Were it a crime to destroy ecosystems, it would be much easier to protect animals from antelope to zebras, rivers from the Amazon to the Zhujiang, rainforests and oceans – such a law is being readied .. .
Environment Articles
The end of plastic? New plant-based bottles will degrade in a year
“All-plant” bottles have the support of Carlsberg, Coca-Cola and Danone to face environmental damage caused by plastic pollution and reduce the companies’ reliance on fossil fuels.
Earth Day at 50 – what the environmental holiday means today
Earth-Day: a half a century of this environmental holiday, and what it means today.
Epping Forest
The environment’s heart beat of Epping Forest, over 3000 years old, it’s amazing ability to regenerate, multiply and sustain biodiversity …
Greenhouse gases from food
Reducing emissions from food production will be one of our greatest challenges in the coming decades. It is clear that a number of solutions: different
diets; waste reduction; greater efficient in agricultural; and technologies for low-carbon food which is scalable and affordable.
Solutions to reducing plastic pollution in the oceans
We humans dump more than 8 million tons of plastic into the oceans each year – see what some people are dong about it …
Greta Thunberg – school striking for action against climate change
The call to action, by Greta Thunberg, 16-year-old climate activist. “The climate crisis has already been solved. We already have all the facts and solutions. All we have to do is to wake up and change” says Thunberg.
Afforestation
Desertification threatens a third of world’s land. Read how afforestation is a solution to it …
The impacts of climate change at 1.5C, 2C and beyond
Half a degree makes a very big difference when judging how different parts of the world will feel the effects of climate change.
Temperature anomaly
Variation of 192 countries from their long-term averages, from 1880 – 2017.
By Antti Lipponen, the Finnish Meteorological Institute.
A map of global cumulative CO2 emissions over time
Share of CO2 emissions around the world over the years, from 1751 – 2016.
Grève du climat 15 mars 2019
On ne lâche rien ! Une nouvelle grève est annoncée pour le vendredi 15 mars – dans une soixantaine de pays, et bien sûr en Suisse …