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EU’s €10bln Innovation Fund corrects past mistakes, but inconsistencies remain, experts say
The Guardian view on Brazil and the Amazon: don’t look away | Editorial
The world cannot afford to let the coronavirus pandemic distract us from the destruction of the rainforest
A consensus that international cooperation is required to limit the danger from global heating has existed for decades. The success of the rearguard action against this knowledge, led by fossil fuel interests, is a catastrophe whose full extent is yet to unfold. Central bankers are now demanding that a “whole economy transition” must follow the pandemic if the world is to avoid the extreme disruption that temperature rises of 4C would bring.
Arguably, the chaos unleashed by coronavirus has made such a future seem less remote, and action to prevent it more necessary. The risk is that the virus will have the opposite effect: focusing minds on the threat right now rather than the one that can be ignored for a few more years.
Continue reading...The week in wildlife – in pictures
The pick of the world’s best flora and fauna photos, including hugging sloths and a lost whale
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RGGI Q2 sale settles at discount despite Dominion participation
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Tree mapping app blossoms as city-dwellers seek out nature in lockdown
Record traffic for TreeTalk sparks global interest as users reconnect with the species that line their streets
An online mapping tool featuring the location and species of more than 700,000 trees in London has had a fiftyfold increase in visitors to its site since the coronavirus lockdown measures were put in place.
The founders of TreeTalk, which creates a walk specific to a user’s location and identifies trees on the route, say an increase in people spending more time at home getting to know their natural surroundings has led to a surge in interest. There are now calls to bring the app to other cities in the UK and abroad. TreeTalk is currently discussing a proposal with an east coast city in the US, while cities in Australia and India have also expressed interest.
Continue reading...UN launches push for net-zero emissions by 2050
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Mines are hotspots for spread of Covid-19, study finds
- About 4,000 mine workers infected in 18 countries
- Virus spread to indigenous communities near mines
- Coronavirus – latest global updates
Mining sites in Canada, the US and around the world have become hotspots for the spread of coronavirus, and approximately 4,000 mine workers in 18 countries have tested positive, according to a report by an international coalition of non-profit groups.
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Continue reading...Victoria delays on new energy efficiency targets, changes to lighting scheme
Victoria’s DELWP presses hold on new targets for energy efficiency incentive program, says targets for 2022-25 and amendments to lighting scheme imminent.
The post Victoria delays on new energy efficiency targets, changes to lighting scheme appeared first on RenewEconomy.
Why it’s time to get moving on decarbonising Australia’s transport
One of the simplest ways to reduce transport emissions is converting machines that run on the combustion of fossil fuels to machines that run on green electricity.
The post Why it’s time to get moving on decarbonising Australia’s transport appeared first on RenewEconomy.
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Meat giants selling to UK linked to Brazil farms in deforested Amazon reserve
Greenpeace report shows cattle indirectly sold to JBS, Marfrig and Minerva came from protected Serro Ricardo Franco park
Three international meat companies have indirectly sourced cattle from farms that deforested a unique, protected Amazon reserve, a new report from Greenpeace has found – and two of them later sold meat from the area to the UK.
The revelations come as the Brazil-based companies involved, JBS, Marfrig and Minerva, are under increasing pressure to come clean about their Amazon supply chains. They are now known to have broken commitments made to Greenpeace and Brazilian federal prosecutors more than a decade ago.
Continue reading...World Environment Day: Celebrating the UK’s precious biodiversity
To mark World Environment Day, WWF has selected some snapshots of UK nature and wildlife – from land and ocean species to breathtaking plant life – in an attempt to raise awareness of the ongoing fight for our world and its vital biodiversity, the threat to which is both an urgent and existential concern.
Continue reading...The world must seize this opportunity to meet the climate challenge | Andrew Bailey and others
As current and former central bankers, we believe the pandemic offers a unique chance to green the global economy
We are currently in the midst of the most severe macroeconomic shock since the second world war. The disruption to our daily lives and subsequent impact on our economies has been enormous. We are seeing first-hand that a collective response is needed to defeat a common enemy, as authorities across the world courageously mobilise all available resources to fight the Covid-19 pandemic.
This crisis offers us a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to rebuild our economy in order to withstand the next shock coming our way: climate breakdown. Unless we act now, the climate crisis will be tomorrow’s central scenario and, unlike Covid-19, no one will be able to self-isolate from it.
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