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Report says country set to cut carbon emissions by 54% compared with 1990 levels, not 70% as planned The Danish government’s efforts towards meeting the country’s ambitious target of reducing emissions by 70% by 2030 have been judged “insufficient” by the body tasked with monitoring its progress, with measures so far announced only likely to

John joined the What Happens Next podcast to summarise Radical Uncertainty in just 6 minutes, as well as answering questions that dive deeper into the book. Listen here. The post What Happens Next: Radical Uncertainty in 6 Minutes appeared first on John Kay.

The author and eminent climate scientist on the deniers’ new tactics and why positive change feels closer than it has done in 20 years Michael E Mann is one of the world’s most influential climate scientists. He rose to prominence in 1999 as the co-author of the “hockey-stick graph”, which showed the sharp rise in

Governance of global natural resources is increasingly hybrid, with complementary public and private sector initiatives layered on landscapes to improve environmental outcomes. The challenge of polycentric land use governance is alignment of goals across diverse governance mechanisms when agricultural producers, public agencies, and corporations have distinct motivations. This case study of soil carbon governance on

Publication date: June 2021 Source: Ecological Economics, Volume 184 Author(s): Geoffrey Poitras

New report warns sport will be ‘unplayable’ during increasingly severe summer heatwaves predicted for nation The impact of extreme weather on sport, which has resulted in seasons being cut short and players hospitalised, has prompted Australian sport stars to call for greater action to combat the climate crisis. The growing list of high-profile athletes to

President of Kiribati says China will provide ‘technical assistance’ to convert land in Fiji into a working farm to ‘supply produce to Kiribati’ A block of land the government of Kiribati bought in Fiji half a decade ago – ostensibly to serve as a refuge when their country disappeared under a rising ocean – will