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4 Mins Read Nearly two-thirds of the global population say that climate change is an emergency that must be addressed, in what is the world’s largest public opinion poll on climate change to date. The U.N. survey, organised with the University of Oxford, involved more than 1.2 million respondents spanning 50 countries – including half a million people […]
3 Mins Read By: Mongabay The world is not prepared for climate change, a new U.N. report warns, highlighting how far behind countries have fallen in implementing adaptation measures. “The hard truth is that climate change is upon us,” Inger Andersen, executive director of the U.N. Environment Programme (UNEP), said at a press briefing Jan. 14. “Its impacts […]
4 Mins Read For the past five years, The Lancet Countdown has tracked over 40 indicators on the connection between health and climate change. In this year’s review, experts are warning that unless urgent actions and a global concerted effort is taken to tackle the climate crisis, there will be more frequent and deadlier health emergencies to come. […]
3 Mins Read The need for greater investments in green jobs is at the top of the youth climate agenda for 2021 according to a new report, compiled by the UN Secretary General’s Youth Advisory Group on Climate Change and published on December 17. According to the youth advisors, there is increasing anxiety among ‘Generation COVID’ about the […]
3 Mins Read Meeting the pledge by developed countries to mobilize at least US$100 billion a year to support developing countries in mitigating and adapting to climate change, lagging even before the COVID-19 pandemic, requires urgent action, according to a new report by independent experts released today by the United Nations. Since economic distress is now acute, and […]
4 Mins Read As we continue to battle the ongoing coronavirus crisis, the world must also look ahead to prevent entering into an “era of pandemics” where emerging zoonotic diseases will spread more rapidly and frequently. In a newly released report, biodiversity and pandemic experts say that worse crises are to come unless we take measures to end […]
2 Mins Read Beer brand Corona has recently introduced Paradise Advisor in Colombia, a new platform showcasing eco-friendly accommodation across the country to encourage local sustainable travel. Running on a similar business model as online vacation rental marketplace Airbnb, Paradise Advisor shows users the different sustainable aspects of participating Colombian hotels in a bid to revive the hard-hit […]
3 Mins Read The world’s leading environmentalists and experts including Jane Goodall and Stanley Johnson, the British prime minister’s father, have called on financial giants to stop lending money to the animal agriculture industry. In an open letter, the group says that factory farming is posing huge health threats to the world, including the risk of future zoonotic […]
4 Mins Read By: Trone Dowd A poll conducted by VICE News, The Guardian and several partners shows that voters want job training for workers who left the fossil fuel industry as well as a carbon tax. A majority of U.S. voters want to see corrective climate change policies and the creation of jobs in the clean energy […]
4 Mins Read The United Nations has debuted a first-of-its-kind film calling for global collective action on the world’s biggest issues that have been outlined under the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). As a part of the United Nations Media Compact, media partners including Green Queen and other networks will be broadcasting the short documentary to raise awareness of […]
4 Mins Read In a recent series of interviews with Covering Climate Now partners, the United Nations Secretary General General António Guterres stressed the interconnectedness of the two biggest disasters the world is currently facing – the coronavirus pandemic and the climate crisis. Now, according to Guterres, the planet is facing a stark choice between continuing as we […]
3 Mins Read More than 50,000 job opportunities are to be created over the next decade in Singapore, as the city-state pursues sustainable development and a green coronavirus recovery. These projections were announced by Singapore’s Ministry of Sustainability and the Environment (MSE) at the end of last month. Following up on President Halimah Yacob’s address at the opening […]
4 Mins Read By: Damian Carrington Drop in emissions was a blip, say scientists, and a green recovery is vital to halt global heating. The draconian coronavirus lockdowns across the world have led to sharp drops in carbon emissions, but this will have “negligible” impact on the climate crisis, with global heating cut by just 0.01C by 2030, […]
5 Mins Read In a note penned by Bill Gates, the Microsoft co-founder, investor and philanthropist warns the world that the climate crisis could bring about even more destruction than the current coronavirus pandemic. We must learn the lessons of this current public health emergency in order to respond to future global threats, Gates warns. On August 4, […]
2 Mins Read Hollywood actors Rooney Mara and Joaquin Phoenix are producing a new documentary movie called The End of Medicine, which will focus on the link between animal agriculture and zoonotic diseases. The production of the film began in October last year, before the current coronavirus pandemic brought the world to a standstill, and is predicted to […]
12 Mins Read Rebecca Henderson is the John and Natty McArthur University Professor at Harvard University and recently authored the book Reimagining Capitalism In a World on Fire, where she takes on the question of why businesses must play a leading role in addressing the climate crisis. We recently had the opportunity to sit down with the renowned […]
3 Mins Read Swedish teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg has slammed EU politicians for failing to acknowledge the severity of the climate crisis. After the EU sealed a historic €750 billion (US$870 billion) coronavirus recovery deal, Thunberg criticised leaders for not putting sustainability and climate policies at the heart of the package. In the early hours of Tuesday […]
3 Mins Read Led by the Finnish Innovation Fund Sitra, an independent foundation operated under the supervision of the Finnish parliament, Finland, Canada and the Netherlands will be co-hosting events to promote circularity in coronavirus economic recovery strategies. The events will be held under the World Circular Economy Forum (WCEF), and will be aimed at showing how the […]
4 Mins Read In a new report by the United Nations, rising consumption of animal protein and unsustainable agricultural intensification as a result of demand for animal-based foods were listed among the seven major causes of zoonotic disease emergence. As the world continues to battle the coronavirus pandemic, the report warns that governments must take heed and implement […]
3 Mins Read Several doctors, animal welfare activists and health professionals have recently called on Indian prime minister Narendra Modi to promote plant-based diets and regulate the meat and dairy industries, as reported by the Times of India. In a letter, the group says that the coronavirus pandemic has shown that future public health threats can only be […]
4 Mins Read Singapore’s coronavirus economic recovery team has recently been criticised for failing to include more female and sustainable business voices. The taskforce was set up to devise new strategies to reset the country’s development as pandemic restrictions begin to ease. Without more diverse voices and leaders in circular economy, critics say there is little chance for […]