UN Climate Change News, 20 April 2021 – Earth Day, celebrated annually on 22 April, will again see more than 1 billion people participating in activities around the world to draw attention to the urgency of the climate crisis and environmental degradation and the need for immediate action. This year, it also presents a major... Continue Reading →
InfluenceMap analysis says 11 large U.S. utilities are ‘obstructive’ to climate policy. Almost half of the largest investor-owned utilities in the U.S. are actively pushing back against climate policy, slowing government efforts to combat global warming, according to a report by climate research group InfluenceMap. Eleven of the 25 biggest U.S. utilities are viewed by InfluenceMap as “obstructionist” to... Continue Reading →
Big U.S. Utilities Are Undermining Climate Goals, Study Says
The Irish Agroforestry Forum (IAF) has recently launched its website to foster collaborations and act as an information hub tailored to the growing interest in agroforestry. Agroforestry includes the growing of trees on farmland within a wide range of spatial configurations, and can support climate mitigation and resilience as well as providing other environmental benefits,... Continue Reading →