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#1317162021-11-16
London pollution has improved but ULEZ had small effect soon after it was brought in, finds study
The researchers say their findings highlight that ULEZs are not a silver bullet and that sustained improvements in air pollution require multiple measures.
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#1317232021-11-16
Massive Restoration of Coastal Regions Needed to Sustain Vital Ecosystem Services
It is one of the four projects, among 180 candidates, financially backed by the so-called Green Deal call of the EU Horizon 2020 program supporting ecosystem restoration and their services.
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#1317292021-11-16
A new species of fig discovered on Uluru
Figs are one of the world's most recognizable trees and extensively used by First Nations peoples, but until recently a single widespread species, Ficus brachypoda, was the only kind recognized in central Australia.
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#1316632021-11-15
New insights into future ocean landscapes revealed
Climate change is altering the ocean at an alarming pace. This is nothing new. A new study, however, published in the journal One Earth and conducted by experts at the Oregon State University, has found out more about climate change impact on the oceans and has found concrete examples about how ...
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#1316932021-11-15
Ocean temperature patterns drive the West's wintertime storm tracks
About 20,000 years ago, large ice sheets loomed over North America, and researchers thought the ice, itself, pushed storms south, drenching the Southwest and leaving the Pacific Northwest dry.
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#1316362021-11-11
Ocean's climate change 'buffer' role under threat
Researchers studying the ocean at depths of up to 6km have found that climate change has a "worrying" effect on its ability to lock away carbon.
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#1315922021-11-10
COP26: The Staffordshire businesses putting their money where their mouths are when it comes to sustainability
Business leaders who are championing the green agenda are putting their money where their mouths are when it comes to helping save the planet.
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#1316012021-11-10
Why businesses need to take biodiversity seriously
Climate change is one of the most pressing issues of our time, if not the most, and businesses are not shy about highlighting their sustainability credentials. The environment has been a hot-button issue for decades now, and businesses know they must do their part. Impact on the environment even ...
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#1315642021-11-09
Government and Private Sector Leaders Bring Focus on Biodiversity and Nature to COP26
As we previewed before the 26th meeting of the Conference of the Parties of the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP26, or the “Conference”), ongoing international discussions have produced notable initiatives to protect natural capital and biodiversity while tackling the climate crisis.
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#1315212021-11-08
Pacific island minister films climate speech knee-deep in the ocean
The foreign minister of Tuvalu, an island in the South Pacific, has filmed a speech to climate summit COP26 standing knee-deep in the ocean to show how the nation is vulnerable to global warming.
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#1315462021-11-08
Cop26: can our seas save us?
The Science Weekly podcast is in Glasgow, where we are bringing listeners daily episodes from Cop26. Each morning you will hear from one of the Guardian’s award-winning environment team. Today, the Guardian’s biodiversity reporter, Phoebe Weston, talks to one of the world’s leading marine ecolog ...
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#1314852021-11-04
COP26: Why climate action must be inclusive. 6 experts explain
This year’s COP26 is seen as one of the most critical moments in climate action history. The August report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) warned of the rapid and intensifying warming of the planet, stating “It is unequivocal that human influence has warmed the atmosphe ...
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#1314912021-11-04
COP26 report: COVID stimulus packages fail to address climate change adaptation
Developing countries face a massive funding shortfall in preparing for inevitable climate change. But governments could use COVID-19 recovery funds to create long-term sustainable climate adaptation measures.
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#1315012021-11-04
Climate Scientist Warns About 5 Feet Increase in Sea Levels Due to Global Warming
Ocean levels increasing quickly indicate severe concern. Consequences including swamp overflow, degradation, soil pollution are among others on the list. There are a few other very common reasons which can contribute to sea level change, like decreasing Gulf Stream, declining terrain.
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#1314122021-11-02
Climate change and Sustainability takes centre stage at Expo 2020
Sustainability is one of the key three themes, alongside mobility and opportunity, at Expo 2020 in Dubai. As 192 countries come together for the world fair they will collectively collaborate to battle climate change.
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#1314142021-11-02
'Climate change will catch up with us', Taoiseach warns
The Taoiseach has said Ireland has an opportunity to work with the farming sector to make sure there is a sustainable future for young farmers, but said that everyone must also deal with the realities of climate change and "how much the land can take".
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#1314162021-11-02
Xi's remarks at G20 summit build consensus for, inject momentum into global inclusive, sustainable development
Chinese President Xi Jinping's remarks at the Group of 20 (G20) summit have built consensus for and injected strong momentum into the realization of global inclusive and sustainable development, Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi said.
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#1313662021-11-01
Climate Summit urged to implement wildlife trade solutions to tackle climate change
As world leaders meet at the 26th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) in Glasgow this week to confront the challenges of global climate change, TRAFFIC urges governments to recognize the crucial contribution that sustainable wildlife trade can play in tackling the climate crisis.
