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Check out this positive news story from the Rooftop: a local council in England is leading the way with a new proposed £3m fund to help tackle the climate and ecological crisis. The proposals will be voted on by local residents on 7 May 2020.
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It is only right that advanced economies provide additional technological and financial assistance to help developing countries address the growing climate crisis. However, LEE WHITE and TANGUY GAHOUMA argue that climate solutions will not come solely from the West: developing countries also have an opportunity to lead this transformation.
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The charity Born Free has launched a new initiative called ‘Hear the Roar’ which it hopes will inspire young people to protect wildlife around the world.
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Although most countries have acknowledged the threat posed by climate change and established targets for reducing greenhouse-gas emissions, the international community still has not made the same level of commitment to environmental conservation. Yet it is our natural ecosystems that will save us from catastrophe – if we let them. SALLY JEWELL explains.
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The annual campaign Veganuary, which encourages people to pledge going vegan for January, has attracted the backing of a number of high-profile people this year as the campaign takes off globally.
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Loughborough University has teamed up with a Chinese university to help develop new environmentally friendly cars in China. The university hopes the project will help fight air pollution there.
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An environmental scientist from Heriot-Watt University has claimed that solutions to the climate crisis already exist. They just need the proper investment and ambition to make them happen.
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Project Syndicate
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After more than a year of grim scientific projections and growing activism, world leaders and the public alike are increasingly recognizing the severity and urgency of the climate crisis. And yet nothing has been done, argue GRETA THUNBERG , LUISA NEUBAUER and ANGELA VALENZUELA.
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As climate change continues, severe weather events – from cyclones to droughts – will become increasingly frequent and intense. But there is a simple way to boost climate resilience for farmers in vulnerable regions: goats.
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Charities have come together to take action on the climate emergency, following a new declaration from the leading charity fundraising body.
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