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Whisper it, but the boom in plastic production could be about to come to a juddering halt

A proposed plastics treaty could join the rescue of the ozone layer as a landmark success, says specialist environment correspondent Geoffrey Lean

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AI really could destroy the world - but not in the way you might expect

People are worried about the impacts AI could have on society - but I’m more concerned about what it’ll do to the planet.

TechRadar

India vulnerable to climate change due to heavy population: Former UNEP Executive Director Erik Solheim

Erik Solheim attributed the vulnerability to the heavy population, loss of nature and destruction of forest

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Greek NGO leads ‘crazy’ bid to rid Mediterranean of plastic waste

A fifth-generation fisherman finds an innovative way to remove and recycle plastic waste from the Mediterranean Sea.

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What's at stake in Paris talks on cutting the world's plastic pollution?

Representatives from nearly 200 countries are meeting in Paris this week for the latest talks on a global treaty on plastic pollution. While not expected to produce a final agreement, the session could lay crucial groundwork for reducing the use of plastics worldwide.

Radio France Internationale

Crucial negotiations on inking global plastics treaty kick off in Paris

Delegates from 175 countries are gathering in Paris hoping to reach a multilateral agreement on cutting plastic waste by 2024, but there's growing debate between countries wanting to limit the production of more plastics and the petrochemical industry in favour of recycling.

Radio France Internationale

Why is the world running out of sand?

While our beaches and deserts may suggest otherwise, sand is actually in short supply, with an unprecedented surge in demand seriously depleting global supplies.

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Developing country voices will be excluded at UN plastic talks, say NGOs

Limits on numbers at Paris summit mean some of those ‘most needing to be heard’ will not be in attendance

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UN report urges 80 per cent plastic pollution reduction

A UN body has released policy options ahead of global treaty talks at eliminating plastic waste.

The New Daily

No time to waste in cutting plastic pollution, UN warns ahead of treaty talks

A roadmap for slashing the plastic pollution ravaging the world’s oceans and ecosystems was on Tuesday put forward by UN experts – who say the coming years will be instrumental in curbing millions of metric tonnes of waste and creating a circular economy.

Radio France Internationale

UN: Time running out in war on plastic pollution

PARIS: The world must halve single-use plastics and slash throwaway consumption to stem the tide of environmental pollution, according to a UN report on Tuesday that warns the next few years are critical.

Bangkok Post

Plastic pollution could be slashed by 80% by 2040, UN says

Changes needed are major but also practical and affordable, report says, and would bring trillions of dollars in benefits

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Nigerian community reveals the horrifying impact of pollution from major oil spill

A 16,000-LITRE oil spill by Shell last summer in Nigeria allegedly polluted drinking water, contaminated farmland and killed hundreds of birds,…

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Dairy farmer uses multi-species, legumes and charcoal to combat climate change

Climate change is happening, and it's happening now, according to dairy farmer David Vonhoff. He has been working on farms since he was a child and sees the changes happening right in front of him. "What is it going to be like when my grandson gets to my age?"

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Nagorno-Karabakh: slowly but surely, Baku is weaponising the green movement to cut off the region's supplies

The clashes that left three Karabakhi Armenian police officers and two Azerbaijani soldiers dead on 5 March 2023 are part of a tally of casualties that observers of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict are unfortunately well acquainted with. This latest incident, however, takes place in the context of a blockade of Nagorno-Karabakh…

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Deflecting sun’s rays to cool overheating Earth needs study, scientists say

More than 60 US scientists, including James Hansen, renowned former Nasa climate researcher, sign open letter

Axios

Scientists want near moratorium on geoengineering to cool climate — for now

A UN report and a warning from scientists comes amid tests from new geoengineering companies.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Egypt Mobilizes Efforts to Support African Water, Food Security

Egypt is mobilizing efforts to support water and food security in Africa, calling on the international community to finance "climate adaptation" in the continent. The Minister of Water Resources and Irrigation, Hani Swailem, met in Kenya with the Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), Inger Andersen, to…

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Azerbaijan sues Armenia for wartime environmental damage

Case brought under Bern convention on nature may set precedent for destruction of biodiversity in war

Al Jazeera

Timeline: Half a century of oil spills in Nigeria’s Ogoniland

Since oil was discovered in commercial quantities in Nigeria in 1958, thousands of oil spill incidents have happened.

Al Jazeera

Niger Delta decries slow cleanups, decades after oil spills

Residents say response slow, rehabilitation of Nigerian oil-rich state’s environment must speed up.

Al Jazeera

‘Afraid of the gun’: Military coup fuels Myanmar resource grab

Crisis triggered by the military takeover makes life even more dangerous for those fighting to protect the environment.

Reuters

Nature needs $384 billion annually by 2025, U.N. says

Investments into protecting and better managing the world's ecosystems need to reach $384 billion a year by 2025, more than double their current levels, to guard against the threats of climate change and loss of natural resources, the U.N.'s environment watchdog said on Thursday.

Bangkok Post

Energy transition must be fair

As Cambodia welcomes Asean heads of state to Phnom Penh for the 40th and 41st Asean Summits, we can expect the energy-hungry lights will be blazing and the air conditioners to hum across the capital. This meeting takes place at a critical time globally with an unprecedented energy crisis and…

The Guardian - UK

‘Climate carnage’: UN demands funding surge to save millions of lives

Secretary-general warns effects of global heating are outstripping the ability to adapt to them

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