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EU Exits Treaty Allowing Fossils to Sue Over Climate Policy
Mitchell Beer
3–4 minutes
European Union lawmakers have voted to withdraw from an international agreement protecting energy investment and trade, paving the way for other signatory states to follow suit
https://www.theenergymix.com/eu-exits-treaty-allowing-fossils-to-sue-over-climate-policy/
#EU #MassExtinction #pollution #ecology #environment #climate
EU Exits Treaty Allowing Fossils to Sue Over Climate Policy
European Union lawmakers have voted to withdraw from an international agreement protecting energy investment and trade, paving the way for other signatory states to follow suit.Mitchell Beer (The Energy Mix)
‘My country would disappear’: climate crisis could force Torres Strait Islanders from homes within 30 years
Large parts of islands could be uninhabitable by 2050, federal court told in first climate class action taken by Australian
#FirstNations #Australia #MassExtinction #pollution #ecology #environment #climate
‘My country would disappear’: climate crisis could force Torres Strait Islanders from homes within 30 years
Large parts of islands could be uninhabitable by 2050, federal court told in first climate class action taken by Australian First Nations peopleGuardian staff reporter (The Guardian)
Global billionaires tax to fight climate change, hunger rises up political agenda
Brazil and France want the G20 to get behind a global minimum tax on billionaires’ wealth, also backed by IMF chief, but Germany rejects the idea
#MassExtinction #pollution #ecology #environment #climate
Global billionaire tax for fighting inequality rises up political agenda
Brazil and France want the G20 to get behind a global minimum billionaire tax, also backed by IMF chief, but Germany rejects the ideaJoe Lo (Climate Home)
Amazon degradation hits area three times larger than deforestation
8–9 minutes
Despite the resumption of public environmental policies that have effectively slashed deforestation in the Amazon, degradation is on the rise as warnings have been issued for close to 163 thousand km² of the biome
#Amazon #MassExtinction #pollution #ecology #environment #climate
Amazon degradation hits area three times larger than deforestation
Despite the resumption of policies that have slashed deforestation in the Amazon, degradation is on the rise as warnings have been issued for close to 163 thousand km² of the biome.Agência Brasil
Biden races to commit billions to climate action as election looms
Biden administration hopes funding will spur enduring cuts to planet-heating emissions no matter who is in White House
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/apr/11/biden-climate-change-policy-election
#USA #US #MassExtinction #pollution #ecology #environment #climate
UN climate chief warns there are 'two years to save the world'
James Murray 10 April 2024 • 6 min read
7–8 minutes
The head of the UN climate change secretariat has issued his starkest warning yet over governments' continued failure to curb global emissions, warning "the next two years are so essential in saving our planet"
https://www.businessgreen.com/news/4195918/climate-chief-warns-save-world
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UN climate chief warns there are 'two years to save the world'
Simon Stiell acknowledges warning may sound 'melodramatic', but insists time is running out to avoid catastrophic climate impactswww.businessgreen.com