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BNP Paribas Launches €100m Green Bond, as Sector Confirms Record 2017 Performance
BNP Paribas Asset Management has this week launched a new €100m green bond focused on mitigating or addressing climate-related issues. The news came just days after the Climate Bonds Initiative (CBI) confirmed that the record 2016 green bonds total of…
Procter & Gamble Plans to Help Wash Away Plastic Pollution with New Fairy Liquid Bottle
Washing up liquid brand Fairy Liquid is hoping to clean up the world’s oceans with the unveiling today of its new recycled plastic bottle, made with 10 per cent ocean plastic. The Fairy Oceans Plastic Bottles, developed in partnership with…
MEPs Urge EU to Ratchet Up Climate Target
Lawmakers in the European Parliament have agreed a new resolution urging EU leaders to set out a 2050 net zero emissions target for the bloc by 2020. In a vote on Wednesday, ahead of the UN’s COP23 meeting in Bonn…
Paris Banned All Cars for a Day to Highlight Pollution Issues
Pedestrians and cyclists cheered two days ago as Paris closed all of its streets to cars. The government held a Car Free Day and the streets filled with bikers, walkers, and roller-bladers instead of smog. Paris held a Car Free…
Geologists: Holocene Epoch Ended, ‘Anthropocene’ Started in 1950s
A group of scientists said that the scope of human impact on planet Earth is so great that the “Anthropocene” warrants a formal place in the Geological Time Scale. “Our findings suggest that the Anthropocene should follow on from the…
New Study Finds Methane Emissions from Cows 11% Higher
Actual global methane emissions from livestock are much higher than previous estimates and could help account for the dramatic upswing in methane emissions over recent years, according to new research. A study published last week in the journal Carbon Balance…
World Can Meet Growing Food Demands and Limit Warming to 1.5°C, Study Says
Agriculture and food production is responsible for around 30 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions. Slashing the sector’s emissions is considered to be key to limiting global warming to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels, which is the aspirational target of the…