Tag: corona

In this news roundup: new dates for COP 26, world’s largest electric aircraft takes off, and Extinction Rebellion meets Black Lives Matter

And other quotes from the Global Landscapes Forum Bonn 2020 digital conference

New research examines what genetic resemblances among primates means in the context of pandemics, and why this sounds alarm bells for great apes.

Q&A on COVID-19 and genebanks with ICRAF's Tony Simons and Crop Trust's Charlotte Lusty, Lava Kumar and Vania Azevedo.

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 conversation with Robert Nasi of CIFOR and Annika Terrana of WWF about the connections between deforestation and COVID-19.

The directors general of two of the world's leading forestry research organizations lay our 4 steps to a more resilient Earth and achieve planetary health.

In conversation with Lawrence Haddad, executive director of the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition, about COVID-19 and the global food supply system.

In this bi-weekly digest of climate news: long-term costs of climate change revealed, commodity prices wobble, and animals that practice social distancing.

In conversation with Dr. Aaron Bernstein of Harvard Medical School about the known and anticipated connections between climate change and COVID-19.

In conversation with renowned author and MIT lecturer Otto Scharmer on how COVID-19 can affect behavior change and be used to re-shape global systems.

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 conversation with Charlotte Streck, co-founder and director of global think tank Climate Focus on COVID-19's effects on continued climate action.

On World Health Day 2020, a conversation between two zoology experts on the emergence and spread of disease among wildlife in relation to COVID-19.