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Study: Climate change already having adverse effect on labour markets globally 

Business Green

The detrimental effect of global warming on worker productivity is already having a tangible impact on global labour markets and economic growth, according to a major new report from the London School of Economics' Grantham Research Institute. Dasgupta said.

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A brain-swelling illness spread by ticks is on the rise in Europe

Grist

He had been infected with tick-borne encephalitis, or TBE, a potentially deadly disease that experts say is spreading into new regions due in large part to global warming. Even a fraction of a degree of global warming creates more opportunity for ticks to breed and spread disease. For the past 30 years, the U.K.

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CAREC Ministers Endorse New Green Recovery, Food Security, and Clean Energy Cooperation Initiatives

Green Living Guy

News Release | 24 November 2022Read time: 3 mins MANILA, PHILIPPINES (24 November 2022) — Countries in central and west Asia have endorsed three new cross-border cooperation initiatives to help accelerate the region’s recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, improve food security, and boost the development of clean energy.

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The Future of Extreme Heat in Cities: What We Know — and What We Don’t

The City Fix

The past year registered record-shattering global temperatures. degrees C (2 degrees F) of global warming, compared to pre-industrial averages. People around the world are already witnessing epic heat waves, wildfires and drought at 1.1 With current policies putting the world on.

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Global e-waste has risen 21% in five years, says UN

Envirotec Magazine

According to the report, Asia generated the greatest volume of e-waste in 2019, some 24.9 E-waste is a health and environmental hazard, containing toxic additives or hazardous substances such as mercury, which damages the human brain and / or coordination system. per cent of global greenhouse gas emissions. Mt and 0.7

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Less that one per cent of global aid spent on air pollution projects, despite escalating health crisis

Business Green

With public health such a huge global priority and the world waking up to the scale of the climate challenge, this makes no sense at all. In contrast, middle-income countries in Asia receive 80 per cent of aid funding. The good news is it can quickly change. per cent of grants worldwide.

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Meat Industry Using ‘Misinformation’ to Block Dietary Change, Report Finds

DeSmogBlog

Animal agriculture giants are waging a disinformation war, threatening public health and the planet,” said Nicholas Carter, the report’s lead researcher. “We Experts said the promotion was misleading and ignored the global warming impact of UK diets. In the U.S.