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Publication date: July 2020 Source: Ecological Economics, Volume 173 Author(s): Jeroen Vos, Rutgerd Boelens, Jean-Philippe Venot, Marcel Kuper

Campaign group says UK’s export credit agency broke OECD’s rules with £2bn of fossil fuel financing The UK government’s export credit agency has fallen foul of OECD guidelines by offering multibillion-pound support to fossil fuel projects overseas despite global efforts to tackle the climate crisis, according to a campaign group. Global Witness has accused the

The author is journalist and communications specialist; veteran of Al Jazeera English, BBC and CNN International. By Veronica PedrosaMar 16 2020 (IPS-Partners) First of all, I wish everyone reading this good health. Second of all, I wish for everyone to get informed – I mean properly informed from the many reliable sources out there. These

Crop and livestock production have become spatially decoupled in existing commercial agricultural regimes throughout the world. These segregated high input production systems contribute to some of the world’s most pressing sustainability challenges, including climate change, nutrient imbalances, water pollution, biodiversity decline, and increasingly precarious rural livelihoods. There is substantial evidence that by closing the loop

Two HerStory Fellows conducting a reading session at Terre Des Hommes Kalshi Adolescent Club. Credit: HerStory Foundation By Zareen Mahmud HoseinNEW YORK, Mar 16 2020 (IPS) When you flip through grade one Bangla school textbooks there is very little written about the progress women have made in Bangladesh since the Beijing Conference for Women in

Annual changes to list of goods and services reflect consumers’ desire to cut carbon output Reusable bottles and mugs have been included in the UK’s inflation basket for the first time amid evidence of a rise in sales driven by the desire of consumers to reduce their carbon footprint. In its annual update to the

Jump attributed to growing appetite among energy firms and falling technology costs The number of new renewable energy projects applying for planning permission reached a four-year high in the UK last year as energy companies raced to meet the rising demand for clean electricity. There were 269 planning applications for new wind, solar and bioenergy

Publication date: July 2020 Source: Ecological Economics, Volume 173 Author(s): Sergio Villamayor-Tomas, Gustavo García-López, Joeri Scholtens