Month: January 2023

Swedish teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg joins other young people for a demonstration outside United Nations Headquarters in New York, August 30, 2019 (Photo by Manuel Elias courtesy United Nations) Posted for media use By Sunny Lewis NEW YORK, New York, September 10, 2019 (Maximpact.com News) – Teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg, author of the new book “No One Is Too Small to Make a D...[Read More]

Spanish designer Agatha Ruiz de la Prada’s show at Madrid Fashion Week, June 7, 2018 (Photo by España Global) Creative Commons license via Flickr. By Sunny Lewis KATOWICE, Poland, December 11, 2018 (Maximpact.com News) – Keeping the planet cool is now seriously stylish in the exclusive world of fashion. To demonstrate commitment, the global fashion sector Monday launched the Fashion Industry Chart...[Read More]

To make her living, Amena Khatun works in a recycle plastic factory in Bangladesh, July 24, 2019 (Photo by UN Women Asia and the Pacific) Creative Commons license via Flickr By Sunny Lewis for Maximpact WASHINGTON, DC, January 23, 2020 (Maximpact.com News) – The United States, the world’s largest exporter of plastic waste, is making renewed efforts to handle its waste plastic in environmentally-co...[Read More]

A climate smart rice farm near Yogyakarta, Indonesia, 2016 (Photo by Aulia Erlangga courtesy CIFOR) Creative Commons license via Flickr By Sunny Lewis MEXICO CITY, Mexico, October 19, 2017 (Maximpact.com  News) – Using a combination of public and private funding, Rabobank and UN Environment have created a new billion dollar facility to finance sustainable, climate-smart agriculture. Rabobank, a Du...[Read More]

By Sunny Lewis HONOLULU, Hawaii, September 6, 2016 (Maximpact.com News) – “The IUCN Congress will set the course for using nature-based solutions to help move millions out of poverty, creating a more sustainable economy and restoring a healthier relationship with our planet,” said World Bank Group president Jim Kim, as the conference opened in Honolulu September 1.  Based in Switzerland, the Inter...[Read More]

Blue boats transport tourists going to Phong Nha, Vietnam. The wharf was funded by the Asian Development Bank’s Greater Mekong Subregion Sustainable Tourism Development Project, giving local people more work opportunities. (Photo courtesy Asian Development Bank) By Sunny Lewis MANILA, Philippines, February 21, 2019 (Maximpact.com News) – Advancing green business across Asia and the Pacific is “…a ...[Read More]

Participants in a civil society action organized by Corporate Accountability International call for ambition and equity at COP24, presenting the “People’s Demands for Climate Justice.” Dec. 4, 2018, Katowice, Poland (Photo courtesy Earth Negotiations Bulletin) Used with permission. By Sunny Lewis KATOWICE, Poland, December 18, 2018 (Maximpact.com News) – Glaciers are still melting, sea levels are ...[Read More]

Dead standing trees dot the hills of Grand County, Colorado, 2008 (Photo by Vicky Hamilton) By Sunny Lewis DENVER, Colorado, April 27, 2017 (Maximpact.com News) – As another wildfire season unfolds across the Northern Hemisphere, billions of beetles of many species are burrowing into trees, laying their eggs, killing forests and leaving dead stands vulnerable to fire. And again the debate arises –...[Read More]

Singapore-Supertrees are generating solar power, acting as air venting for conservatories, and collecting rain water, June 11, 2015 (Photo by Güldem Üstün) Creative Commons license via Flickr By Sunny Lewis CAMBRIDGE, UK, June 7, 2018 (Maximpact.com News) – Globally, the consumption of fossil fuels will slow down or decline in the near future as a result of fast-moving technological change and new...[Read More]

Sharing successful techniques for landscape restoration pays off. (Photo courtesy Global Landscapes Forum) Posted for media use. By Sunny Lewis KIGALI, Rwanda, May 18, 2017 (Maximpact.com News) – Businesses can realize many benefits by investing in restoration of forests, rivers and freshwater, new research finds. Corporations increasingly recognize that working in landscape partnerships can help ...[Read More]

Dr. Muhammad Usman Ghori at work in a research lab at the University of Huddersfield, UK, 2016 (Photo courtesy University of Huddersfield) Posted for media use. By Sunny Lewis for Maximpact HUDDERSFIELD, England, UK, March 3, 2020 (Maximpact.com News) – An abundant supply of fresh, clean water soon will be a reality in Pakistan’s semi-arid South Punjab region, following the announcement of a new i...[Read More]

By Sunny Lewis CANCUN, Mexico, December 20, 2016 (Maximpact.com News) – To safeguard the full spectrum of diverse living creatures, the UN Biodiversity Conference opened December 2 with a call to governments and businesses to integrate biodiversity into their practices. By the time the final gavel struck early Saturday morning, governments from 167 countries had agreed on actions to integrate biod...[Read More]