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#1313842021-11-01
Making our cities sustainable in the fight against climate change
China is a nation of city dwellers. As of 2020, its urban population was 902 million, which is 63.89 percent of the 1.41 billion people, and the number has been rising since 1980 when the World Bank estimated that only 19.4 percent of Chinese people lived in urban areas.
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#1312962021-10-29
Climate change in least developed countries: How blended finance could help meet mitigation needs
After this summer, the list of destructive impacts stemming from climate change is at once more familiar, remarkable and terrifying: Sea-level rise, ocean acidification and desertification led to increasingly devastating extreme weather events such as fires, cyclones, hurricanes, floods and drou ...
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#1313242021-10-29
Hard or soft law: what’s the status of EU sustainable agriculture goals?
With the recent reform of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), the European Commission wants to make the EU’s farming subsidy programme more performance-oriented. However, non-binding targets and national leeway might hinder the Commission’s quest to keep track of results.
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#1312302021-10-28
Canada’s marine protected areas aren’t as safe as you think
As the globe’s “do or die” UN climate conference gets underway next week, Canada must scale up efforts to meet its ambitious ocean conservation targets to simultaneously prevent the wholesale collapse of marine biodiversity and tackle climate change, experts say.
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#1312372021-10-28
Activists raise awareness of ecosystem relevance in Malawi
Malawi’s great diversity of insects is more valuable than many farmers believe. Indeed, it is crucial for the sustainability of agriculture. The civil-society organisation Soil, Food and Healthy Community (SFHC) is raising awareness to improve matters. “We encourage farmers not to use pesticides ...
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#1312452021-10-28
Reviews highlight consequences of failing to tackle climate change
A set of scientific reviews published today reinforces the urgent need for global action to reduce the impact of climate change on vital carbon sinks, our oceans and the Arctic.
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#1311952021-10-27
Deprived of their forests, Uganda’s Batwa adapt their sustainable practices
It’s been three decades since the Ugandan government evicted the Batwa people, an Indigenous group commonly known as Pygmies, from their forest lands. The reason for their displacement was to create national parks aimed at protecting biodiversity and promoting tourism.
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#1312062021-10-27
The ripple factor: Economic losses from weather extremes can amplify each other across the world
Weather extremes can cause economic ripples along supply chains. If they occur at roughly the same time, the ripples start interacting and can amplify, even if they occur at completely different places around the world, a new study shows. The resulting economic losses are greater than the sum of ...
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#1312092021-10-27
A quick guide to climate change jargon: What experts mean by mitigation, carbon neutral and six other key terms
As a major U.N. climate conference gets underway on Oct. 31, 2021, you'll be hearing a lot of technical terms tossed around: mitigation, carbon neutral, sustainable development. The language can feel overwhelming.
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#1312182021-10-27
Tulane professor wins $2 million grant to make coffee growing more sustainable
For coffee drinkers, there’s nothing like that first sip in the morning. For Tulane University researchers studying the sustainability of coffee in Honduras, the stakes are far higher than a tempting cup of joe.
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#1311552021-10-26
Jackie Chan, Balerion and Smaug inspire names of gecko species described from Western Ghats
Researchers recently described 12 new gecko species from the Western Ghats, 10 of which are endemic and found nowhere else in the world. Some of them got quirky names, after their traits, like the Jackie Chan gecko — named for its stealthy characteristic and being “nearly impossible to catch.”
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#1311882021-10-26
Coral reefs: the fight to save the ocean's food factories
Coral reefs might only cover a tiny fraction of the ocean floor, but they are home to around a quarter of all marine species. Many though are dying due to warming oceans and pollution. In this episode, Ocean looks at what's been done to not only preserve reefs but also bring them back to life.
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#1311142021-10-25
Why nations should step up efforts to secure biodiversity
The UN Convention on biological diversity was adopted nearly 30 years ago and is a key universal instrument of international law that unites countries and multilateral organisations in a bid to conserve nature and promote sustainable use of our planet’s resources.
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#1311302021-10-25
What is drawing humpback whale super-groups to the African coast?
Super-groups of up to 200 humpback whales appearing off the coast of South Africa are following changing ocean currents and phytoplankton blooms, a new study has found.
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#1311322021-10-25
Permafrost thaw could release bacteria and viruses
When considering the implications of thawing permafrost, our initial worries are likely to turn to the major issue of methane being released into the atmosphere and exacerbating global warming or issues for local communities as the ground and infrastructure become unstable.
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#1311362021-10-25
Measuring sea level rise along the coast
Earth's ocean is clearly rising. Between the loss of land and sea ice and warmer waters expanding, rising sea level is a global issue. But the equation governing exactly where the land meets the ocean also depends on the land itself.
