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Asia Needs US$800 Billion To Help Solve Food Security Crisis
Asia is facing a massive food crisis. The continent is currently home to half of the world’s population – and it will continue to grow to almost 5 billion by 2030, amid a global climate crisis that will threaten crop yields and the!-->…
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Japan’s Climate Plan Remains Unchanged Despite Rapid Global Heating
Japan has recently published its plans to tackle greenhouse gas emissions under their Paris Agreement commitments ahead of the United Nations climate talks this year, but it has been attacked by environmentalists who criticise the!-->…
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4,500 Hong Kong Companies & Buildings Joins Global Earth Hour 2020
People across nearly 160 countries around the world came together to celebrate Earth Hour by switching off their lights this year on the 28th March, a global environmental initiative created by the WWF. Held in Hong Kong since 2009, the!-->…
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Indonesia Wants To Make Seaweed The New Sustainable Plastic
From edible coffee cups to food containers and bags, Indonesia wants to replace plastic with bioplastic alternatives made from seaweed. Currently, the country is the world’s second largest producer of seaweed behind China, making about 8!-->…
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10 Ways To Celebrate Earth Hour During The Coronavirus Pandemic
Started by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) and its partners, Earth Hour is now one of the world’s most famous movements for the environment with participants coming together from all over the globe every year to switch off their lights for!-->…
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Low-Carbon Buildings Grown By Bacteria Is Becoming A Reality
Could high-rise buildings in carbon-neutral economy cities of the future be grown and self-repaired by living bacteria and adapt to the natural environment? New research by scientists who are using cells to create sustainable building!-->…
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Global Rice Production Needs To Change To Help Fight The Climate Crisis
A staple food for more than half of the global population, many of them in Asia, rice is one of the most vital food crops in the world. But it is also the most polluting out of all grains, and demand continues to rise alongside population!-->…
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Coronavirus Hits Chinese Supply Of Imported Meat, Will Consumers Opt For Local & Plant-Based Instead?
The coronavirus pandemic has hit global supply chains as major transportation links have ground to a near halt in an effort to combat the spread of the disease. But while the outbreak in China appears to have eased opening up the chance!-->…
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Goldman Sachs Forms Joint Venture To Launch Commercial & Industrial Solar Projects
A partnership between Goldman Sachs and Telos Clean Energy will see a new joint venture to develop, construct, own and operate distributed solar power projects for commercial and industrial customers. With up to US$275 million funded by!-->…
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New Study Confirms Electric Cars Generate Less Carbon Emissions
A new scientific study has confirmed that electric vehicles generate less carbon dioxide than petrol cars across most areas of the world. The findings contrast the claims of some firms who believe that the carbon dioxide emitted in!-->…
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Coronavirus Pandemic Is Causing Air Pollution Drop All Over The World
Industrial activity and travel has undergone almost a complete halt as countries all over the world battles the coronavirus pandemic. Recent satellite imagery from the European Space Agency has revealed a significant decline in global!-->…
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Water Stress Poses Greater Health & Environmental Risk Than Coronavirus, Says UN
According to the new World Water Development report by the United Nations, poor water infrastructure is putting countries at a bigger risk than the coronavirus pandemic with over half of the global population currently lacking access to!-->…
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Eco Accountability 101: Who Should Pay For Fighting Climate Change & The Global Waste Crisis?
After decades of scientific consensus on the dangers of unabated climate change, the world is now finally waking up to the need to take action. But when it comes to policy-making – implementing climate adaptation, mitigation, resilience!-->…
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Meet The 8-Year-Old Indian Activist Licypriya Kangujam Fighting For Climate Education
Born in India’s northeastern state of Manipur, Licypriya Kangujam is a young climate activist who has been campaigning for environmental action for years and has recently managed to convince two Indian states to adopt climate change as a!-->…
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Why Don’t We Treat The Climate Crisis With The Same Urgency As Coronavirus?
By: Owen Jones
No Cobra meetings, no sombre speeches from No 10, yet the consequences of runaway global heating are catastrophic.
It is a global emergency that has already killed on a mass scale and threatens to send millions more!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->…
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The Corona Connection: Forest Loss Drives Viruses As Well As Climate Change
By: Covering Climate Now
The same forest destruction that accelerates climate change can also encourage the emergence of diseases such as the coronavirus, Indigenous Peoples’ leaders said March 13 in New York, as they criticized Cargill!-->!-->!-->…
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Coronavirus Shows Us Rapid Global Response To Climate Change Is Possible
By: Jamie Margolin
In this op-ed, a Zero Hour co-founder says we should treat both crises like the emergencies they are.
You know that gnawing feeling of “oh, God, we’re in the midst of something horrible” you have because!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->…
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Sustainable Certification Body WSO Launches Online Audits To Curb Emissions Amid Coronavirus
World Sustainability Organisation (WSO), the NGO behind the leading global sustainability certification standards Friend of the Earth and Friend of the Sea, has just created a new auditing format that is entirely online. Prompted by the!-->…
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IEA: Coronavirus May Hamper Clean Energy Transition & Climate Action
The coronavirus pandemic might lead to a decline in carbon emissions in the short-term, but may pose a threat to long-term climate action as it will also undermine clean energy investment. The warning, made by global energy watchdog the!-->…
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Is UN Food Security Summit Backed By Agrochemical Farming Giants?
A global summit on food security may be dominated by big businesses at the expense of grassroots movements and smallholder farmers’ interests, according to the United Nations’ former food expert Olivier De Schutter. The accusation has been!-->…
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New EU Rules To End Throwaway Culture Fuelling Global Climate & Waste Crisis
New European rules could spell the end of the throwaway culture where products are constantly bought and binned, fuelling the global climate crisis and mounting waste problem. The regulations, announced by the European Commission, will!-->…
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