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Kaveh Madani, 44, Wins 2026 Stockholm Water Prize

He is the first recipient to combine UN service with prior national political office.

New Simulation Projects Baltic-Wide Damage From Russian 'Shadow Fleet' Tanker Spill

Kinki University Achieves World-First Full Life-Cycle Farming of Nodoguro

Hague Court Orders Netherlands to Protect Bonaire, Citing Human‑Rights Violations

COP30 Chief Says Belém Fell Short, Pushes Two-Track Strategy and Fossil-Fuel Roadmap

UN High Seas Treaty Takes Effect, Setting First Binding Rules for Biodiversity Beyond National Waters

UN High‑Seas Treaty Takes Effect, Moving From Diplomacy to Implementation

UN High Seas Treaty Takes Effect, Launching First Global Rules for Biodiversity Beyond Borders

Swiss Court Admits Indonesian Islanders’ Climate Suit Against Holcim

EU Strikes Provisional Deal for Binding 90% Emissions Cut by 2040

Deep-Sea Mining Test in Pacific Cuts Seafloor Animals by 37 Percent

CITES Summit Approves First-Ever Commercial Shark Trade Ban, Tougher Protections for Dozens of Species

UN Flags Mexico’s Gulf LNG Plans as NGOs Press Sheinbaum to Revoke Permits

German Cabinet Backs Accession to UN High-Seas Protection Treaty

Study Finds Africa’s Forests Became a Net CO2 Source in the 2010s

CITES Nations Approve Sweeping Shark and Ray Trade Curbs at COP20

CITES Rejects Global Trade Controls on All Eels After Secret Ballot

CITES Bans Trade in Oceanic Whitetip and Broadens Shark Safeguards as Push to List All Eels Is Defeated

Africa’s Forests Have Shifted From Carbon Sink to Source, Peer-Reviewed Study Finds

Mexico Opens Monarch Sanctuaries, Presses U.S. and Canada to Curb Farm Chemicals