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• Jair Bolsonaro attacks 'international greed' over Amazon – as it happened

  30-09-2020 23:46 via theguardian.com
  
  Brazilian leader vows to continue to exploit country’s natural resources in combative comments at UN biodiversity summitAll eyes on China: what to look out for at the UN biodiversity summit 10.46pm BST We are going to close the live blog now. Statements from world leaders have ended, according to our schedule. Thank you for following along. Here is the summary of today’s proceedings in New York at the first-of-its-kind UN summit on biodiversity. "Every few years, governments gather t
  
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• Jair Bolsonaro attacks 'international greed' over Brazil's rainforests – live

  30-09-2020 20:01 via theguardian.com
  
  Brazilian leader vows to continue to exploit country’s natural resources in combative comments at UN biodiversity summitAll eyes on China: what to look out for at the UN biodiversity summit 7.00pm BST Boris Johnson has been addressing the summit. From the tiniest of plants to the mightiest, most majestic megafauna, the natural life that so enriches our planet today is declining at a pace that is truly terrifying.Almost 70 per cent of the world’s wildlife has been lost in the past hal
  
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• Extinction crisis: World leaders say it is time to act

  30-09-2020 19:04 via bbc.co.uk
  
  As world leaders line up to address the UN biodiversity summit, experts say our future is at stake.
  
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• Biodiversity: Why the nature crisis matters, in five graphics

  30-09-2020 18:39 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Human destruction of nature has led to the extinction of many plants and animals.
  
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• Beware human rights abuses in name of conservation, warns indigenous activist – live

  30-09-2020 17:36 via theguardian.com
  
  Indigenous rights, the need for green Covid recovery plans and a Marshall plan for nature raised by leaders in summit’s opening remarksAll eyes on China: what to look out for at the UN biodiversity summit 4.36pm BST More than 130 organisations including Friends of the Earth International, Survival International and Indigenous Environmental Network have signed a letter criticising the biodiversity summit for not representing communities who are most affected by the destruction of nature and
  
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• Green Homes Grant: homeowners can apply for up to £5,000 in England

  30-09-2020 16:53 via theguardian.com
  
  Consumers can get vouchers to install insulation, double glazing, smart controls and moreHomeowners in England can now apply for vouchers worth between £5,000 and £10,000 to make their homes more energy efficient under the government’s Green Homes Grant scheme.From Wednesday, homeowners can apply for a government grant to fund energy efficient improvements. Continue reading...
  
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• Two-fifths of plants at risk of extinction

  30-09-2020 16:22 via bbc.co.uk
  
  We are failing to harness the many benefits plants can provide, say scientists.
  
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• Xi Jinping to address world leaders at UN biodiversity summit – live

  30-09-2020 15:55 via theguardian.com
  
  Leaders prepare to discuss the destruction of the natural world as the international community negotiates a set of targets for the next decadeAll eyes on China: what to look out for at the UN biodiversity summit 1.44pm BST Good afternoon, I’m Patrick Greenfield, a biodiversity and environment reporter at the Guardian. Alongside my colleague Phoebe Weston, I’ll be live blogging proceedings from a first-of-its-kind summit at the UN in New York, where world leaders will discuss the ramp
  
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• Space station crew woken up to hunt for air leak

  30-09-2020 14:35 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Ground controllers say the leak is coming from a Russian module on the International Space Station.
  
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• M&S cuts soya from production of milk to curb deforestation

  30-09-2020 14:24 via theguardian.com
  
  UK retailer worked with dairy farms to end use of destructive cattle feed, but critics say move could ‘shift problem elsewhere’UK retailer Marks & Spencer has eliminated soya from the production of all its milk as part of its commitment to end deforestation in its supply chain.The high street chain says it has worked with the 44 British farmers producing M&S RSPCA Assured milk to replace soya feed with alternatives such as rapeseed oil and sugar beet – avoiding the use
  
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• Credit Suisse raises $212m for 'world's first' ocean health impact fund

  30-09-2020 13:53
  
  Swiss investment bank Credit Suisse has partnered with Rockefeller Asset Management to launch an impact fund that will finance projects improving ocean health, raising $212m pre-launch.
  
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• Berlin patient: First person cured of HIV, Timothy Ray Brown, dies

  30-09-2020 13:01 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Mr Brown, known as the Berlin patient, was cured after a bone marrow transplant to treat leukaemia.
  
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• Sustainability Leaders Awards 2021: Meet the judges

  30-09-2020 12:51
  
  With the 2021 Sustainability Leaders Awards still open for entries, edie takes a closer look at the esteemed panel of judges who will be presiding over this year's submissions.
  
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• $500bn per year needed to halt nature loss and boost biodiversity, nations and businesses told

  30-09-2020 12:51
  
  A coalition of more than 140 nature conservation groups is calling on governments and businesses to ensure that $500bn of funding is provided annually to protect, restore and create habitats.
  
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• #SustyTalk: Unilever's Ian Howell on shifting to fossil-free cleaning and laundry

  30-09-2020 11:40
  
  edie's #SustyTalk interview series continues with Unilever Home Care's R&D Director Ian Howell, who outlines what it'll take for the company to remove fossil-based carbon from its products by 2030 and dramatically reduce their climate impact.
  
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• Tesco to increase sales of meat alternatives by 300% to reduce environmental impact of products

  30-09-2020 10:15
  
  Tesco has become the first UK retailer to set public sales targets for plant-based meat alternatives, pledging to increase sales of those products by 300% by 2025 as part of an ongoing commitment to halve the environmental impact of the average shopping basket.
  
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• Close Up Photographer of the Year - in pictures

  30-09-2020 10:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The annual photography competition devoted to close-up, macro and micro shots has announced its winning image, taken by Galice Hoarau, a French professor of marine molecular ecology. His night-time shot of an eel larva won CUPOTY, and was chosen from more than 6,000 entries from 52 countries. Here is a selection of the best Continue reading...
  
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• Johnson's pledges on the environment are worthless. Worse is how cynical they are | George Monbiot

  30-09-2020 07:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Pledges are made to distract and placate us - but at this years UN biodiversity summit public anger cannot be extinguished
  It’s the hope I can’t stand. Every few years, governments gather to make solemn promises about the action they will take to defend the living world, then break them before the ink is dry. Today, at the virtual UN summit on biodiversity, they will move themselves to tears with the thought of the grand things they will do, then turn off their computers and sign ano
  
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• Great Barrier Reef: Uncovering the secrets of Australia's deep waters

  30-09-2020 01:04 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Scientists explain how the biggest deep-sea study of two marine parks led to exciting discoveries.
  
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• Hydrogen-powered train makes UK maiden journey

  30-09-2020 01:02 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Hydroflex made a 25-mile round-trip in Warwickshire, reaching speeds of up to 50 mph.
  
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• 40% of world’s plant species at risk of extinction

  30-09-2020 01:01 via theguardian.com
  
  Race against time to save plants and fungi that underpin life on Earth, global data showsTwo in five of the world’s plant species are at risk of extinction as a result of the destruction of the natural world, according to an international report.Plants and fungi underpin life on Earth, but the scientists said they were now in a race against time to find and identify species before they were lost. Continue reading...
  
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