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• The Guardian view on Brazil and the Amazon: don’t look away | Editorial

  05-06-2020 19:30 via theguardian.com
  
  The world cannot afford to let the coronavirus pandemic distract us from the destruction of the rainforestA consensus that international cooperation is required to limit the danger from global heating has existed for decades. The success of the rearguard action against this knowledge, led by fossil fuel interests, is a catastrophe whose full extent is yet to unfold. Central bankers are now demanding that a “whole economy transition” must follow the pandemic if the world is to avoid t
  
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• Walking app helps tree lovers know their sycamores from their maples

  05-06-2020 16:01 via theguardian.com
  
  Record traffic for TreeTalk sparks global interest as users reconnect with the species that line their streetsAn online mapping tool featuring the location and species of more than 700,000 trees in London has had a fiftyfold increase in visitors to its site since the coronavirus lockdown measures were put in place.The founders of TreeTalk, which creates a walk specific to a user’s location and identifies trees on the route, say an increase in people spending more time at home getting to kn
  
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• Tree mapping app blossoms as city-dwellers seek out nature in lockdown

  05-06-2020 16:01 via theguardian.com
  
  Record traffic for TreeTalk sparks global interest as users reconnect with the species that line their streetsAn online mapping tool featuring the location and species of more than 700,000 trees in London has had a fiftyfold increase in visitors to its site since the coronavirus lockdown measures were put in place.The founders of TreeTalk, which creates a walk specific to a user’s location and identifies trees on the route, say an increase in people spending more time at home getting to kn
  
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• Investors worth €11trn call for European green recovery from Covid-19 pandemic

  05-06-2020 15:55
  
  More than 100 investors have written to European business and finance leaders, calling on them to ensure the delivering of the bloc-wide Green Deal and deliver a green recovery from the coronavirus pandemic.
  
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• UN launches push for net-zero emissions by 2050

  05-06-2020 15:48 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Businesses and city leaders are urged to back the Race to Zero campaign ahead of the COP26 summit in Glasgow next year.
  
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• Combat drone to compete against piloted plane

  05-06-2020 15:27 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The US Air Force will pit an advanced autonomous aircraft against a piloted plane in tests.
  
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• Northern gannet found on Norfolk trampoline

  05-06-2020 15:12 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The RSPCA is caring for the gannet and suspects it was "blown off course".
  
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• North Atlantic gannet found on Norfolk trampoline

  05-06-2020 15:12 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The RSPCA is caring for the gannet and suspects it was "blown off course".
  
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• Sustainable Business Covered podcast: The S in ESG, examining corporate social responsibility

  05-06-2020 15:09
  
  Episode 86 of the Sustainable Business Covered podcast sees edie discuss social and community responses to the coronavirus pandemic, featuring a 40-minute interview with Neighbourly's chief executive Steve Butterworth and Penguin Random House's head of corporate responsibility Siena Parker.
  
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• Andrex to use 30% recycled content in plastic packaging

  05-06-2020 12:02
  
  British toiletries brand Andrex has confirmed that its packaging will consist of 30% recycled plastic content, as it pushes forward with an ambition to reach at least 50% recycled plastic content by 2023.
  
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• Businesses commit to renewables, electric vehicles and energy efficiency on World Environment Day

  05-06-2020 11:33
  
  To mark World Environment Day (5 June), a host of major companies from across the globe have announced new commitments on climate action, by signing up to the Climate Group's leadership initiatives on renewables (RE100), electric vehicles (EV100) and smart energy use (EP100).
  
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• Mines are hotspots for spread of Covid-19, study finds

  05-06-2020 11:30 via theguardian.com
  
  About 4,000 mine workers infected in 18 countriesVirus spread to indigenous communities near minesCoronavirus – latest global updatesMining sites in Canada, the US and around the world have become hotspots for the spread of coronavirus, and approximately 4,000 mine workers in 18 countries have tested positive, according to a report by an international coalition of non-profit groups. Related: Canada: minister says Covid-19 lockdown a 'great time' to build pipelineContinue reading...
  
