Sustainability
UN warns El Niño is “off the charts” and “supersizing before our eyes”
The UN’s weather agency has warned that El Niño is intensifying towards what could be the strongest event ever recorded, with a near-certain forecast it will persist into 2027 and drive extreme weather.
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Prince joins Earth Day call to action
Prince Albert has delivered a message of hope as part of the 50th Earth Day, saying each one of us has a key role to play in shaping a better, sustainable world.
Female ocean scientist awarded major grant
The Women in Ocean Science (WIOS) committee, headed by Monaco Scientific Centre’s Dr Christine Ferrier-Pagès, has awarded its first recipient, an American scientist working with Caribbean coral...
Appeal for sea plastic reducing projects
BeMed, the organisation co-created by the Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation, is launching a call for projects aimed at reducing plastic pollution in the Mediterranean islands.
Funding needed for animal-borne virus research
The ZSL is calling for urgent investment in research to prevent future pandemics which could have a much higher fatality rate than Covid-19.
Interview: Marc Ancrenaz on living peacefully with orangutans
Since 1996, Marc Ancrenaz, through his NGO HUTAN, has been identifying ways for people to co-exist and share habitats peacefully with orangutans in the Sabah rainforest, Malaysian Borneo.
Ocean protection continues during crisis
The MedFund is allocating €1.8 million to marine protected areas. It comes amid a new scientific study which suggests that oceans could be returned to their former glory within a generation.
