By Patricia ScotlandJan 23 2020 (IPS) With 95 per cent of the ocean still unexplored by humans, we are only just beginning to understand its profound influence on life on earth, including its effect on global climate and ecosystems. As we do so, more and more countries are exploring the immense potential of the ‘blue
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24 January 2020
Greta Thunberg clashes with US treasury secretary in Davos
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Climate activist responds after Steven Mnuchin suggests she should study economics Donald Trump’s treasury secretary has clashed with Greta Thunberg after responding to the activist’s call for immediate fossil fuel divestment by telling the 17-year-old to go to college and study economics. In an attempt to slap down the climate emergency movement, Steven Mnuchin pretended
23 January 2020
Leprosy Re-emerges as a Global Health Challenge
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Sattamma, a daily labourer in the Rangareddy district of southern India’s Telangana state, says that even though she no longer has Hansen’s Disease, she remains discriminated against because of it. Credit: Stella Paul/IPS By Stella PaulHYDERABAD, India , Jan 23 2020 (IPS) Fifteen years ago, Sattamma – a daily labourer in the Rangareddy district of
23 January 2020
Doomsday clock lurches to 100 seconds to midnight – closest to catastrophe yet
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Nuclear and climate threats create ‘profoundly unstable’ world Robinson: climate inaction is ‘death sentence for humanity’ The risk of civil collapse from nuclear weapons and the climate crisis is at a record high, according to US scientists and former officials, calling the current environment “profoundly unstable”. Related: Trump’s impeachment lawyers ‘tending toward conspiracy theories’ says
23 January 2020
Sweet spots are in the food system: Structural adjustments to co-control regional pollutants and national GHG emissions in China
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Publication date: May 2020 Source: Ecological Economics, Volume 171 Author(s): Li-Jing Liu, Qiao-Mei Liang, Felix Creutzig, Hauke Ward, Kun Zhang Abstract The Chinese government aims to mitigate climate change while also reducing local air pollution; this requires co-control of greenhouse gases and pollutants. Here, we develop a method combining an elasticity analysis and a multi-regional
23 January 2020
UK climate scientist corrects Australian MP Craig Kelly’s ‘blatant misrepresentation’
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Prof Sandy Harrison tells the Liberal on his Facebook page that his misuse of her study should not go unchallenged A leading UK climate scientist has used the Facebook page of the MP Craig Kelly to correct his “blatant misrepresentation” of a study she co-authored on a 70,000-year history of bushfires in Australia. Kelly, a
23 January 2020
‘This is Dunkirk. This is 9/11’: Al Gore implores Davos to tackle climate crisis
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Former US presidential candidate tells global elite that crisis is a ‘challenge to our moral imagination’ Former US vice-president Al Gore has tried to mobilise the global elite to fight the climate crisis by comparing it to some of history’s greatest battles, from Agincourt to Dunkirk. Gore told delegates at the World Economic Forum in
23 January 2020
Mosul, an Epicentre of the ISIS Conflict, is a Devastated Iraqi City
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Resident of Hamdaniya district stands before a house destroyed in a Coalition airstrike, February 2017. Credit: Mark Lattimer /Ceasefire By Mark LattimerLONDON, Jan 22 2020 (IPS) As Iraq this month faces the threat of new conflicts – including a proxy war between the US and Iran – the shadow of the last conflict runs long.
22 January 2020
GGGI inks Declaration of Intent and MoU with the French Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs and the Agence Française de Développement to strengthen cooperation
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By GGGIPARIS, Jan 22 2020 (IPS-Partners) The Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) signed a Declaration of Intent and a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the French Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs (MEAE) and the Agence Française de Développement (AFD), a French development bank today to promote sustainable development and climate action. The signing was
21 January 2020
Greyhound warns staff they could be ‘in the crossfire’ over Adani contract
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Exclusive: anti-Adani campaigners may protest bus company’s involvement in controversial mine, email tells workers The boss of the Australian bus company Greyhound has warned its workers they could be caught “in the crossfire” after signing a contract to help build the Adani coal project in Queensland. The email from the chief executive, Alex de Waal,