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G20 Nations Spend $77bn a Year on Fossil Fuel Subsidies
A new report has found that since agreeing to the Paris Agreement, G20 countries have acted directly counter to it by providing at least...
Constant Tedder
Jun 2, 20203 min read
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A Green Economy Post- COVID-19: Environmentalist’s Dream or Economic Imperative?
The global COVID-19 pandemic is likely to set back the progress made in addressing the climate crisis. Hence, solutions for COVID-19...
Constant Tedder
Jun 2, 20205 min read
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EU Pledges To Raise €20bn Annually for Biodiversity Strategy
The European Commission has committed to protecting 30% of the lands and oceans in the EU by 2030 as part of the EU Green Deal’s...
Constant Tedder
Jun 1, 20204 min read
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China’s Revised Forest Law Could Boost Efforts to Fight Illegal Logging
It’s the world’s biggest importer of logs, legal and illegal alike. A behemoth that drives an engine of timber harvesting across the...
Constant Tedder
Jun 1, 20204 min read
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Climate Crisis Likely to Lead to the Collapse of the Global Economy
The effects of the climate crisis are being felt today across ecological, social and financial dimensions, threatening the global...
Constant Tedder
May 28, 20203 min read
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China Offers Buyouts to Wildlife Farmers in Response to Pandemic
The government in China is offering buyouts for animals on wildlife farms, and to help farmers change their agricultural practices, in an...
Constant Tedder
May 26, 20204 min read
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Weak Punishments for Pangolin Smuggling in China Are ‘No Deterrent’
Earlier this month, a Hong Kong court handed down the city’s harshest penalty yet for smuggling pangolin scales, sentencing two men from...
Constant Tedder
May 18, 20206 min read
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How to Make Deep Decarbonisation A Reality
Our post-industrial civilisation was founded on over a hundred years of large-scale fossil fuel exploitation. The exploding human...
Constant Tedder
May 15, 20205 min read
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World Cannot Return to ‘Business As Usual’ Post-COVID-19- City Leaders
A network of mayors of some of the world’s most powerful cities has warned that the recovery post-COVID-19 should not be a return to...
Constant Tedder
May 14, 20203 min read
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Reduced Emissions From COVID-19 Shutdowns Not a Substitute for Climate Action
Social media has been abuzz with images of clear skies around the world as a result of lowered emissions due to coronavirus shutdown...
Constant Tedder
May 14, 20204 min read
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Global Survey Finds People as Concerned about the Climate Crisis as COVID-19
A new survey by Ipsos conducted in 14 countries finds that 71% of adults globally agree that, in the long term, the climate crisis is as...
Constant Tedder
May 8, 20202 min read
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Is Carbon Trading a Solution for the Climate Crisis?
Carbon trading has been around for decades, with the EU carbon tax first adopted in 1991. However, there have been questions raised as to...
Constant Tedder
May 7, 20204 min read
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The Dangers of Climate Denial in Australia
The concepts of ‘post-truth’ and the ‘alternative fact’ have become rather prevalent in modern discourse, and as a result, it can be...
Constant Tedder
Apr 30, 20205 min read
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Tackling the Food Waste Crisis in China
With the largest population in the world, China has the most mouths to feed on the planet. Consequently, China generates more food waste...
Constant Tedder
Apr 29, 20204 min read
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Germany to Phase Out Coal by 2038- A Done Deal?
In January, government and regional leaders in Germany agreed on a plan to phase out coal -fired power stations by 2038, a big...
Constant Tedder
Apr 28, 20205 min read
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How to Make the Move to Electric Vehicles
Following its plans to shift forward the internal combustion-engine vehicles ban to 2035, the British government’s allocation of an...
Constant Tedder
Apr 28, 20203 min read
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Renewable Energy Can Support Economic Growth Post-COVID-19
The International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) released its Global Renewables Outlook report, which shows that renewable energy could...
Constant Tedder
Apr 22, 20202 min read
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Polluting Firms Likely to Lose Half Their Corporate Value Due to the Climate Crisis
A UN-backed investor network report has warned that policies to tackle the climate crisis will result in ‘dramatic changes’ to the...
Constant Tedder
Apr 15, 20205 min read
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China Bans Wildlife Trade: Will it Work?
A positive side effect of the COVID-19 pandemic- besides reduced emissions– is the focus and response to the illegal wildlife trade,...
Constant Tedder
Apr 13, 20204 min read
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UN Biodiversity Chief Calls for a Permanent Ban on Wildlife Markets
The UN’s biodiversity chief has called for a global ban on wildlife markets- such as the one in Wuhan, China, believed to be the starting...
Constant Tedder
Apr 9, 20206 min read
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