European Union leaders struggle to find solutions for the energy crisis. Credit: Bigstock By Baher KamalMADRID, Oct 24 2022 (IPS) European politicians continue to run in all directions to find a way out of their energy crisis. One of them – Simonetta Sommaruga, the Swiss Environment Minister, asked people to ‘shower together’. Others are competing
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23 October 2022
CSIRO aims to ‘accelerate commercialism’ in new strategy as staff decry scientific diversion
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Government body denies ‘business-over-science’ approach but failed to inform federal minister of change in focus Get our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcast Australia’s leading science agency, the CSIRO, has unveiled a “significant” new working model to promote commercial deals, in a move towards reliance on external funding that one
23 October 2022
The practical feasibility of working time reduction: Do we have sufficient data?
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Publication date: February 2023 Source: Ecological Economics, Volume 204, Part A Author(s): Bence Lukács, Miklós Antal
22 October 2022
I fund climate activism – and I applaud the Van Gogh protest | Aileen Getty
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The Just Stop Oil protest shocked the world, but we must take disruptive action on the climate crisis before it’s too late Two climate activists who threw soup on the protective glass covering of Van Gogh’s Sunflowers painting have captured the attention of the world. While some have ridiculed the activists, as a funder of
21 October 2022
Tracking Social Media to Uncover Ivory Trafficking in Rwanda
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The Congo-Rwanda border bustles with traders going between the two countries but is also a conduit for criminal syndicates to smuggle elephant tusks and other contraband. Credit: Aimable Twahirwa/IPS By Aimable TwahirwaRUBAVU, Northwestern Rwanda, Oct 21 2022 (IPS) Every morning, Valerie Mukamazimpaka, a businesswoman selling various food products from Rubavu, a district in Northwestern Rwanda,
20 October 2022
A new framework for flood adaptation: introducing the Flood Adaptation Hierarchy
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Synthesis ABSTRACT Traditional flood risk paradigms and associated strategies are no longer sufficient to address global flood adaptation challenges due to climate change and continued development in floodplains. The current flood adaptation approach is failing to take advantage of the benefits provided by intact ecosystems and perpetuates social and economic inequities, leaving those who are
20 October 2022
Do livestock environmental regulations reduce water pollution in China?
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Publication date: February 2023 Source: Ecological Economics, Volume 204, Part A Author(s): Dan Pan, Huan Chen, Ning Zhang, Fanbin Kong
19 October 2022
Floods and warm weather perfect storm for Japanese encephalitis outbreak in Australia, researchers warn
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Modellers say those within 4km of an infected piggery potentially vulnerable, meaning 740,546 people at risk of mosquito-borne virus Get our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcast Warming temperatures combined with flood waters could leave almost 750,000 Australians vulnerable to Japanese encephalitis – a disease that until last year was
19 October 2022
Government Indifference Deprives the Trafficked of Compensation
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Anti-trafficking street play being stages in a tea house. Trafficking survivors often find it difficult to access compensation in India, and traffickers often escape justice. Credit: Rina Mukherji/IPS By Rina MukherjiPune, Oct 19 2022 (IPS) Fourteen-year-old Priti Pyne was returning from school in Basra village in South 24 Parganas, West Bengal, when she and a
18 October 2022
High profile Fremantle Dockers fans urge club to drop Woodside Energy sponsorship over climate concerns
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Group including Tim Winton and former WA premier Carmen Lawrence said having fossil fuel company as major sponsor ‘no longer appropriate’ Get our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcast High profile Fremantle Dockers fans, including Tim Winton and former Western Australian premier Carmen Lawrence, have called on the club to