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Addressing biodiversity authentically and effectively

GreenBiz

We realized that we could estimate the health of the overall environment by using birds, as they are an indicator of biodiversity. Short-term targets are valuable, but make sure that your goal-setting reflects the time it takes to make an impact on ecological health, which is measured in decades, not years. Courtesy of. Pull Quote.

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Covid-19 risk greater in urban centres affected by air pollution

Envirotec Magazine

People living in polluted cities are more at risk from Covid-19, according to health experts cited in a 16 March report from the European Public Health Alliance (EPHA), an advocacy group. Air pollution is the biggest environmental health risk in Europe, with the problem greatest in cities, according to the EEA.

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Climate change has killed 4 million people since 2000 — and that’s an underestimate

Grist

This week, a climate and health researcher published a commentary in the journal Nature Medicine that takes the McMichael standard to its logical conclusion. It doesn’t look at the mental health consequences of extreme heat and extreme weather and the related increase in suicides that have been documented in recent years. “At

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Some Sustainability fads deserve to die, others not so much…

Terra Infirma

Here are three I still hold a flame for: Industrial Symbiosis: in 2003, I stumbled on some WBCSD projects involving something called Industrial Symbiosis – the idea of one industry’s waste being seen as the raw material for another. But what about the opposite? What about those great ideas which have faded away?

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Revealed: How Development Banks Underwrote Fast Food’s Global Takeover

DeSmogBlog

In all, the investigation identified five factory-scale poultry companies in as many countries that have received financial support from the International Finance Corporation (IFC, the private-sector lending arm of the World Bank Group), the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), or both since 2003, and that supply chicken to KFC.

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Loneliness, Isolation, And Climate Solutions: Is There A Connection?

Energy Innovation

Alongside his pronouncement came a report with a chilling takeaway that lacking social connection can equal the health impacts of smoking 15 cigarettes a day. Several recent social science and interdisciplinary studies, however, have started to explore aspects of this connection.

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Sponsored Content: Your post-lockdown pollution-prevention plan: Why it pays to be proactive

Envirotec Magazine

It should act as a regular, proactive ‘health check’ to identify whether these elements are functioning as they should, whether they are at risk of failure, and whether enhancements could be made to improve the environmental protection measures in place and maintain regulatory compliance.

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