environment
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Nationalizing water firms would cost up to £100bn and “not resolve the problems” facing customers, the environment secretary has said. Bringing the companies back into public ownership was ruled out by Steve Reed as he set out an independent review into the water industry. Public anger has been mounting recently over rising bills and sewage…
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A credible corporate climate commitment begins with setting an emissions reduction target that covers both a company’s direct and indirect greenhouse gas emissions: if a company does not already have an emissions baseline from which to set a target, creating one is a necessary first step. Aligning such a target’s ambition level with the latest…
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Kenya on Monday marked the World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought, with the country on track to combat the crises, having surpassed 10 percent forest cover. Soipan Tuya, cabinet secretary for the Ministry of Environment, Climate Change and Forestry, who led the celebrations in Laikipia in Kenya’s Rift Valley, said the country’s tree cover…
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The Lao government, the private sector, and development partners discussed the critical issues affecting trade and investment, building consensus on necessary measures to remove investment climate constraints. The 22nd Trade and Private Sector Working Group meeting hosted by the Lao Ministry of Industry and Commerce here has provided updates on ongoing reforms to improve the…
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The 28th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, or COP28, is a milestone moment as the world takes stock of the progress that has been made in implementing the 2015 Paris Agreement. The summit, which concludes on Tuesday in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates, has also sought to…
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In a powerful address at the African Climate Summit in the Kenyan capital Nairobi on Tuesday, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called for decisive climate action in addressing escalating extreme weather challenges. Guterres urged global leaders to unite in their commitment to climate resilience, highlighting its critical role in mitigating the devastating impacts of climate change.…
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The voluntary carbon market is gaining momentum and plays an increasingly important role in limiting global warming. Here’s how. As business leaders set increasingly ambitious commitments to reduce global greenhouse-gas (GHG) emissions, a market is developing that can help to achieve them by supplementing companies’ efforts to reduce their own emissions. This is the rapidly growing market…
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China’s unending pursuit of a policy to keep Covid-19 from spreading through its population has reached worrying new lows with a video that will make blood boil. Shanghai, China’s main financial hub, is in the midst of its worst spike in cases since 2020. Local authorities have introduced a raft of new measures including locking…
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Smog blankets and fogs have posed a health risk in major cities across China. The pictures show Urumqi, the capital of Northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Feb. 23, 2016. The city reported a severe air pollution considered hazardous on Tuesday. Is it human nature to be destructive?
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