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New research shows how Britain’s primary schools and GP surgeries are staggering under the weight of hardship as they divert resources to respond to the needs of those struggling to …
‘It’s now not about teaching, it’s about keeping kids fed’: the reality of the UK’s hardship epidemic exposed Read More
A new report from the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization, or FAO, has found that more fish were farmed worldwide in 2022 than harvested from the wild, an apparent …
The world is farming more seafood than it catches. Is that a good thing? Read More
A fossil fuel funded think tank with close ties to the Hungarian government hosted a meeting of climate science critics in Brussels last Thursday (23 May), to challenge the EU …
Oil Funded Think Tank Gathers Climate Deniers Ahead of Crucial EU Elections Read More
Small island states are leading the charge against the climate crisis. Leaders of nine low-lying island nations have won a historic case at the UN’s maritime court. The group sought to hold …
Small island states win legal case, forcing rich nations to slash climate-wrecking carbon emissions Read More
Some sectors, such as livestock farming and heavy industry, are viewed as particularly hard to decarbonise. This is due, in part, to a perceived lack of cheap technological solutions. Any “residual …
Major emitters ‘may retain or expand’ fossil fuels despite net-zero plans Read More
Asia remained the world’s most disaster-hit region from weather, climate and water-related hazards in 2023. Floods and storms caused the highest number of reported casualties and economic losses, whilst the …
Climate change and extreme weather impacts hit Asia hard Read More
Ilham Aliyev, president of Azerbaijan — the host of the U.N.’s next climate talks — used a major address Friday to send Europe a pointed message: you need our gas. …
Azerbaijan president: COP29 won’t stop us investing in ‘god-given’ gas Read More
Pollution from the plastics industry is a major force behind the heating of the planet, according to a new report from the federal government. The industry releases about four times …
Plastics industry heats world 4 times as much as air travel, report finds Read More
(Thursday 11th April) A major investigation into the world’s 65 largest insurance companies from the responsible investment charity ShareAction, released today, shows that both people and planet face the triple whammy …
Insurance’s triple whammy threatens the survival of people and planet Read More
“Coca leaf prices are down and cocoa prices are up.” It’s as simple as that, says cocoa farmer Óscar Gómez, who close to the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, an isolated …
Cocoa price surge in global market lures Colombian farmers away from coca cultivation Read More