New US act encourages low-carbon purchases
The Economist reports that the Democrats are on the verge of passing a giant tax-and-spend bill which will be America’s ...
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The UN just declared a universal human right to a healthy, sustainable environment
Climate change is already affecting much of the world’s population, with startlingly high temperatures from the Arctic to Australia. Air ...
UN right to a healthy environment “is ammunition for campaigners”
A new resolution declares that everyone has the right to a healthy environment – a right that was not included ...
New EU sustainable finance rules are “a greenwashing exercise”
Environmental law organisation ClientEarth is challenging the EU's sustainable finance rules because it defines biomass, bio-based plastics and chemicals that make ...
UK consumers want food protected in trade deals
UK consumers are overwhelmingly in favour of protecting current food standards in future trade deals, according to a new Which? ...
COP26 hasn’t solved the problem, scientists warn
Nature magazine reports that researchers have expressed relief at the COP26 agreement, but some sought stronger commitments to reduce emissions, ...
MPs call for Right to Food to be enshrined in law for England
The UK government should consult on how a Right to Food could be introduced in England, according to a new ...
WEF: the need to transform food systems is urgent
According to a new report we need to urgently change agri-industrial operations, the way over 500 million smallholder farmers operate, and ...
Free, prior and informed consent required as clean energy threatens Indigenous Peoples
A new coalition of Indigenous Peoples is calling for free, prior and informed consent to be negotiated without exception as...
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