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BlackRock ‘trying to have their cake and eat it’, says Greenpeace, as freedom of information requests reveal pressure on major banks Emails have revealed the high-wire act performed by major banks and the world’s biggest asset manager, BlackRock, as they privately soothe oil industry concerns about their public support for greener investment. In his annual

The wood of the pau-brasil tree (Paubrasilia echinata Lam., formerly Caesalpinia echinata Lam.) is used worldwide as raw material for the construction of high-quality bows for string instruments. Alternative tree species are rarely accepted by professional musicians, or by bow and violin makers. Historical overexploitation of this endemic species in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest biome

Global heating ‘amplifies risks all the way through the supply chain, from farm to warehouse to supermarket shelves’ Sign up for the Rural Network email newsletter Join the Rural Network group on Facebook to be part of the community Empty supermarket shelves will become a more frequent sight for Australians as the climate crisis heightens

In social-ecological systems (SES), where social and ecological processes are intertwined, phenomena are usually complex and involve multiple interdependent causes. Figuring out causal relationships is thus challenging but needed to better understand and then affect or manage such systems. One important and widely used tool to identify and communicate causal relationships is visualization. Here, we

PM insists move will not undermine push for net zero; critics say it would have little effect on consumer bills Boris Johnson has said the UK may have to increase its domestic gas and oil production in order to wean itself off Russian resources, despite the opposition of climate campaigners and some scepticism in the

Publication date: June 2022 Source: Ecological Economics, Volume 196 Author(s): Anne Berthold, Viktoria Cologna, Michael Siegrist

Nature policies can be a major source of long-term debates, in which actors involved define problems differently and are unable to formulate (co-constructed) solutions. Especially issues about the well-being of animals raise heated debate among stakeholders. Though debates over nature policies often span longer periods, they are most likely dealt with on the short term.