by Astaga Astaga | Dec 3, 2023 | Environment
New guidelines provide practical tips for creating and managing sustainable private nature reserves, based on a global survey of more than 50 practitioners worldwide.Three-quarters of private reserves rely heavily on fundraising, and only 4% are financially...
by Astaga Astaga | Dec 3, 2023 | Environment
In December 2019, Ursula von der Leyen, the head of the European Commission, presented with great fanfare the so-called “Green Deal.” The package consisted of new laws and directives, goals, and multi-billion-euro funding opportunities designed to transform the...
by Astaga Astaga | Dec 3, 2023 | Environment
Writing in the journal Nature ahead of COP28, a team of Met Office scientists has emphasised that — surprisingly — there is currently no formally agreed way of defining the current level of global warming relevant to the Paris Agreement. They have proposed...
by Astaga Astaga | Dec 3, 2023 | Environment
Plastic pollution has spread to Earth’s farthest reaches, with widespread effects on wildlife, the environment and human health. To curb this problem, U.N. member countries are negotiating a global treaty to reduce plastic pollution, which they aim to complete by the...
by Astaga Astaga | Dec 2, 2023 | Environment
Companies are undermining their net zero climate pledges with corporate lobbying and trade association memberships, a new report from the London nonprofit InfluenceMap warns. The report evaluated 293 companies from the Forbes Global 2000 list and found that, among...
by Astaga Astaga | Dec 2, 2023 | Environment
Today’s internet would not be possible without Virginia. It’s time the state studied what that fact means for its citizens’ health, its environment and its energy future, and pass legislation accordingly. That was the thesis of several environmental and land-use...
