The agency’s own scheme will not stop greenhouse gas emissions soaring, yet members have voted to block all other efforts to slow the growth Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2219027-un-agency-meant-to-be-limiting-flying-emissions-votes-to-block-action/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
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UN agency meant to be limiting flying emissions votes to limit action
The agency’s own scheme will not stop greenhouse gas emissions soaring, yet members have voted to block all other efforts to slow the growth Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2219027-un-agency-meant-to-be-limiting-flying-emissions-votes-to-limit-action/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
What’s new on Coursera for Business – September 2019
By Kyle Clark, Senior Skills Transformation Consultant Coursera released 60+ courses on our platform in September. Our industry partners IBM and Amazon Web Services continue to release cutting edge content, while university partners like Imperial College London, EDHEC Business School, and the University of Illinois push the boundaries in skills ranging from app development to […]
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Our diets must change to halt nature loss, says UN biodiversity chief
Next year is crunch time if we are to stop destroying nature – and it’s not just governments that need to act, says UN biodiversity chief Cristiana Pașca Palmer Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2217539-our-diets-must-change-to-halt-nature-loss-says-un-biodiversity-chief/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
Earth’s Oceans Are Getting Hotter and Higher, And It’s Accelerating, UN Report Warns
According to a new report by the U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, ocean warming is accelerating and sea levels are rising more quickly. “The report is a synthesis of the most up-to-date climate science on oceans and ice, and it lays out a stark reality: Ocean surface temperatures have been warming steadily since 1970, and for the past 25 years…
UN Postal Union Clinches Deal To Keep US in Club
The U.N. agency coordinating postal systems worldwide on Wednesday reached a compromise to reform its fee structure, proposed by the United States, that would avert the Trump administration leaving the global network. From a report: The deal was agreed by consensus at the Universal Postal Union’s emergency congress after two days of talks, with delegates standing to applaud. The Trump administration…
Sony’s PS5 and Microsoft’s Xbox Join the Fight Against Climate Change
Both Sony and Microsoft on Monday committed to making their future video game consoles better for the planet. The two console makers laid out their plans alongside the UN Climate Summit as part of the Playing for the Planet Alliance. From a report: Microsoft will start a pilot program to create 825,000 carbon neutral Xbox consoles, the company said in a…
Greta Thunberg: You have stolen my childhood with your empty words
World leaders are at a UN summit in New York to discuss more ambitious plans to curb carbon emissions just days after the biggest ever climate change protest Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2217418-greta-thunberg-you-have-stolen-my-childhood-with-your-empty-words/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
The Ozone Layer Is On Track To Completely Repair Itself by the 2060s
pgmrdlm quotes a report from SBS: The world’s ozone layer is on track to be completely healed by the 2060s, according to modelling by the UN’s environmental agency (UNEP). In the past 19-years, parts of the ozone layer have recovered at a rate of one to three per cent every ten years, UNEP has found. If this continues, the Northern Hemisphere’s…
UN climate summit: Scientists’ messages to world leaders
Greta Thunberg has urged US congress to “listen to the scientists”. Here’s what climate scientists have to say ahead of next week’s UN climate summit Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2216463-un-climate-summit-scientists-messages-to-world-leaders/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…