How much plastic do you use in a week?
Thousands of people will count their plastic waste for a week in a national survey of how much we consume. The count, put together by the organisation Everyday waste and Greenpeace, starts on Monday. Only the US uses more waste per person per year than the UK, research suggests. Campaigners say the count will shed […]
Moon soil used to grow plants for first time in breakthrough test
Scientists have grown plants in lunar soil for the first time, an important step towards making long-term stays on the moon possible. Researchers used small samples of dust collected during the 1969-1972 Apollo missions to grow a type of cress. Much to their surprise, the seeds sprouted after two days. “I can’t tell you how […]
Very Bad People: The Inside Story of the Fight Against Corruption
When we started, we were almost alone in this work, but as awareness of corruption grew, more people, organizations, and governments came on board. Very Bad People is not a history of Global Witness, it’s a dramatic non-fiction journey into some of our most challenging and intriguing investigations: a catalog of super crimes. It looks back […]
Planet v. Profit: Stories from the climate crisis
Our new podcast series, presented by Kirsty Lang, delves into stories which make up the climate crisis – told by the people fighting for our planet. For decades, we’ve been investigating the powerful interests at the heart of the climate crisis. From the palm oil industry’s human rights abuses to climate disinformation spreading online. The fossil […]
Climate Change: A Vulnerability for Burundian Small- and Large-Scale Farmers
In Burundi, protecting and restoring soil fertility through integrated farm management contributes significantly to strengthening the resilience of these farmers to climate change – Case of the Soil Fertility Stewardship Project (PAGRIS). How is climate change affecting Burundian farmers? In Burundi, a country with an area of 27,834 km2, agriculture is practiced by more than 90% […]
Pricey food, precious forests – the invasion of Ukraine, global food security and deforestation
IFDC believes the key to global food security starts with the soil and ends at the supermarket. Food prices around the world are surging. They were already at their highest in a decade in 2021 and hit a new record this February, driven by a combination of factors including climate-related extreme weather events, deforestation, soil degradation and the Covid-19 pandemic. However, Russia’s invasion […]