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Anhydrous products are good for the planet and consumers – but will mainstream brands buy into the concept? The climate crisis is driving a new trend that will change the look of your bathroom cabinet for ever: waterless skincare. While wrapping-free, vegan toiletries have long had a place on British high streets, thanks to independent

Water shortages leading to rising salt concentrations and sandstorms are eroding world’s ancient sites Some of the world’s most ancient buildings are being destroyed by climate change, as rising concentrations of salt in Iraq eat away at mud brick and more frequent sandstorms erode ancient wonders. Iraq is known as the cradle of civilisation. It

Why do some communities evacuate long-distances in higher rates than others after disaster? This mixed-methods study uses a new dataset of long-distance evacuation rates after Hokkaido’s Eastern Iburi Earthquake in September 2018, aggregated to the city level from geolocated Facebook user movement. We found that communities with stronger linking and bridging social capital tended to

Publication date: July 2022 Source: Ecological Economics, Volume 197 Author(s): Xiaoyu Wang, Jian Peng, Yuhang Luo, Sijing Qiu, Jianquan Dong, Zimo Zhang, Kim Vercruysse, Robert C. Grabowski, Jeroen Meersmans

President Cyril Ramaphosa blames ‘catastrophic’ rainfall in KwaZulu-Natal on climate crisis Devastating floods have killed 259 people in the South African city of Durban and surrounding areas, a senior government official said on Wednesday, after hillsides were washed away, homes collapsed and more people were still feared missing. The heaviest rains in 60 years pummelled

Economic viability of eight major fossil fuel projects in doubt amid predicted gas demand fall, investor group analysis reveals Get our free news app; get our morning email briefing Australia’s new gas export developments are likely to struggle economically after 2030 if the world lives up to commitments to combat the climate crisis, according to