Environment
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Gas flaring, we are back to 2019 levels
Despite global initiatives to reduce the share of gas associated with the production of oil that is released into the…
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The promises of reducing plastic are many, the actions much less
Global scoreboard assessing businesses' promises to reduce plastics and increase recycling paints a worrying picture
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CO2 removal, CDR solutions must quadruple to meet 1.5 ºC
The global map of carbon dioxide removal solutions sets current capacity at -2.2 billion tons per year. To meet climate…
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The next 5 years of global warming bring us closer to “climate hell”
The World Meteorological Organization’s forecasts for 2024-2028 put the probability at 47% that the five-year average will exceed 1.5 to…
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The sulfur emissions of the ships have caused the records of global warming of 2023
For the first time, a study quantifies the climate impact of reducing marine pollution. Since 2020, marine fuels have a…
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PFAS pollution in waters UE is alarming
Pesticide Action Network survey identified PFAS pollution levels in 10 countries above legal limits
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Greenhouse gas emissions “pollute the marine environment”: Itlos ruling
The advisory opinion of the independent UN body does not legally oblige states to reduce their emissions, but constitutes a…
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What does it take to reduce the levels of microplastics in the oceans?
A study published in Environmental Research Letters estimates that even cutting 20% of the world’s plastic pollution each year would…
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World Biodiversity Day 2024 celebrated today
UN agencies and the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) put at the heart of the World Biodiversity Day the operational…
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Thwaites glacier “breath” anticipates its irreversible melting
One study contests the models used so far to assess the progressive melting of the most unstable glacier in Antarctica.…
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