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Poland Orders to Halt Logging in 10 Oldest Forest Areas
Date: January 8, 2024
Poland orders to halt logging in 10 oldest forest areas WARSAW (Reuters) – The Polish government ordered a state-run company that manages more than 7 million hectares of the country’s forests to curtail logging in 10 most cherished forest areas, delivering on a campaign promise following elections last October. “We have decided to stop logging...
Romain Pison on Nature’s Role: Unlocking Scalability and Financing in Reforestation Initiatives
Date: January 4, 2024
Romain Pison on Nature’s Role: Unlocking Scalability and Financing in Reforestation Initiatives As Europe confronts the escalating climate crisis, Romain Pison, a decarbonisation expert with experience in environmental stewardship, emphasizes the continent’s unique opportunity to lead in reforestation and afforestation initiatives. He advocates on his platform, RomainPison.com, for these nature-based solutions as critical strategies to...
Nexi Group Joins the Dow Jones Sustainability World Index and the Djsi Europe
Date: December 14, 2023
Nexi Group Joins The Dow Jones Sustainability World Index and The DJSI Europe The recognition comes from Standard & Poor’s Global, which assesses the social, environmental and governance responsibility of listed companies Milan, 12 December 2023 – Nexi, the European PayTech leader, joins the Dow Jones Sustainability World Index (DJSI World) and the Dow Jones...
EU Scientists Say 2023 Will Be Warmest Year on Record Globally
Date: December 6, 2023
EU scientists say 2023 will be warmest year on record globally (Reuters) -European Union scientists said on Wednesday that 2023 would be the warmest year on record, as global mean temperature for the first 11 months of the year hit the highest level on record, 1.46 degrees Celsius (2.63 degrees Fahrenheit) above the 1850-1900 average....
Swathes of Siberia Freeze in Temperatures Below -58 Celsius
Date: December 5, 2023
Swathes of Siberia freeze in temperatures below -58 Celsius YAKUTSK, Russia (Reuters) – Arctic weather enfolded swathes of Russia on Tuesday, with temperatures in the wilds of Siberia falling to minus 58 degrees Celsius (minus 72 degrees Fahrenheit). Yakutsk, one of the world’s coldest cities which lies some 5,000 km (3,100 miles) east of Moscow,...
EU Reaches Deal to Stop Sending Waste to Countries That Can’t Process It
Date: November 17, 2023
EU reaches deal to stop sending waste to countries that can’t process it PARIS (Reuters) – European Union lawmakers and member states have reached a deal to revise the bloc’s waste shipment regulation and end exports of certain types of waste to third countries unable to process it properly, the EU Parliament said on Friday....