Climate Change

Israeli startup Celleste Bio has raised $4.5M in a new funding round for its cell-based cocoa, with repeat participation from Mondelēz International. This year has already seen cocoa prices rise to their highest levels ever, as climate…
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Impossible Foods founder Pat Brown is the subject of a recent episode of the Wild Hope documentary, which details his dedication to fighting climate change, and his new Carbon Ranch. After decades spent in labs, Pat Brown is taking to…
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German food tech player Planet A Foods, which makes cocoa-free chocolate, has raised $30M in a Series B funding round to expand across Europe, the US and Asia. To take its cocoa-free chocolate business to the next level, Planet A Foods…
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Food waste has increased in British retailers, which are selling twice as much animal protein than needed and off track on the zero-deforestation goal for 2025, according to a new report. Supermarkets in the UK are lagging behind…
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Beans and peas are the best-performing alternatives to meat and milk when it comes to health, environmental and cost benefits, a new analysis has found. 2024 has been a seminal year in global history. More people voted in elections than…
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The UN's top court will today begin historic hearings on countries' legal obligations to combat climate change and the consequences of their inaction. A week after countries at COP29 agreed to a climate finance deal that left vulnerable…
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Footballers face a "very high risk of extreme heat stress" at most of the stadiums that will host the 2026 Fifa World Cup in North America, a new analysis has warned. 2022 was the first time the world's premier football tournament was…
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Gore has been talking about carbon emissions for more than 40 years. Now he includes a "hope budget". By Kate Yoder At a congressional hearing on the greenhouse effect in 1981, Al Gore, then a member of the House of Representatives…
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Unilever has partnered with biotech firm Nufarm to produce oil from the entire sugarcane plant and replace fossil fuels from its laundry and beauty products. From laundry detergents to soaps, most cleaning products contain surfactants…
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Welcome to the final edition of Green Queen’s #COP29 Digest. Here, our editorial team curates the must-reads, the must-bookmarks and the must-knows from around the interwebs to help you ‘skim the overwhelm’. Catch up: VOLUME…
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A new study explores how we can transfer sugar intake from our diets into making products beneficial to the climate. In the last 30 years, the number of people with diabetes has doubled (making up 12% of the adult population), and 95%…
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In a bid to boost food security and cut waste, some of the UK's biggest supermarkets and charities have joined forces to form a surplus food distribution body. Tesco, Sainsbury's and M&S are among 15 organisations that have come…
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London-based New Wave Biotech has launched an AI bioprocess simulation software to help alternative protein companies expand production faster and cheaper. To address two of the biggest challenges facing alternative protein startups – …
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After months of negotiations, Denmark's policymakers have agreed on how to implement the livestock emissions tax they announced in June. Denmark's bid to tax livestock farmers and turn farmland into forest has received a broad majority…
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Welcome to Volume 3 of Green Queen's #COP29 Digest. Here, our editorial team curates the must-reads, the must-bookmarks and the must-knows from around the interwebs to help you ‘skim the overwhelm’. Catch up: VOLUME 1 – VOLUME 2 …
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Welcome to Volume 2 of Green Queen's #COP29 Digest. Here, our editorial team curates the must-reads, the must-bookmarks and the must-knows from around the interwebs to help you ‘skim the overwhelm’. Catch up: VOLUME 1 Headlines You…
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Scientists suggest that if rich countries make small reductions in meat production, the climate benefits would be massive. While scientific consensus calls for sharp reductions in livestock farming to lower emissions and battle climate…
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The world's richest man and Donald Trump's "first friend" has disregarded the impact of beef on climate change, hinting at a red meat renaissance in the US. What do you get if you elect a McDonald's fanatic who also happens to be a…
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Welcome to #COP29 – watch the opening ceremony here. In our Green Queen COP29 Digest, our editorial team curates the must-reads, the must-bookmarks and the must-knows from around the interwebs to help you ‘skim the overwhelm’. It’s…
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Uggs has released a long-awaited line of vegan shoes and socks with New York's Collina Strada but as with many animal-free alternatives to conventional materials, the plastic waste cost remains high. After years of calls from consumers…
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As banks and investment funds move away from ESG policies, JP Morgan Chase's biodiversity head says funding nature-based solutions is key. It has been over six months since America's four biggest banks left a framework that assessed the…
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