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Cost of planting, protecting trees to fight climate change could jump
Planting trees and preventing deforestation are considered key climate change mitigation strategies, but a new analysis finds the cost of preserving and planting trees...
‘Major Hurdle’ Cleared As Youth Activists Advance Historic Climate Case
Read time: 4 minsAn unprecedented climate lawsuit brought by six Portuguese youths is to be fast-tracked at Europe’s highest court, it was announced today.
The European...
Meet The Anti-Regulation Groups Influencing Post-Brexit Trade Policy
Read time: 13 minsA handful of prominent individuals from anti-regulation thinktanks with close ties to International Trade Secretary Liz Truss have been appointed to...
‘Historic’ Court Ruling Will Force France To Justify Its Climate Targets
Read time: 5 minsA French court this week issued what climate campaigners are calling a “historic decision” in the fight to hold national governments...
Polar climate affects trade wind strength in tropics
The impact of sea surface temperature variations in the tropical Pacific on global climate has long been recognized. For instance, the episodic warming of...
Comment: Tree-planting’s All Well And Good – But It’s High Time We Addressed UK’s...
Read time: 4 minsBy Jo Blackman, Head of Forests Policy and Advocacy at Global Witness
In his plans to introduce a Green Industrial Revolution, Boris Johnson...
City Hall Defends Hiring Intelligence Firm with Fossil Fuel Clients that Tracked Environmental Activists
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UK Government’s COP26 Sponsorship Choice ‘Nowhere Near Good Enough’, Campaigners Say
Read time: 4 minsCampaigners are demanding the Government reject greenwash by excluding all major polluters from sponsorship of next year’s pivotal UN climate talks.
The UK...
Controversial Kenyan Coal Plant’s Future In Jeopardy As Major Chinese Bank Pulls Funding
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