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Treat climate change and biodiversity loss as one, says European science advisory group

Envirotec Magazine

The recent IPCC Report confirms that global warming is picking up pace. Meanwhile the hidden crisis of biodiversity loss continues with the loss of forests to land clearance, exacerbated by the recent fires. Biodiversity loss and dangerous Climate Change potentiate each other in their disastrous consequences.

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Treat climate change and biodiversity loss as one, says European science advisory group

Envirotec Magazine

The recent IPCC Report confirms that global warming is picking up pace. Meanwhile the hidden crisis of biodiversity loss continues with the loss of forests to land clearance, exacerbated by the recent fires. Biodiversity loss and dangerous Climate Change potentiate each other in their disastrous consequences.

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Humanity’s greatest threat: Cascading impacts of climate, biodiversity, food and water crises

Envirotec Magazine

Conducted international sustainability research network Future Earth, the survey identifies five global risks — failure of climate change mitigation and adaptation; extreme weather events; major biodiversity loss and ecosystem collapse; food crises; and water crises — as the most severe in terms of impact.

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Land redevelopment and rewilding firm hires 20 environmental consultants

Envirotec Magazine

It then finds and develops habitats to plant trees and enhance biodiversity as part of a sustainable cycle. Political ecologist Dr Scott Leatham said: “As local authorities and communities look to rebuild and reconnect, there is increasing evidence that people want to see a green recovery.

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'No-nonsense summit': UN chief announces Climate Ambition Summit for 2023

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UN Secretary General António Guterres has announced plans to hold a global Climate Ambition Summit next September in a bid to "accelerate the pace of change" ahead of the COP28 Climate Summit in Dubai next November, as he warned the totemic 1.5C global warming goal "is gasping for breath".

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UN report: People have wrecked 40% of all the land on Earth

Grist

If these trends continue, experts expect growing disruptions to human health, food supplies, migration, and biodiversity loss driven by climate change, in what the authors calls a “confluence of unprecedented crises.”. That is, if humanity can muster up the political will. degrees Celsius. It’s not complicated,” Thiaw said. “It

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7 days in May: The climate finance week when everything changed

GreenBiz

Within 48 hours of the IEA report, the G7 countries vowed to stop new financing for overseas coal projects and to make "accelerated efforts" to limit global warming to 1.5 Policy & Politics. They're aligning a sizable chunk of their investments with that reality. financial system. What a remarkable moment we’re in.