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French ban on plastic packaging risks jeopardising circularity efforts
The ban neglects supermarkets’ initiatives in creating loops for a range of products to recycle plastic packaging.
Book on climate, human behavior calls for focus on people
Authors of a new book on how heat stress and extreme weather affect the human brain are calling for action to limit violence and conflict.
The great Amazon land grab: Brazil’s government is turning public land private, driving deforestation
Much of this land is cleared for cattle ranches and soybean farms, threatening biodiversity and the Earth’s climate.
Harvard study links fracking to early death risk for seniors
Fracking has long been opposed by climate activists. Now, a new study links pollution from fracking to early death risk in the elderly.
Kazakh leadership reaffirms COP26 pledge, hopes to jolt economy
During Kazakhstan’s recent Council for Improving Investment Climate, Prime Minister Askar Mamin announced new measures aimed at improving the country’s investment environment in order to better facilitate the absorption of foreign capital in the field of alternative energy. The meeting
The South China Sea holds a key to sustainable blue economies
For most people disputes are the main features of the South China Sea. But there is hope for sustainability.