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• Mines are Covid-19 hotspots, study finds, infecting remote parts of world

  05-06-2020 11:30 via theguardian.com
  
  About 4,000 mine workers infected in 18 countriesVirus spread to indigenous communities near minesCoronavirus – latest global updatesMining sites in Canada, the US and around the world have become hotspots for the spread of coronavirus, and approximately 4,000 mine workers in 18 countries have tested positive, according to a report by an international coalition of non-profit groups. Related: Canada: minister says Covid-19 lockdown a 'great time' to build pipelineContinue reading...
  
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• Meat giants selling to UK linked to Brazil farms in deforested Amazon reserve

  05-06-2020 10:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Greenpeace report shows cattle indirectly sold to JBS, Marfrig and Minerva came from protected Serro Ricardo Franco park
  Three international meat companies have indirectly sourced cattle from farms that deforested a unique, protected Amazon reserve, a new report from Greenpeace has found – and two of them later sold meat from the area to the UK.The revelations come as the Brazil-based companies involved, JBS, Marfrig and Minerva, are under increasing pressure to come clean a
  
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• Number of organisations committed to net-zero buildings doubles in one year

  05-06-2020 09:44
  
  The number of companies, cities, states and regions committed to delivering zero-carbon buildings has more than doubled in year, according to new findings from the World Green Building Council (WorldGBC) that confirms that 95 signatories are working towards its Net-Zero Carbon Buildings Commitment.
  
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• World Environment Day: Celebrating the UK’s precious biodiversity

  05-06-2020 09:00 via theguardian.com
  
  To mark World Environment Day, WWF has selected some snapshots of UK nature and wildlife – from land and ocean species to breathtaking plant life – in an attempt to raise awareness of the ongoing fight for our world and its vital biodiversity, the threat to which is both an urgent and existential concern.Continue reading...
  
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• The world must seize this opportunity to meet the climate challenge | Andrew Bailey and others

  05-06-2020 08:00 via theguardian.com
  
  As current and former central bankers, we believe the pandemic offers a unique chance to green the global economyCoronavirus – latest updates
  See all our coronavirus coverageWe are currently in the midst of the most severe macroeconomic shock since the second world war. The disruption to our daily lives and subsequent impact on our economies has been enormous. We are seeing first-hand that a collective response is needed to defeat a common enemy, as authorities across the world courageousl
  
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• Coronavirus is an ‘SOS signal for the human enterprise’

  05-06-2020 08:00 via theguardian.com
  
  UN environment chief and economist warn human wealth depends on nature’s healthCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageThe coronavirus pandemic is an “SOS signal for the human enterprise”, according to a leading economist and the United Nation’s environment chief, who warn that current economic thinking does not recognise that human wealth depends on nature’s health.“The language of economics is failing us [and] the result is that we
  
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• Country diary: a shrieking cry summons me back to the Himalayas

  05-06-2020 06:30 via theguardian.com
  
  Sandy, Bedfordshire: The peacocks here, like their wild Indian ancestors, roost overnight in treesA voice out of India beckoned from somewhere close to the foot of the wooded hills, a good half a mile away. That sustained, summoning shriek sounded like the shout-out of a child who has discovered that they are in a place with an echo. And, having felt the power of its reverberating, far-reaching properties, they try to repeat it over and over. In their excitement, each high-pitched yell becomes a
  
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• Race to Zero: COP26 campaign launched to push nations towards net-zero targets

  05-06-2020 02:03
  
  To mark World Environment Day, the UK Government has launched its "Race to Zero" global campaign to mobilise support for the net-zero transition across businesses, cities and nations, with new data finding that 53% of global GDP is covered by a net-zero ambition in some form.
  
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• NatWest's carbon calculator and Wilko's plastic pledge: The World Environment Day success stories

  05-06-2020 02:01
  
  To mark World Environment Day (5 June) edie's Sustainability Success Stories arrive early, outlining fresh new commitments to sustainability across renewables, resources, the built environment and more.
  
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• Coronavirus lockdown wildlife recordings appeal

  05-06-2020 01:18 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Scientists want people to send them recordings of their wildlife experiences under the lockdown.
  
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• Weird weather: Can computers solve UK puzzle?

  05-06-2020 01:17 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A top climate scientist has called for more investment in climate computing.
  
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