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Offshore wind energy investment quadruples despite Covid-19 slump.

Investors give greenlight to $35bn worth of projects worldwide in first half of 2020. Global offshore wind investment more than quadrupled in the first half of the year even as the coronavirus pandemic triggered an unprecedented economic shock.

Energy

Oxfam Warns 12,000 Could Die Per Day From Hunger Due to Pandemic.

Oxfam International warned Thursday that up to 12,000 people could die each day by the end of the year as a result of hunger linked to the coronavirus pandemic—a daily death toll surpassing the daily mortality rate from Covid-19 itself.

Environment

Intense Heat Wave Bakes Much of the U.S.

A heat wave that set in over the South and Southwest left much of the U.S. blanketed in record-breaking triple digit temperatures over the weekend.

Climate

Greta Thunberg describes the remarkable and tumultuous past year of her life.

Everywhere she goes, people ask for selfies and tell her how wonderful she is. But what’s it really like to be the world’s most famous climate campaigner when you’re still a teenager?

Climate

Increase in invasive species poses dramatic threat to biodiversity.

Tourism, transport and the climate crisis found to be major drivers of rise in alien plants and animals, which can decimate ecosystems.

Climate

Record heat wave in Siberia has far-flung consequences.

Oil spills, intense heat waves, smoldering wildfires and thawing permafrost: Siberia is experiencing the destructive effects of climate change. And scientists say if action isn't taken soon, it's only going to get worse.

Climate

Joe Biden unveils aggressive $2tn climate and jobs plan.

Proposal outlines $2tn for clean energy infrastructure and climate solutions, to be spent as quickly as possible in next four years.

Climate

Time to revise the Sustainable Development Goals.

The pandemic has set back efforts to achieve the original 2015 targets. The need for change to make them more attainable is stronger than ever.

Climate

Methane rises to highest level on record: Livestock farming and fossil fuels could drive 4C global heat rise.

Human activity behind half atmosphere’s load of methane, a gas 28 times more powerful than CO2 at trapping heat.

Climate

Car tyres are major source of ocean microplastics – study.

Wind-borne microplastics are a bigger source of ocean pollution than rivers, say scientists. More than 200,000 tonnes of tiny plastic particles are blown from roads into the oceans every year, according to research.

Environment

Bankrupt Fracking Companies Are Harming the Climate and Taxpayers.

Fracking companies are going bankrupt at a rapid pace, often with taxpayer-funded bonuses for executives, leaving harm for communities, taxpayers, and workers, the New York Time reports.

Energy

Ζερβός: Γιατί η πολιτική για τις ΑΠΕ δεν μπορεί να μένει μόνο στην ηλεκτροπαραγωγή - Ηχηρό καμπανάκι από τα στοιχεία της έκθεσης REN21

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Aldi commits to removing over 2 billion pieces of plastic by 2025.

By 2020 Aldi aims for 100% of all of their own label packaging to be recyclable, reusable or compositable and across all products by 2025.

Environment

UK Government invest £40 million to kick start next-gen nuclear technology.

The UK government has announced £40 million of funding to unlock thousands of green jobs by developing the next generation of nuclear energy technology.

Siberia heatwave was 'almost impossible' without climate change, scientists say.

An extreme heatwave in the Arctic is a problem for the entire planet, say scientists, because the region regulates weather around the globe and contains much of the world's carbon-rich permafrost.

Climate

UK energy efficiency push offers just a third of the investment needed, says report.

IPPR says 12m homes will need to be refitted to meet net-zero targets but £3bn earmarked is not nearly enough.

Energy

Nature-led coronavirus recovery could create $10tn a year, says WEF.

Report says 400m jobs could be created, and warns there will be ‘no jobs on a dead planet’. Tackling the global nature crisis could create 400m jobs and $10tn (£8tn) in business value each year by 2030, according to a report published by the World Economic Forum.

Energy

Offshore wind energy investment quadruples despite Covid-19 slump.

Oxfam Warns 12,000 Could Die Per Day From Hunger Due to Pandemic.

Intense Heat Wave Bakes Much of the U.S.

Greta Thunberg describes the remarkable and tumultuous past year of her life.

Increase in invasive species poses dramatic threat to biodiversity.

Record heat wave in Siberia has far-flung consequences.

Joe Biden unveils aggressive $2tn climate and jobs plan.

Time to revise the Sustainable Development Goals.

Methane rises to highest level on record: Livestock farming and fossil fuels could drive 4C global heat rise.

Car tyres are major source of ocean microplastics – study.

Bankrupt Fracking Companies Are Harming the Climate and Taxpayers.

Ζερβός: Γιατί η πολιτική για τις ΑΠΕ δεν μπορεί να μένει μόνο στην ηλεκτροπαραγωγή - Ηχηρό καμπανάκι από τα στοιχεία της έκθεσης REN21

Aldi commits to removing over 2 billion pieces of plastic by 2025.

UK Government invest £40 million to kick start next-gen nuclear technology.

Siberia heatwave was 'almost impossible' without climate change, scientists say.

UK energy efficiency push offers just a third of the investment needed, says report.

Nature-led coronavirus recovery could create $10tn a year, says WEF.

Tensions mount as Ethiopia allows dam across Nile headwaters to fill.

Governments put 'green recovery' on the backburner.

Russia launches pollution investigation after streams run orange.