Published by an international team of scientists, the study is the first to rigorously quantify how marine and inland small-scale fisheries contribute to aquatic harvests and nutritional and socioeconomic security on a global scale.
- Journal
- Nature
- Funder
- Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation, Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency, Oak Foundation, Resilient Aquatic Food Systems Initiative