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Investigation: How Pesticide Companies Are Marketing Themselves as a Solution to Climate Change

DeSmogBlog

As the economy and agriculture begin to build back with the gradual easing of the COVID -19 restrictions, we need to support a recovery for farmers that puts the fight against climate change and biodiversity loss at its core.”.

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'Net zero is a no regret policy': How climate action could boost UK GDP by 9.1 per cent

Business Green

The UK and US research team behind the report analysed a range of previous studies to come up with their estimates, taking into consideration nine physical climate impact areas, including agriculture, livestock and fisheries, drought, flooding, and coastal damage. For context, the entire UK agriculture sector currently accounts for 0.6

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Liz Truss promises 'spades in the ground' to tackle energy crisis and drive UK growth

Business Green

But a day of contradictory media briefing about the precise nature of the new plan and how it will be funded fuelled speculation about how it is likely to work in practice and whether it will be sufficient to limit the impact of soaring energy bills.

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Labour draws green dividing lines with promise of net zero emission power by 2030

Business Green

The political consensus on the UK's climate strategy has never looked more frayed at precisely the same time as public support for bolder climate policies has never been higher - and the opposition is seeking to take full advantage of that fact.

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? Big oil’s big CCS play #158

Climate Tech VC

Regulators miss another deadline on deep-sea mining rules, and the US is digging into the carbon removal benefits of regenerative agriculture. 🐄 Performance Livestock Analytics , an Ames, Iowa-based precision livestock platform, raised $7.5M Meanwhile, we’re already becoming numb to new heat records. Thanks for reading!

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A harder rain's a-gonna fall

Business Green

It therefore stands to reason that being able to better predict and understand the threats posed by extreme weather can help businesses and governments put more robust protection plans in place, such as where precisely flood barriers should be placed. In those terms it sounds a no-brainer investment in an uncertain future.

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What Is Carbon Accounting? Standards, Frameworks, Developments and Challenges

Green Business Bureau

COP1 launched strict and precise commitments to mitigate climate change in what was named the Kyoto Protocol. Farmers now have to buy more soy meal, placing a higher demand on agricultural output in international markets, expanding deforestation. However, livestock farmers previously relied on these grain residues as animal feed.

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