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Countries Miss All 20 Targets Under UN Biodiversity Convention
A decade after adopting a set of biodiversity restoration goals under a United Nations treaty, countries have missed every single milestone in the effort ... -
CanadaClimate & SocietyEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsFinance & InvestmentJurisdictionsNon-Renewable EnergyOceansOil & GasSub-National Governments
Newfoundland Turns Thumbs Down on Husky’s Offshore Oil Bailout Demand
With Husky Energy on the hunt for government bailouts for its C$2.2-billion West White Rose project off the Newfoundland coast, the provincial government is ... -
Biodiversity & HabitatClimate Impacts & AdaptationHealth & SafetyJurisdictionsNon-Renewable EnergyOceansOil & Gas
Fossils Feel ‘Ambushed’ as Trump Extends Florida Offshore Drilling Moratorium to 2032
U.S. fossil lobbyists say they received no advance notice before Donald Trump went to Florida this week to announce he was extending the state’s ... -
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Stricken Oil Tankers Pose New Ecosystem Risks Off Sri Lanka, Venezuela
Two more disabled oil tankers are at risk of causing serious ecosystem damage, with a vessel in the Indian Ocean off Sri Lanka on ... -
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Nature-Friendly Economy Would Deliver $10 Trillion in Opportunities, 395 Million Jobs by 2030
A “fundamental transformation” in the direction of a nature-friendly global economy could produce US$10 trillion in annual business opportunities and a mind-boggling 395 million ... -
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$70 Billion in Fossil Investment Makes BP’s Transition Promise a ‘Suicide Note to Humanity’, Analyst Warns
The fine print in BP’s bold, new carbon reduction pledge shows the UK-based colossal fossil still plans to invest billions in environmental catastrophe over ... -
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WMO Sees ‘Enormous Challenge’ to Hit Paris Targets as 1.5°C Warming Looms
There’s a one in five chance that average global warming will hit 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels in at least one of the next five ... -
Carbon-Free TransitionClimate & SocietyClimate Denial & GreenwashingFinance & InvestmentJurisdictionsNon-Renewable EnergyOceansOil & GasShale & Fracking
$70 Billion in Fossil Investment Makes BP’s Transition Promise a ‘Suicide Note to Humanity’, Analyst Warns
The fine print in BP’s bold, new carbon reduction pledge shows the UK-based colossal fossil still plans to invest billions in environmental catastrophe over ... -
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Nature-Friendly Economy Would Deliver $10 Trillion in Opportunities, 395 Million Jobs by 2030
A “fundamental transformation” in the direction of a nature-friendly global economy could produce US$10 trillion in annual business opportunities and a mind-boggling 395 million ... -
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Landmark Economic Analysis Shows 5:1 Return on Protected Area Investments
The most comprehensive cost-benefit analysis ever on nature protections has found that the economic, ecological, and spiritual benefits of protecting 30% of the world’s ... -
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Action Needed to Avoid ‘Tsunami’ of Plastic Waste by 2040, Study Confirms
If global policy-makers fail to freeze virgin plastic production at 2020 levels and improve waste collection systems around the world, the burden of plastic ... -
Biodiversity & HabitatClimate Impacts & AdaptationFood SecurityHealth & SafetyJurisdictionsMiddle EastNon-Renewable EnergyOceansOil & GasWater
Decaying Tanker off Yemeni Coast a Human and Marine Disaster in Waiting
As a rusty, crude-filled oil tanker moulders off the coast of Yemen, the health and well-being of 1.6 million Yemenis—and of the country’s marine ... -
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WMO Sees ‘Enormous Challenge’ to Hit Paris Targets as 1.5°C Warming Looms
There’s a one in five chance that average global warming will hit 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels in at least one of the next five ... -
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‘Teal Deal’ Could Tap into Oceans for Climate Change Mitigation
As the window for climate action narrows, experts in marine science and economics are calling for a new “Teal Deal” that embraces the enormous ... -
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Week 24, June 15: Ecological Restoration
We face an ecological as well as a climate emergency. Because of our human influence, Earth is in the midst a mass extinction crisis: ...
