Tag: biweekly digest

In this news roundup: Indigenous seed saving in Peru, an eco-friendly burial for Desmond Tutu, and the 10 worst climate disasters of 2021.

In the news: two big wins for Indigenous rights, tropical forests can regrow in 20 years, and how HIV might have caused the Omicron variant.

In the news: Brazil Amazon deforestation hits 15-year high, Greenland summit sees first rainfall, and corals spawn in Great Barrier Reef.

In this news roundup: COP26 highlights and lowlights, new pollution lockdowns, and great apes socially distance from humans

In this news roundup: the challenges of Global South delegates for attending COP 26, inadequate climate pledges and coral reefs losses

In this news roundup: Europe and China face energy crisis, Afghanistan has drought, and Vanuatu seeks ICJ ruling on climate protection.

In this news roundup: Amazon rainforest reach a tipping point, activists want COP26 postponed, and world’s largest carbon capture plant opens

In this news roundup: the hottest day ever, an Indigenous superfood makes a comeback, and electric cars take over Far East Russia

In the news: hundreds dead in Canada heatwave, cow stomachs break down plastic, and how cities can restore the planet’s biodiversity.

In this news roundup: Great Barrier Reef ‘in danger,’ Belgium violating human rights on climate, and why seagulls are settling in cities

In the news: homeless great apes, climate change causing 37% of heat deaths, and why we need to talk about eco-anxiety

In the news: Leonardo DiCaprio leads $43m Galápagos pledge, US embraces offshore wind, and the environmental challenges facing Asia’s cities

In the news: Brazilian Amazon now a net carbon emitter, California officials face off with Nestlé, and the world’s groundwater drying up.

Carbon emissions to rebound by 5%, big countries make bigger climate commitments, and how the super-rich are driving the climate crisis

In the news: Brazil military surrenders to loggers, banks lend trillions to fossil fuels and how to make greener cryptocurrency investments