$300 Billion 'Joke': COP29 Reps Scoff At 'Paltry Sum' For Climate Change The sum falls short of the $1.3 trillion initially identified as necessary to address the climate change crisis. Benzinga · Nov 25, 2024
Lack of focus on nature and farming solutions at climate summit, say campaigners Activists at Cop29 said healthy ecosystems served as ‘cost-effective climate solutions that urgently need dedicated funding’. Evening Standard · Nov 20, 2024
Pressure on ministers to break Cop29 deadlock as UN climate talks enter week two UK Energy Secretary Ed Miliband arrived in Baku, Azerbaijan on Sunday to join other government ministers for the second week of the UN climate summit. Evening Standard · Nov 18, 2024
Miners are razing forests to meet surging demand for metals and minerals, report says A report by the World Resources Institute shows that rapidly expanding mining operations are causing widespread destruction of tropical primary rainforests and protected areas, raising carbon emissions and displacing Indigenous communities The Independent UK · Oct 23, 2024
Three ways the upcoming UN biodiversity summit could make a difference When negotiations at Cop15 – the UN’s biodiversity conference – ended in December 2022, many delegates breathed a sigh of relief. The Conversation · Oct 16, 2024
What happens to the world if forests stop absorbing carbon? Ask Finland The natural sinks of forests and peat were key to Finland’s ambitious target to be carbon neutral by 2035. But the land now emits more greenhouse gases than it stores The Guardian - UK · Oct 15, 2024
Want to understand Donald Trump? Then watch macho 80s action movies From Sly Stallone at the White House to Hulk Hogan at the RNC, Donald Trump has made no secret of his affinity for hyper-masculine men. But will the US fall for his action movie-inspired strongman shtick one more time? The Guardian - UK · Oct 14, 2024
Wildlife loss is taking ecosystems nearer to collapse – new report Even for a conservation biologist numbed to bad news about nature, the biennial Living Planet report from the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) is a stark reminder of our failure to arrest the loss of biodiversity – the variety of living things and the ecosystems they live in. The Conversation · Oct 10, 2024
Hurricane Milton makes landfall in Florida leaving trail of destruction ...Tech & Science Daily podcast Listen here on your chosen podcast platform. Evening Standard · Oct 10, 2024
Wildlife populations decline 73 percent over past half-century, report says World Wildlife Fund says species like pink river dolphins of the Amazon, forest elephants in Gabon are in sharp decline. Al Jazeera · Oct 10, 2024
Wildlife Populations Plunge 73% Since 1970: WWF Wild populations of monitored animal species have plummeted over 70 percent in the last half-century, according to the latest edition of a landmark assessment by WWF published on Thursday. International Business Times · Oct 10, 2024
Wildlife populations plunge 73 percent amid warnings of biodiversity crisis Wild populations of monitored animal species have plummeted over 70 percent in the last half-century, according to the latest edition of a landmark assessment by WWF published on Thursday. Radio France Internationale · Oct 10, 2024
Thousands Bid Farewell To Tokyo Zoo Pandas Before Return To China Thousands of thankful, sobbing fans flocked to a Tokyo zoo Saturday to bid an emotional farewell to a pair of beloved pandas before their imminent return to China. International Business Times · Sep 28, 2024
Farming fuels NSW land clearing crisis: data NSW cleared an area more than 160 times the size of Sydney's CBD in a single year, new government figures show. AAP · Sep 13, 2024
AAP · Sep 6, 2024 Nation failing to pull species back from brink: report A new report card has given Australia an F, for fail, for its efforts to bring the nation's endangered plants and animals back from the brink.
Broadcasting & Cable · Jul 31, 2024 Legal Precedent Favors the NBA in Wrestling Match Against Warner Bros. Discovery Two decades ago, Barry Diller and his USA Networks failed in their quest to bring back Vince McMahon's erstwhile WWF with a very similar lawsuit
The Independent UK · Jul 25, 2024 Warning over climate impact of Olympic Games amid fears for athletes’ health Paris 2024 has promised to the ‘greenest ever’ Games but researchers and activists are warning of its potential impact.
Salon · Jul 24, 2024 RNC's “Trump-a-mania run wild” backfires Trump’s professional wrestling-inspired performance at the Republican National Convention could come back to bite
Al Jazeera · Jul 16, 2024 Romania to cull 500 bears to curb overpopulation after deadly attack New law authorises the killing of 481 bears in 2024, more than twice last year’s total of 220, amid outcry over attack.
International Business Times · Jun 22, 2024 Thousands March In London To Call For 'Urgent' Climate Action Thousands of protestors from across the UK marched through central London on Saturday to call for "urgent political action" on nature.
The Guardian - UK · Jun 13, 2024 Kelp help? How Scotland’s seaweed growers are aiming to revolutionise what we buy Farmed kelp could produce plastic substitutes, beauty products and food supplements. Just steer clear of seaweed chocolate
The Guardian - UK · Jun 12, 2024 The Simpsons to WWF: the Sky TV Rishi Sunak would have missed out on PM has said Sky – once derided by snobs as ‘council house TV’ – was among ‘lots of things’ he went without as a child
LiveScience · Jun 9, 2024 Bornean clouded leopard family filmed in wild for 1st time ever Camera traps in Indonesian Borneo recorded a clouded leopard mother with her two cubs in the first footage of its kind.
Inverse · Jun 6, 2024 The Case Of The Missing 45 Million Gallons Of Milk & The School Food Waste Fight Public schools feed a lot of kids — even more when the meals are free. The problem? A lot of that food goes to waste. Students are on the case.
International Business Times · Jun 6, 2024 Swiss Renewable Energy Battle Moves To The Ballots Switzerland's largest wind farm, sitting astride the ridge of the Jura mountains by the French border, consists of only 16 turbines -- tiny compared to those of other European countries.