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#1310762021-10-22
Is the boom in green roofs and living walls good for sustainability?
With living walls on skyscrapers and offices sprouting rooftop forests, green buildings have never been so popular. Will Ing examines whether this is the future of sustainable design or just PR greenwash
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#1310832021-10-22
Ocean art meets photography
UK-based Francesca Page is an internationally selling artist and illustrator with a passion for the ocean. As a dive professional, she is on a lifelong mission to save the ocean – one painting at a time. In this interview, she talks about how ocean art can foster conservation and how her underwa ...
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#1310842021-10-22
Scientists part of team that points to strong connection between climate change, plastics pollution
At the root of global climate change and the worldwide plastics problem are two related carbon-based fuels -- oil and natural gas. Not only are the two among the key drivers of climate change, they are instrumental in the manufacturing of plastics. As storms intensify and become more frequent, t ...
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#1310502021-10-21
Microplastics are in the air we breathe and in Earth's atmosphere, and they affect the climate
Microplastics are found in the most remote places on land and in the ocean as well as in our food. Now several studies around the world have confirmed they are also present in the air we breathe.
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#1310512021-10-21
The term 'Anthropocene' isn't perfect, but it shows us the scale of the environmental crisis we've caused
Earlier this year, scientists identified early warning signs of the collapse of the Gulf Stream, an ocean current that influences the climate of the North American east coast and much of western Europe.
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#1309732021-10-20
Beauty Brands Building Biodiversity, Better Packaging Solutions
Aveda — a market leader in vegan, cruelty-free, plant-based, sustainable hair care — today announced a partnership with leading packaging provider, Xela Pack, to develop prestige beauty’s first-ever paper-based, locally recyclable sachet.
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#1309812021-10-20
ASEAN Countries Must Lead on Biodiversity
Southeast Asia is one of the world’s most biodiverse regions, and it is also highly vulnerable to the effects of climate change. Policymakers in the region must ensure that plans to preserve nature while promoting sustainable economic growth are part of the post-pandemic recovery.
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#1309272021-10-19
Interview: Kunming Declaration ushers in new era for biodiversity conservation, says FAO official
The Kunming Declaration ushers in a new era for biodiversity conservation and sustainable use, Maria Helena Semedo, Deputy Director-General of the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), has told Xinhua.
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#1309592021-10-19
Five facts to help you understand sea ice
One way that scientists monitor climate change is through the measure of sea ice extent. Sea ice extent is the area of ice that covers the Arctic Ocean at a given time. Sea ice plays an important role in reflecting sunlight back into space, regulating ocean and air temperature, circulating ocean ...
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#1309612021-10-19
Climate action needed to avert 'health catastrophe'
To achieve sustained recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic and avoid an "impending health catastrophe," countries must commit to targeted action on climate change, health experts have urged ahead of the UN climate summit, COP26.
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#1309632021-10-19
Becoming Cousteau: An absorbing, compelling, surprising look at the real Zissou
He was the aquatic answer to both Sir Edmund Hillary and Sir David Attenborough. The French sea adventurer who brought the ocean into our living rooms. The man who invented the aqualung and helped developed underwater photography, so he could share with the world what he was seeing on his deep d ...
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#1309652021-10-19
Egypt First in Region to Implement 'Green Fins' Initiative - Tourism Ministry
Egypt is the first state in the region and the 11th worldwide to implement the UN "Green Fins" initiative, adviser to the minister of tourism and antiquities for sustainable tourism Nashwa Talaat said on Sunday 17/10/2021.
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#1309682021-10-19
The Crucial Work of Indigenous Rangers
For the past 25 years, the Dhimurru Aboriginal Corporation (Dhimurru) has contributed to the sustainable management and care of Yolŋu lands and waters in North-East Arnhem Land in Australia’s Northern Territory.
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#1309112021-10-16
China's contribution to biological diversity
On October 12, Chinese President Xi Jinping announced the establishment of a fund to support developing countries in biological diversity conservation during the leaders' summit of the 15th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP15) held in Kunming ...
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#1308332021-10-15
Race is on to reach net zero emissions and halt runaway nature loss
Even if we eliminate all fossil fuel use there is strong evidence that we will not be able to limit global average temperature rise to 1.5 degrees Celsius. Simply stated, without nature we are not going to achieve the goal of the Paris Agreement. Thirty percent of emission reduction can only co ...
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#1308472021-10-15
Eco-civilization illuminates path to sustainable future
At a time when the world is struggling to find ways to reverse the trend of biodiversity loss, China has provided a sound solution: the harmonious co-existence between mankind and nature. "All beings flourish when they live in harmony and receive nourishment from nature," said Chinese President ...