Climate Change May Increase Risk of New Infectious Diseases 29/4/2022

Climate change will result in thousands of new viruses spread among animal species by 2070 — and that’s likely to increase the risk of emerging infectious diseases jumping from animals to humans, according to a new study. ...more

Vast forest losses in 2021 imperil global climate targets, report says 29/4/2022

The world lost an area of forest the size of the U.S. state of Wyoming last year, as wildfires in Russia set all-time records and Brazilian deforestation of the Amazon remains high, a global forest monitoring project report said on Thursday. ...more

California AG subpoenas Exxon for details on role in global plastic pollution 29/4/2022

California's attorney general announced on Thursday he issued a subpoena to ExxonMobil for information on its role in causing the global plastic waste crisis. ...more

Twitter is fighting against climate change misinformation 29/4/2022

Twitter announced through a World Earth Day post on their blog last Friday that it will no longer allow advertisements that go against the scientific consensus on climate change. Advertisers that use scientific language on the platform must conform with the current agreed-upon language by scientific bodies. In the process, all climate change deniers will no longer be able to advertise on the platform. ...more

American Express issues a green and social development bond 29/4/2022

American Express Co., the country’s leading small business cards provider launched its first-ever environmental and social initiatives bond. The bond will test whether there are potential investors interested in investing in the future of the environment and social affairs.  ...more

Climate change putting 4% of global GDP at risk, new study estimates 28/4/2022

Climate change could see 4% of global annual economic output lost by 2050 and hit many poorer parts of the world disproportionately hard, a new study of 135 countries has estimated. ...more

Lacking filters, U.S. cars set to emit a septillion more particles - research 28/4/2022

A regulatory gap allows automakers like Ford and BMW to make U.S. cars that emit more ultrafine particles that harm human health than equivalent models sold in Europe and other markets, according to new research. ...more

U.N. report highlights land use trends and costs of degradation 28/4/2022

Decades of deforestation, mining and industrial pollution have taken a toll on the planet, leaving as much as 40% of its land degraded and putting economies at risk, a U.N. report says. ...more

‘Vampire devices’ cost UK households £147 a year 28/4/2022

UK households could save an average of £147 per year by switching off so-called vampire devices. ...more

A fifth of world's reptile species deemed threatened with extinction 28/4/2022

About a fifth of reptile species - from the Galapagos tortoises to the Komodo dragon of the Indonesian islands, from West Africa's rhinoceros viper to India's gharial - are threatened with extinction, researchers said on Wednesday in the first comprehensive global status assessment for reptiles. ...more