Tag: biweekly digest

China sets new climate targets, wildfire smoke is far deadlier than car exhaust and why the Amazon is now warming the planet

In this news roundup: Yemen on the brink of mass famine, Atlantic circulation weakest in 1,600 years and how Bitcoin threatens the climate

Luxembourg unveils sustainable finance plan, scientists call for Colombia hippo cull and DJs mash birdsong with techno beats

The Amazon is turning into a carbon source, US suspends oil and gas leasing, and why an Arctic town is bidding for the 2032 Summer Olympics

In this news roundup: US rejoins Paris Agreement, carbon capture goes mainstream, and how AI is counting trees in the Sahara.

In this news roundup: 500,000 go vegan for January, microplastics found in unborn babies, and why organic meat won’t solve the climate crisis

In this news roundup: Paris Agreement turns five, rich countries hoard COVID vaccines, and how Trump’s border wall is threatening jaguars

In the news: CO2 breaks 410 ppm, Amazon deforestation hits 12-year high, and U.K. universities receive billions in fossil fuel funding

In this news roundup: Banks harming biodiversity, farms fueling COVID mutations, and why the Pfizer vaccine means little to the Global South

Catch up on your climate news: ehighways expand, sleeper trains see a heyday, and France becomes home to the world’s biggest nuclear fusion project.

In this news roundup: Earth Day turns 50 online, nature takes over cities in lockdown, and why clean energy could be worth USD 100 trillion by 2050.

In this news roundup: the connections between coronavirus and carbon emissions, oil prices, the ozone layer and where to get carbon-negative hand sanitizer.

In this news roundup: Germany bets on hydrogen, IPCC warns of impending food crisis, and blockchains ensure ethical cobalt in electric cars.