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Trump’s USAid cuts will have huge impact on global climate finance, data shows 11/3/2025
Trump’s USAid cuts will have huge impact on global climate finance, data shows Campaigners say funding halt is a ‘staggering blow’ to vulnerable nations and to efforts to keep heating below 1.5C. ...more
Lab-grown food could be sold in UK within two years 11/3/2025
Lab-grown food could be sold in UK within two years Meat, dairy and sugar grown in a lab could be on sale in the UK for human consumption for the first time within two years, sooner than expected. ...more
Rodent for dinner? US residents encouraged to eat invasive nutria 11/3/2025
Rodent for dinner? US residents encouraged to eat invasive nutria Wildlife experts claim nutria, which destroy habitats with voracious eating habits, taste like rabbit or dark turkey meat. ...more
Fish learn how to survive in warming Arabian Gulf 10/3/2025
Fish learn how to survive in warming Arabian Gulf Abu Dhabi scientists find coral reef fish showing higher ‘thermal tolerance’. ...more
United States quits board of UN climate damage fund, letter shows 10/3/2025
United States quits board of UN climate damage fund, letter shows The United States has withdrawn from the board of the U.N.'s hard-negotiated climate damage fund, dedicated to helping poor and vulnerable nations cope with climate change-fuelled disasters, a letter seen by Reuters showed. ...more
London air quality improves after expansion of levy on polluting cars, says report 10/3/2025
London air quality improves after expansion of levy on polluting cars, says report Toxic gas emissions in London fell by 27% following a 2023 expansion of the city's clean air zone, which imposes a levy on the most polluting vehicles, a report from the mayor's office said on Friday. ...more
EU proposes ending wolves' 'strictly protected' status in Europe 10/3/2025
EU proposes ending wolves' 'strictly protected' status in Europe The European Commission proposed on Friday making it easier to hunt wolves in Europe, citing their growing number and the threat they pose to livestock as reasons for downgrading the animals' protection status. ...more
Butterfly populations plummet by 22% in US since turn of century 10/3/2025
Butterfly populations plummet by 22% in US since turn of century The population of butterflies - the beautiful insects that play a vital role in pollination and the health of ecosystems - has fallen in the United States by more than a fifth this century, according to research spanning hundreds of species from the red admiral butterfly to the American lady to the cabbage white. ...more
Brazil warns Trump effect risks 'triple negative' for climate 7/3/2025
Brazil warns Trump effect risks 'triple negative' for climate Action to curb global warming is at risk from a "triple negative" effect triggered by the return of U.S. President Donald Trump to the White House, Brazil said on Thursday, as it prepares to host U.N. climate talks later this year. ...more
Global sea ice hit ‘all-time minimum’ in February, scientists say 7/3/2025
Global sea ice hit ‘all-time minimum’ in February, scientists say Scientists called the news ‘particularly worrying’ because ice reflects sunlight and cools the planet. ...more
 
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