CLIMATE CHANGE
Climate change is here. We can no longer ignore the rising temperatures, rising seas and extreme weather events.
Can a Biden presidency fix the US’s toxic relationship with the environment?
The US is responsible for 15{85424e366b324f7465dc80d56c21055464082cc00b76c51558805a981c8fcd63} of all carbon emissions globally making it the second biggest contributor to climate change. Can Joe Biden turn this around?
Taxing unsustainable foods is one way to encourage green-eating, says UK Health Alliance
The UK Health Alliance says that implementing a tax on unsustainable food products such as meat could help combat climate change.
Will Biden protect endangered species?
Nature can’t cast a vote but is impacted by our political decisions. After an anti-green Trump era, will endangered species benefit from a Biden presidency?
Which foods are most damaging to the environment?
One study fingers beef as the climate change culprit. Other meat and dairy products such as lamb, cheese and shellfish feature high up on the list.
Greta calls world leaders “hypocrites”
Teen climate-activist Greta Thunberg calls world leaders out. Accusing them of “greenwash” due to inaction on urgent climate catastrophe.
Greta Thunberg claps back at Donald Trump over his election meltdown
Climate activist Greta Thunberg gets revenge on Donald Trump for saying she should work on her “anger management” in a hilarious tweet.
Trump drags US out of the Paris agreement
The United States has officially left the Paris agreement on climate change. The country produces the second-highest carbon emissions globally.
Animal agriculture preventing us from reaching climate goals
Food production alone generates up to one-third of all climate emissions globally, with the production of meat and dairy being the biggest contributors.
The fascinating way COVID-19 and climate change are linked
Climate change has a very real impact on social health. Prevention of more health crisis such as COVID-19 could be reliant on dealing with climate change.
10{85424e366b324f7465dc80d56c21055464082cc00b76c51558805a981c8fcd63} shift to veganism could clear up 38 million hectares of land – the size of Germany
According to a report if by 2030 10{85424e366b324f7465dc80d56c21055464082cc00b76c51558805a981c8fcd63} of meat production is replaced by plant-based foods this could have a massive positive impact on the environment.
Global North producing 92{85424e366b324f7465dc80d56c21055464082cc00b76c51558805a981c8fcd63} of excess carbon emissions
New research argues that the US and EU are responsible for most of the carbon emissions causing a global climate catastrophe.
Activists ask banks not to loan to industries harming wildlife, forest amid the climate crisis
Activists have called on global banks to stop financing activities that drive climate change including industrial farming, fishing, fossil fuels.
Tax foods which harm the environment says coalition of UK’s health professions
Foods such as meat and dairy products produce higher carbon emissions. Consumers should be encouraged through taxes to make sustainable food choices.
US families split along generational views of the climate emergency
The climate crisis is tearing many US families apart. Younger generations are terrified by the impending Climate Crisis, older family members downplay it.
Farm animals in Southwestern USA dying from heat caused by climate change
As temperatures rise due to climate change, animals raised for meat and dairy are beginning to feel the impact of the human-made catastrophe.