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Global heating means a wetter and warmer worldA wetter and even warmer world will result from faster global warming. The evidence is in the sands of time. -
Sandy beaches may succumb to rising seasEver higher seas are already eroding shorelines and flooding coasts. Soon the waves could wash away half the world’s sandy beaches.
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Wastewater flushes away a river of wealthWaste not, want not. Especially water. The wastewater that flows through the world’s sewers has value that could be recovered. -
Asian countries spurn and burn waste importsTwo years after China’s ban, Southeast Asian nations are struggling to deal with import surge, and enacting bans of their own.
Opinion
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Climate action can help to fight pandemics– Improving air quality by expanding renewable energy, increasing energy efficiency, and building innovative transportation systems has never been more important. -
Covid-19 has made HR the most important job in sustainability– Four in five of the world’s workforce is on lockdown due to Covid-19, with no end in sight. The post-pandemic world order needs one familiar function to tie social sustainability together – human resources. -
Conservation careers negatively affected by Covid-19 pandemic– A survey of 330 conservationists and 67 conservation employers in March/April 2020 shows that nearly 80 per cent of conservationists have been negatively impacted by Covid-19, while about nine in ten employers have been impacted.
Videos
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Bringing nature back to cities is good for plants, animals and humans– Urban rewilding is about conservation, but it’s also about reconnecting people with the natural world.
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ABB set to power Canada’s largest solar photovoltaic plant– The global power and automations firm won an order of US$80 million to supply a 100-megawatt photovoltaic solar plant in Ontario, which will increase the clean energy capacity of Canada and reduce 162,000 metric tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions annually
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