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Climate change’s economic costs are six times greater than previously estimated

Climate change’s economic costs are six times greater than previously estimated

According to study, there is a 12% drop in the global gross domestic product for every 1C increase in global temperature.

Author: RBN | Date: 7 June 2024

Energy Opinion Policy climate change
UK retailer Waitrose has announced intentions to help British farmers transition to more environmentally friendly farming practices

UK retailer Waitrose has announced intentions to help British farmers transition to more environmentally friendly farming practices

A premium grocery chain with more than 350 locations across the UK, Waitrose is a part of the John Lewis Partnership, the country’s largest employee-owned retailer. The company recently announced that it will assist more than 2,000 British farmers in adopting regenerative farming methods, which will increase farms’ long-term financial resilience and help combat the effects of climate change.

Author: RBN | Date: 15 May 2024

Policy climate change environment
Rio’s Carnival parade: Yanomami leaders use samba to protest genocide and illegal mining in Indigenous lands

Rio’s Carnival parade: Yanomami leaders use samba to protest genocide and illegal mining in Indigenous lands

Brazil’s activists want people to know that an Indigenous land catastrophe has been caused by unlawful mining.

Author: RBN | Date: 23 February 2024

Opinion Policy mining
A landmark agreement is reached by UN delegates on safeguarding marine biodiversity in international waters

A landmark agreement is reached by UN delegates on safeguarding marine biodiversity in international waters

After nearly two decades of negotiations, Secretary-General António Guterres praised UN member nations for completing a document to secure the preservation and sustainable use of marine biological variety in regions outside of national borders, calling it a “breakthrough.”  

Author: RBN | Date: 27 April 2023

Policy pollution zero waste
Exmouth has received official “plastic-free” status

Exmouth has received official “plastic-free” status

Surfers Against Sewage (SAS), a nonprofit organisation dedicated to marine conservation, has officially recognised Exmouth as a Plastic Free Community.

Author: RBN | Date: 18 January 2023

Policy Waste plastic pollution Waste Management zero waste
Let’s fight for zero deforestation’: Lula promises bolder climate action after Brazil election win

Let’s fight for zero deforestation’: Lula promises bolder climate action after Brazil election win

After narrowly defeating incumbent far-right Jair Bolsonaro, the president-elect declares that climate action and rainforest protection will be primary priorities for the next administration.

Author: RBN | Date: 6 November 2022

Policy deforestation policy
Ocean largely littered with take-out food, study shows

Ocean largely littered with take-out food, study shows

44% of ocean plastics are linked to takeaway food and drink items, scientists say the pollution must be stopped at source.

Author: RBN | Date: 8 October 2021

Policy plastic pollution Recycling Waste Management
Waitrose ‘Unpacked’ sales grow by approximately 9% in just 6 months

Waitrose ‘Unpacked’ sales grow by approximately 9% in just 6 months

Customer demand has encouraged Waitrose to expand its packaging-free initiative with more food items, including loose tea, veg and pasta, in their pioneering ‘Unpacked’ refillable concept.

Author: RBN | Date: 29 June 2021

Policy plastic-free reusable zero waste
UK Budget 2021: Green investment at a glance

UK Budget 2021: Green investment at a glance

Chancellor Rishi Sunak unveiled the contents of his Budget yesterday in the House of Commons

Author: RBN | Date: 16 February 2021

Investment Opinion Policy transport
China’s five-year economic plan has vast implications for the future of the planet

China’s five-year economic plan has vast implications for the future of the planet

Is China’s new economic roadmap a big enough ‘leap’ toward a greener economy?

Author: RBN | Date: 16 February 2021

Energy Policy