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Is the world is going in the right direction ?
Oxford economist Max Roser, shares three facts that everyone should know.
Plastic attacks hit Swiss supermarkets (Le News)
Swiss shoppers dump plastic wrapping at supermarkets to protest excessive plastic packaging. Plastic Attacks, which began at Tesco in Keynsham near Bristol, UK, have occurred in Sion, Pully, Zurich, Bern and elsewhere…
Jai Jagat 2020
🇨🇭🇮🇳🇬🇧 The Jai Jagat 2020 Campaign will begin in New Delhi in October 2019 and ultimately arrive at UN Office in Geneva in September 2020 – lend your support !
GEN Geneva this week
Check the list here to see the events taking place this week in and around Geneva – it’s non-exhaustive.
EU bans pesticides which harms bees
EU agrees to total ban on neonicotinoids, bee-harming pesticides, by the end of 2018.
Mutant enzyme that eats plastic bottles
Scientists have created an enzyme to degrade plastic (PET). Perhaps a hope to recycle some of the millions of tons of plastic produced annually?
BBC: graphics explain climate change
Is temperature really rising ? Are CO2 concentrations increasing ? What are some effects ? This BBC article uses graphs to demonstrate climate change …
Climate change: time is running out
The Stanford Research reported to the American Petroleum Institute (API) that rising CO2 levels, “could bring about climatic changes” … in 1968.
Plastic in the ocean
Plastic, plastic everywhere … Soooo much plastic !
We’ve made ~8.3 billion tons of the stuff – how much is that really?
Extreme and unusual trends continue in 2017
The year 2016 made history, with a record global temperature, exceptionally low sea ice, and unabated sea level rise and ocean heat
Questions about climate change ?
Do you have questions about climate change? What’s Happening? What could happen? What to do?