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Sowing Doubt: How Big Ag is Delaying Sustainable Farming in Europe

DeSmogBlog

Veteran sustainable food and farming experts welcomed the strategy as one that just might have a genuine shot at transforming the agriculture sector and result in better public health, contribute to ending the vertiginous decline of biodiversity, and lower greenhouse gas pollution. Arbitrary Targets Are Not The Solution’.

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Big Ag Influence Over UN Food Systems Summit Criticised by Green Farming Advocates

DeSmogBlog

The scale of agri-food giants’ influence and greenwash efforts surrounding the first-ever UN Food Systems Summit , held yesterday in New York City, has raised concern among sustainable farming experts. Agriculture’s role in fuelling the climate and biodiversity crisis has become increasingly apparent in recent years.

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Greener buildings: How to make offices, warehouses, factories, and shops more climate resilient

Business Green

Large numbers of the world's top businesses have announced some form of emissions reduction goal, as it becomes apparent business practices must become less climate intensive if they are to work within planetary and regulatory boundaries. For instance, the Met Office climate model and various other sources."

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Why should the Scottish woodlands be protected?

AGreenLiving

Although Scotland is more heavily forested than England or Wales, much of its woodlands have been lost to logging, urban sprawl and climate change. Initiatives to reverse deforestation have been underway to contribute more trees, protect woodlands and ensure the ecology , sustainability and longevity of Scotland’s forest resources.

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Farmland water “battery” storage and leak-detecting broadband cables among winners in Ofwat innovation competition

Envirotec Magazine

With droughts affecting the UK for much of last summer, the project, from Westcountry Rivers Trust and South West Water, will not only contribute to better hydrated wetlands, woodlands and fields, but can help farms manage water demand through dry weather, as well as boost aquatic biodiversity.

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Reasons for cautious hope in a sea of gloom

GreenBiz

In looking across the broad array of business, environmental, social, technological and political topics that cross my screen and engage me in daily conversation, there is a temptation to allocate a growing share of mind for pessimism. Accelerating climate change will keep the federal research and development spigot open.

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Learning how to garden a forest

Grist

Living in rural areas during this period of catastrophic fires driven in no small part by climate change has forced many people — myself included — to look at tree cutting, and forests, differently. This array of species and surfaces reduces fire intensity and promotes biodiversity. As authors Otis Parrish and Kent G.