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Terra.Do: This Startup Wants To Teach 100 Million Climate Professionals By 2030
In the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, Anshuman Bapna met his soon-to-be co-founders online, where they were virtually introduced to each other and found themselves aligned in their passion to come up with climate solutions. What they!-->…
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Mass Migration ‘Will Become The Norm’ Without Urgent Action On Air Pollution & Climate, Experts Warn
After a landmark ruling by a French court this week that prevented a Bangaldeshi man from being deported due to the risk of severe health impacts from the dangerous levels of air pollution in his native country, experts are now warning!-->…
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Climate: President Biden Signs Order For U.S. To Rejoin Paris Agreement On First Day In Office
President Joe Biden, in one of his first moves in office, has signed an executive order to have the U.S. rejoin the Paris agreement, a commitment that put the world’s most powerful economy back on track to combat the climate crisis.
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Planet & Biodiversity Faces ‘Ghastly Future’ In New Prognosis By Leading Scientists
Our planet is on track towards a “ghastly future”, warns a leading group of researchers in a new scientific paper summarising the state of the natural world. Unless drastic action to reverse climate change and ecological degradation is!-->…
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U.N. Environment Chief: ‘There Is No Vaccine For Climate Change’
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.
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Environmental Groups Take French State To Court Over Climate Inaction In Landmark Case
A group of environmental NGOs have accused the French government of failing to take action on the climate emergency in a landmark court case. They argue that the country should be held responsible for ecological damage and the dire health,!-->…
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Major Win For Impossible Foods As U.N. Climate Leader Christiana Figueres Joins Board
Renowned climate expert and international diplomat Christiana Figueres, who formerly led the U.N. Paris agreement talks, has joined Impossible Foods as its newest board member. With her decades of experience in climate change policy and!-->…
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Climate Crisis Must Be Taught In Schools, U.S. Education Experts Tell Biden
Former education officials in the U.S. have penned an open letter to the incoming Biden-Harris administration, urging for the introduction of climate education in schools. The letter, which has been supported by a number of prominent!-->…
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Current Emissions Enough To See 2°C Global Heating Rise But Net-Zero Offers Hope, Scientists Say
Our planet is already “committed” to a global temperature rise in excess of 2°C from the greenhouse gases already emitted into the atmosphere, scientists say in a new study. While the prediction is dire, the researchers add that there is a!-->…
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Plastic Pollution: Bali’s Iconic Beaches Are Buried In Plastic With 60 Tonnes Garbage Collected Each Day
According to experts, Bali’s famous beaches like Kuta and Legian beaches are being buried by up to 60 tonnes of plastic rubbish each day. Worse, this is becoming an annual reality owing to weather patterns like monsoons and inefficient!-->…
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End Climate-Harming Financing: HSBC Faces Shareholder Vote To Slash Fossil Fuel Exposure
HSBC could soon be forced to reduce its exposure to fossil fuels next year, after its key investors tabled a shareholder vote urging the bank to end its reliance on climate-harming financing. The bank is one of the biggest financiers of!-->…
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The Interview – Anna Lappé of Diet for A Hot Planet: “The Real Power Comes From Collectivising Our Voice”
Anna Lappé and her mother Francis Moore Lappé were decades ahead of their time with their activism, research, books, grant funds and education-giving about sustainable food systems. Lappé (daughter)'s book Diet for a Hot Planet!-->…
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Sustaintech Xcelerator: Temasek, DBS & Google To Incubate ESG Monitoring Startups With Nature-Based Solutions
Recently launched by DBS, Google, Temasek and other partners, the climate-innovation accelerator ‘Sustaintech Xcelerator’ aims to provide support to those who are developing innovative tools to improve the monitoring and verification of!-->…
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Top 10 Sustainability Trends: Our 2021 Eco Wellness Predictions
It's that time of the year again, a new dawn, or in 2021's case, a better dawn, because hey, what can be worse than 2020? New year = new set of Green Queen trend predictions (proud to share that we still haven't been wrong yet). This year,!-->…
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Organic Meat Causes Just As Much Climate Damage As Conventional Version, Scientists Warn
A new scientific analysis has found that organically produced meat is just as climate-damaging than its conventionally farmed counterparts, contrary to the claims made by a recent viral Regenuary campaign lodged against the popular!-->…
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Best News Of The Year: The Top 10 Sustainability Headlines Of 2020
It’s clear that the Covid-19 pandemic has shifted the global focus towards sustainability. Realising the link between human and planetary health and the urgent need to prevent the rise of future zoonotic pandemics, the world has renewed!-->…
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Carbon-Neutral Snacks Are Coming To A Supermarket Shelf Near You – The Rise Of Climate Positive Food
From startups to big food companies, brands are now dishing out snacks that aren’t just marketed as delicious, but actually good for the planet. In a bid to keep up with the conscious consumerism trend, the latest thing to make its way to!-->…
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Clean Energy: Cheaper Than Ever Renewables Open Door To Fossil Fuel Eradication
Despite the science being crystal clear that we must transition away from fossil fuels if we are to combat climate change, for years, the industry has benefited from government subsidies, financing from global banks and largely gotten away!-->…
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Lancet Countdown 2020: 5 Actions The World Must Take To Tackle ‘Converging’ Climate & Health Crises
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!-->…
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UN Secretary-General’s Youth Climate Advisors Urge Green Jobs-Led Covid-19 Recovery To Create Resilient Global Economy
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.
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U.S. To Rejoin Paris Agreement & Host World Climate Summit Next Year
The U.S. will be rejoining the Paris agreement and hold a climate summit early next year, within 100 days of president-elect Joe Biden taking office, a commitment largely seen as a much-needed boost to reinvigorate global efforts to combat!-->…
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