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Cop29 summit to call for peace between warring states, says host Azerbaijan 7/5/2024
Cop29 summit to call for peace between warring states, says host Azerbaijan This year’s Cop29 UN climate summit will be the first “Cop of peace”, focusing on the prevention of future climate-fuelled conflicts and using international cooperation on green issues to help heal existing tensions, according to plans being drawn up by organisers. ...more
Poorer nations must be transparent over climate spending, says Cop29 leader 7/5/2024
Poorer nations must be transparent over climate spending, says Cop29 leader Poor countries must demonstrate clearer accounting and transparency to back up their calls for trillions of dollars of climate finance, the president of global climate negotiations has said. ...more
Global health heavyweights team up for climate, disease funding 7/5/2024
Global health heavyweights team up for climate, disease funding Three of the biggest global health funders have joined forces for the first time in a $300 million partnership aimed at tackling the linked impacts of climate change, malnutrition, and infectious diseases and antimicrobial resistance. ...more
How sustainable can Paris make the Olympic Games? 7/5/2024
How sustainable can Paris make the Olympic Games? The Paris Olympics are billed as the greenest Games yet. It’s a big claim from the organizers. ...more
New Zealand signs MOU with German institute on Antarctica cooperation 7/5/2024
New Zealand signs MOU with German institute on Antarctica cooperation New Zealand said on Saturday that its Antarctic agency signed a memorandum of understanding with Germany's Alfred Wegener Institute to foster cooperation between the two polar science bodies, amid China's growing presence in Antarctica. ...more
Violence against environmental journalists rises, UNESCO says 6/5/2024
Violence against environmental journalists rises, UNESCO says Journalists who report on environmental issues face increasing violence around the world from both state and private actors, UNESCO said on Thursday, highlighting that 44 of these journalists have been murdered between 2009 and 2023. ...more
UK Government defeated in High Court over climate plans 6/5/2024
UK Government defeated in High Court over climate plans The government has been defeated in court - for a second time - for not doing enough to meet its targets for cutting greenhouse gas emissions. ...more
Gas stoves increase nitrogen dioxide exposure above WHO standards – study 6/5/2024
Gas stoves increase nitrogen dioxide exposure above WHO standards – study Using a gas stove increases nitrogen dioxide exposure to levels that exceed public health recommendations, a new study shows. The report, published Friday in Science Advances, found that people of color and low-income residents in the US were disproportionately affected. ...more
Bumblebee nests are overheating to fatal levels, study finds 6/5/2024
Bumblebee nests are overheating to fatal levels, study finds Bumblebee nests may be overheating, killing off broods and placing one of the Earth’s critical pollinators in decline as temperatures rise, new research has found. ...more
Venomous snakes likely to migrate en masse amid global heating, says study 6/5/2024
Venomous snakes likely to migrate en masse amid global heating, says study Climate breakdown is likely to lead to the large-scale migration of venomous snake species into new regions and unprepared countries, according to a study. ...more
 
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