Pushing a bicycle down a flooded road, Mumbai, August 2020 “Keep 1.5 alive.” For years, that phrase has been the rallying cry for climate advocates. Enshrined in the 2015 Paris climate accord, the 1.5-degree Celsius figure is the world’s aspirational limit for average global temperature rise. For those well […] Click here to view original […]
Although tiny salamanders are often overlooked members of forest ecosystems, they are crucial for maintaining the delicate balance of nature, since they eat insects and decompose organic matter, helping to cycle nutrients through the forest and its streams. READ MORE Plethodontid salamanders, a group that includes many species found […] Click here to view original
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Master Gardeners Q: I was reading that worldwide insect populations are declining at an alarming rate and that 40% of insect species face extinction in the next 10 to 15 years. Use of pesticides and climate change are causing some of the loss, but mostly it’s loss of habitat […] Click here to view original
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Attachments by Pedro Alba , Patricia Bliss-Guest and Laura Tuck The current World Bank model focuses on reducing poverty and promoting equitable growth, while considering environmental and social sustainability. Programming of resources is country-driven, and resources are allocated to programs and investments according to priorities of client government authorities. […] Click here to view original
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Credit: Shutterstock/Daniel Carlson Climate change is the defining issue of our time, and the world is at a defining moment, according to a United Nations website. The site explains that shifting weather patterns threaten food production, rising sea levels increase the risk of catastrophic flooding, and the impacts of […] Click here to view original
Photo by Michael Held on Unsplash. A new analysis by FAIRR’s Climate Risk Tool has found that half of the world’s largest livestock firms may be at risk of operating losses by 2030 due to climate-related cost increases. According to the new FAIRR report, 20 of the 40 biggest […] Click here to view original
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