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UAE birders record another first in Al Marmoom Desert 18/7/2024
UAE birders record another first in Al Marmoom Desert UAE birders have recorded the first breeding of the Eastern Cattle Egret in the Al Marmoom Desert Conservation Area in Dubai. ...more
EU's green hydrogen goals not realistic, auditors say 18/7/2024
EU's green hydrogen goals not realistic, auditors say The European Union's goals to produce and import green hydrogen fuel are unrealistic and unlikely to be met despite billions of euros in funding, the European Court of Auditors (ECA) said on Wednesday. ...more
World Bank eyes first 'drought' bond in next 12-18 months 18/7/2024
World Bank eyes first 'drought' bond in next 12-18 months The World Bank is looking to issue its first drought bond in the next 12-18-months and broaden its offering of catastrophe bonds supporting countries suffering devastation from storms and earthquakes, a senior executive at the lender said. ...more
DR Congo conflict fuels forest loss 18/7/2024
DR Congo conflict fuels forest loss Under the denuded slopes of Mount Nyiragongo volcano in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, traders in Kibati town bartered over sacks of charcoal, a product of deforestation that an ongoing conflict has pushed to unprecedented levels, the United Nations says. ...more
Londoners should be charged for paving gardens, says climate resilience report 18/7/2024
Londoners should be charged for paving gardens, says climate resilience report Londoners who concrete over their gardens should be charged for doing so and given incentives to remove paving, a report to the mayor has recommended. ...more
Saudi Arabia Aims to Develop New Plant to Localize Wind Energy 17/7/2024
Saudi Arabia Aims to Develop New Plant to Localize Wind Energy The Saudi Public Investment Fund (PIF) and China’s second-largest wind turbine manufacturer are close to a deal to develop a new plant in the Kingdom to help boost renewable power production by building a wind turbine manufacturing plant in Saudi Arabia as part of the country’s efforts to localize supply chains. ...more
Buses, trains and bicycle paths: Labour’s mission to decarbonise UK transport 17/7/2024
Buses, trains and bicycle paths: Labour’s mission to decarbonise UK transport Bolster bus services, build cycle paths, impose frequent flyer levies and reopen old railway lines to decarbonise the UK transport system, environment experts are urging, as the Labour party begins to lay out its plans. ...more
Trillion-dollar group urges government action to stop nature loss 17/7/2024
Trillion-dollar group urges government action to stop nature loss More than 100 companies, including Unilever (ULVR.L), L'Occitane (0973.HK) and Iberdrola (IBE.MC), have called on governments to enact tougher policies to reach a U.N. goal on halting nature loss by the end of the decade. ...more
Climate crisis is making days longer, study finds 17/7/2024
Climate crisis is making days longer, study finds The climate crisis is causing the length of each day to get longer, analysis shows, as the mass melting of polar ice reshapes the planet. ...more
Secret 'sky island' rainforest saved by new discoveries 17/7/2024
Secret 'sky island' rainforest saved by new discoveries Perched on a remote mountain top and surrounded by lowlands, Mabu is what's known as a "sky island" and is the largest rainforest in southern Africa. BBC environment correspondent Jonah Fisher went to Mabu with a team of scientists who have discovered dozens of new species there, helping to convince Mozambique to protect it. ...more
 
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