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Pandemic recovery pushes UK emissions up 4.7 per cent in 2021
Provisional figures show UK greenhouse gas emissions are on the rise again, after Covid-driven disruption to the economy.
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World leaders promised a green recovery. They got a brown one instead
“The world missed an opportunity to have a green recovery,” said Obama climate official Alice Hill. “We hoped it would. But it didn’t.”
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7 ways the Second Gentleman could address the root causes of hunger
Experts weigh in on how Vice President-elect Kamala Harris’ husband, Doug Emhoff, and the rest of the Biden administration, can develop long-term solutions to our food insecurity crisis.
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Earth is still sailing into climate chaos, report says, but course could shift
The biggest polluters are continuing to pollute, raising the risks of global warming. There are, however, new signs of a pivot to a green economy.
How public housing could boost economic recovery
A major federal investment in public housing could tackle several urgent needs at once, from Covid stimulus to climate change, say progressive advocates.
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Latin America urged to boost green jobs for pandemic recovery
Latin America could create 15 million new green jobs in climate and nature protection over the next decade if countries aim to cut carbon emissions as part of a sustainable economic recovery from the coronavirus crisis, researchers say.
www.independent.co.uk
Climate crisis: UK ‘acutely vulnerable’ to environmental breakdown, think tank warns
Policymakers must 'wake up' to growing risks of unprecedented complexity and severity, IPPR says.
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