Activists and world leaders are advocating for making ecocide a crime in front of the International Criminal Court (ICC)
Ecocide is the widespread destruction of the environment and considered a threat to humanity.

Ecocide advocates want to make this action a crime before the ICC for it to becom...

Brazil only recycles about 1% of its garbage. Most of that recycling is done by waste pickers. A cooperative created the city's first recycling park, to help the jobless amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

As temperatures rise on the U.S. west coast during a record-breaking heatwave, the risk of fires is also rising.

So a herd of goats is stepping in to help clear dry vegetation, while their poop fertilizes the land for the future.

Face masks have become a part of life. But many people aren’t disposing of them responsibly. Facemasks are being littered in the streets, oceans, and clogging landfills. The Spanish company Bioinicia is working to find a solution.

Manila's Pasig river is overflowing with garbage. But a group of volunteers is trying to clean it up. Called the 'river warriors' these volunteers have been working for a decade.

Even though the trash keeps coming, and bags and bags of trash are hauled away, the group says the river can still be...

Brazil is considered to be the most biologically diverse country in the world, and while the COVID-19 outbreak continues to hit the country hard, Rio de Janeiro has something to celebrate.

A small archipelago on the city’s coast has been declared a “Hope Spot” by the international conservation ...

Conservation groups are holding various events around the world to remind people of how vital it is to take care of our oceans.

One new initiative has pulled together resources to focus on a key source – rivers.

How much does food waste contribute to climate change, and what can we do about it?

All around the world, millions of tons of food are thrown away, but there’s a way we can all work to minimize the waste and the impact of climate change. CGTN’s Gabriel Yin Yue has more.

Florida is a clear flashpoint of the climate change crisis in North America.

Sea levels are rising, beaches are disappearing, Atlantic Hurricanes are getting stronger.

But, until recently, little attention has been paid to a more direct and lethal threat to humans: Heat.

Video streaming has come a long way from the days of poor video and audio signals.

With services like Netflix, Amazon, and Hulu taking off and more channels creating their own platforms, video streaming grows more popular by the hour.

More recent studies find the impacts of climate change are already underway. Now some​ female scientists have ​banded ​together to spread environmental education by engaging with what the Washington Post calls ​a “secret weapon.

”They’re large in number​s around the world, highly effective in bo...

Do you know how much your carbon footprint is when you consume some of your favorite foods?

A podcast by environmental non-profit Fair World Project, For a Better World, is examining the environmental and social cost of common consumer products and goods.

Anna Canning, the Campaigns Manager f...

During the historic winter storm in February that hit the U.S. state of Texas, freezing temperatures knocked out power for days, leaving millions of people in the bitter cold and darkness.

Many were left homeless, and more than 100 people died during the storm. In this special report for CGTN Am...

The U.S. state of California is making huge investments to boost electric cars, but electric bike advocates are asking if e-bikes can also be prioritized.

A recent study has shown that e-bike use can have a significant effect on reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

And now a coalition of climat...

The state of California has never been shy about taking on environmental challenges.

In an effort to phase out fossil fuels, Governor Gavin Newsom recently announced California would ban fracking by 2024 — a drilling process that involves injecting toxic chemicals into the ground.

Labor unions ...