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Climate change is helping plant pests spread, the UN warns
Destructive species such as the fall armyworm have already spread far and wide as a result of a warmer climate.
Tesla’s Bitcoin about-face is a warning for cryptocurrencies that ignore climate change
Bitcoin uses more electricity each year than the entire economies of Argentina or Sweden.
China has a larger carbon footprint than the developed world
China’s greenhouse gas emissions passed the 14 gigaton threshold for the first time in 2019.
The world’s glaciers are melting faster, scientists say
Between 2000 and 2004 glaciers lost 227 gigatons of ice a year; between 2015 and 2019 they lost 298 gigatons a year.
The US’s coral reefs save billions of dollars in flood damage
Coral reefs perform vital roles in protecting coastlines from erosion, floods and storms.
In light of new climate targets, the EU’s ‘Farm to Fork’ Strategy is ripe for a revamp
However, if decarbonization is the objective, the EU needs to do more than cap greenhouse gas emissions from energy production and transportation, but has to tackle the issue from a wider angle, where Brussels' policy programmes, from the Climate Law