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Sustainable development: ‘Be leaders and inspire’ UN deputy chief urges, as 2030 deadline nears July 14, 2024
With only 17 per cent of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) on track and just six more years until the 2030 deadline, UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed has called for a new era of inspiring leadership, ahead of a special event on Monday to galvanize action. The post Sustainable development: ‘Be leaders and inspire’ UN […]
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Protected: We did it! 1 Million Actions for Our Common Future July 12, 2024
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World News in Brief: Sand and dust storm scourge, Mali humanitarian update, moving education online July 12, 2024
Dust levels worldwide decreased slightly in 2023 the UN’s weather and climate agency said on Friday, but they are still well above the long-term average in the worst-hit areas. Read Full Story on UN News The post World News in Brief: Sand and dust storm scourge, Mali humanitarian update, moving education online appeared first on […]
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Press Release | UN projects world population to peak within this century July 11, 2024
UN projects world population to peak within this century One in four people globally live in a country whose population has already peaked in size New York, 11 July –According to the World Population Prospects 2024: Summary of Results published today, it is expected that the world’s population will peak in the mid-2080s, growing […]
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Gaza: WHO chief highlights health risks of latest evacuation orders July 11, 2024
More Israeli evacuation orders in Gaza are further threatening the health of people in the embattled enclave, the Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) said during a media briefing in Geneva on Thursday. Read Full Story on UN News The post Gaza: WHO chief highlights health risks of latest evacuation orders appeared first on […]
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Peroni and Grolsch owner Asahi looks to make deliveries more sustainable July 10, 2024
The partnership between the UK arm of beer giant Asahi and LWC, aims to save 245 tonnes of CO2 a year by taking up to 450 journeys off the road.
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Søstrene Grene latest retailer to bag SBTi approval July 10, 2024
Scandinavian home accessories retailer Søstrene Grene is the latest brand to have its climate targets approved by the Science Based Targets Initiative (SBTi).
John Reynolds
Labour appoints former Climate Change Committee CEO to lead clean energy taskforce July 10, 2024
Chris Stark, ex-CEO at the Climate Change Committee (CCC), has been appointed to lead a clean energy 'mission control' centre.
John Reynolds
Morrisons collabs on farmer skills sustainability project July 10, 2024
Morrisons has teamed up on a farmer skills initiative which it hopes will help farmers hit their net zero targets and plug the skills gap in agriculture.
John Reynolds
New UK onshore windfarms planned after Labour overturns rules July 10, 2024
At least half a dozen renewables developers have already begun identifying potential sites for full-scale windfarms in England.
John Reynolds
Travelodge CEO: the secrets of a sustainable stay July 9, 2024
Travelodge CEO Jo Boydell outlines the valuable role the hospitality sector can play in helping the UK reach its net zero targets.
Jacqui Parr
Labour overturns decade-long ban on onshore wind farms July 9, 2024
A ban on new onshore wind farms in England is being overturned by the new Labour government, in a move welcomed by green campaigners.
John Reynolds
New fabric made from potato waste scoops startup award July 9, 2024
Business startup Fibe has won a key manufacturing funding prize for developing the world’s first textile fibres out of potato waste.
John Reynolds
Lidl allows customers to pay for EV charging via app July 9, 2024
Lidl UK customers charging their electric vehicles (EVs) while shopping will soon be able to pay for their power via the Lidl Plus app.
John Reynolds
Asda axes refillable product station trials July 9, 2024
Asda has axed its store trials of refillable product stations, where shoppers filled their own containers with food to cut down on plastic use.
John Reynolds

Research expedition aims to understand global effects of Greenland’s melting ice July 15, 2024
The RRS David Attenborough will make its first trip to the Arctic for a project led by an interdisciplinary team of 40 scientists.
Rebecca Speare-Cole
100-degree heat is coming for the East Coast on Tuesday July 15, 2024
After bearing down on the West, the eastern USA will expericing extreme temperatures this week with 140 million people under heat alerts
Amelia Neath
Polar bear fur tags could shed more light on how certain species groups behave July 15, 2024
Ear tags are used as an alternative but these require the bears to be recaptured so they can be removed.
Storm Newton
Malayan tiger on ‘brink of extinction’ as spate of deaths sparks alarm July 15, 2024
Population of feline subspecies has dwindled from around 3,000 in 1950s to fewer than 150 today
Stuti Mishra

At last G20 is showing how to finance an assault on poverty | Larry Elliott April 14, 2024
Brazilian president Lula’s proposals have the backing of the World Bank. Now we need action All things considered, the world’s richest countries have emerged from the global pandemic in better shape than they could have imagined when Covid-19 first appeared just over four years ago.To be sure, the impact of lockdown and its aftermath has […]
Larry Elliott
EU countries already hitting some of their sustainable energy targets for 2030 February 28, 2024
Study finds ‘systematic progress’ achieved in 2010s with some states reaching targets a decade earlySeveral European countries hit some of their sustainable energy targets for 2030 a decade early, a study has found, but big gaps remain across the board.All EU member states made progress in the 2010s toward reaching the UN’s seventh sustainable development […]
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‘We used to give hope to the world’: is Costa Rica’s green halo fading? December 13, 2023
The Central American country that inspired nature defenders for decades now faces a ‘loss of direction’, experts fearFrom his home, José Sanchez looks out at the mountain Cerro Pasquí, in Cartago province, Costa Rica, across ever-expanding fields of cabbage and potato. It wasn’t always like this. Sanchez, 68, recalls a time when the hills were […]
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A return to the scene of a big political stink | Brief letters November 19, 2023
David Cameron’s return | Maggie Mia | Ministerial changes | Global hunger | Great SnoringIn Brief Lives, John Aubrey wrote: “This Earle of Oxford, making of his low obeisance to Queen Elizabeth, happened to let a Fart, at which he was so abashed and ashamed that he went to Travell, 7 yeares. On his returne […]
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Definitions changing in UK’s bid to meet climate finance target October 17, 2023
Andrew Mitchell, the development minister, said ‘clarifications’ would more accurately reflect spendingThe UK is making a series of changes to its climate finance definitions as a way to meet its target to spend £11.6bn over five years in the developing world to help combat the climate crisis, Andrew Mitchell, the development minister, has said.Rich countries […]
Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor

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