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How does air pollution affect mental health? New study aimed to find out 17/6/2025
How does air pollution affect mental health? New study aimed to find out What happens to your mental and physical health when you move to an area with worse air pollution? That’s the subject of a fascinating new UK-based study. ...more
A Third of Forests Lost This Century Will Likely Never Be Restored 17/6/2025
A Third of Forests Lost This Century Will Likely Never Be Restored Of the forest lost so far this century, roughly a third was destroyed to make room for farms, a new analysis finds. Those woodlands, which spanned an area larger than Mongolia, will likely never be restored, authors say. ...more
Morocco invests in desalination, waterways to mitigate drought 16/6/2025
Morocco invests in desalination, waterways to mitigate drought Morocco is accelerating investments in desalination plants, water transfer projects and new dams to mitigate prolonged drought and meet rising demand from agriculture and cities, water minister Nizar Baraka said. ...more
Race to mine metals for EV batteries threatens marine paradise 16/6/2025
Race to mine metals for EV batteries threatens marine paradise Stark images, captured from a drone by environmental campaigners and shared with the BBC, appear to show how nickel mining has stripped forests and polluted waters in one of the most biodiverse marine habitats on Earth. ...more
Basel Committee makes climate risk disclosure for bank regulators voluntary 16/6/2025
Basel Committee makes climate risk disclosure for bank regulators voluntary The world's forum for banking regulators published a framework for disclosing climate-related risks on Friday, making the implementation voluntary, following pushback from the U.S. ...more
Brazil, others to tap $1 billion industry decarbonisation programme 16/6/2025
Brazil, others to tap $1 billion industry decarbonisation programme Brazil, Egypt, Mexico are among seven middle-income countries chosen by multilateral lender the Climate Investment Funds to tap a $1 billion programme to cut emissions from their industrial sectors. ...more
Fast-fashion retailer Shein's transport emissions jump in 2024 16/6/2025
Fast-fashion retailer Shein's transport emissions jump in 2024 Shein's carbon emissions from transporting products climbed 13.7% in 2024, the online fast-fashion retailer's sustainability report showed on Friday, and its 2023 transport emissions were 18% higher than previously reported after a recalculation. ...more
UN ocean summit in Nice closes with key commitments 14/6/2025
UN ocean summit in Nice closes with key commitments The Third United Nations Ocean Conference (UNOC) ended in Nice, France, after five days of high-level discussions and negotiations. The conference united heads of state, ministers, scientists, Indigenous leaders, youth and civil society to accelerate progress on Sustainable Development Goal 14 — Life Below Water. ...more
EU countries consider softening methane emissions law on gas imports 13/6/2025
EU countries consider softening methane emissions law on gas imports European Union countries may demand that Brussels simplify the EU's methane emissions law, which has stoked concerns from companies that it could hamper imports of U.S. liquefied natural gas, according to a document seen by Reuters. ...more
Trump administration moves to repeal Biden power plant pollution rules 13/6/2025
Trump administration moves to repeal Biden power plant pollution rules President Donald Trump's administration has proposed repealing rules passed under former President Joe Biden to curb emissions of carbon dioxide, mercury and other air pollutants from power plants, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin said on Wednesday. ...more
 
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