Climate Change

New York City is in a state of emergency, with flash floods leaving the Big Apple struggling to recover, merely three months after the city was engulfed in a polluted haze due to Canadian wildfires. Experts have blamed it on the climate…
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Genetic uniformity is central to modern farming. It leaves us vulnerable to plant disease breakouts. By Saima Sidik, Grist This story was originally published by Grist. Sign up for Grist’s weekly newsletter here. The…
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After the daunting heatwaves and storms of this summer, our cheery visions of the season seem at odds with our climate-changed reality. By Michael Svoboda, Yale Climate Connections This story was originally published by Yale…
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Reframing climate change education around a message of “hopeful alarm” will not only underscore the threats we face, it will also show students how they can act to shape the future. By Jeffrey D. Corbin, Meghan A.…
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Netflix's recent Poisoned: The Dirty Truth About Your Food documentary made waves across the Internet and media for its detailed exposé of the US food system's fallacies. Where do we go from there? A whole host of upcoming…
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A new sustainable fat by Edinburgh's Queen Margaret University (QMU) is the latest to join the fledgling palm oil alternative sector. Using food industry sidestream ingredients, PALM-ALT is said to be 70% better for the environment…
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New data shared by Our World in Data shows that approximately 94% of animals on earth live on factory farms and at least 100 billion are slaughtered each year for meat and other animal-derived products. The analysis shows these numbers…
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Last week, the EU finalised a new law designed to curb greenwashing, which will ban the use of terms like 'carbon-neutral' from product claims. Who does this affect, when does it come into effect, and what can't you say anymore? Here's…
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The World Economic Forum (WEF) has launched the Global Collaboration Village, a metaverse hub to help craft solutions to the climate crisis. It brings together leaders from across the world virtually to address polar tipping points, which…
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Many businesses use carbon offsetting as a way to bring down their emissions totals and mitigate their environmental impact, but a slew of recent investigations into the practice have found that offsets are deeply flawed and not doing what…
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While a majority of the food and retail sector's giants believe regenerative agriculture can be a solution to the climate crisis, 64% of them have not put targets in place to achieve these ambitions, according to a new study. Meanwhile,…
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UK retailer Sainsbury's has launched a lower-carbon beef from its premium Taste the Difference line, a few weeks after US company Tyson Foods began retailing a USDA-approved “climate-friendly product as part of its Brazen Beef…
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Shake Shack has partnered with Californian startup Zero Acre Farms to trial the latter's sustainable Cultured Oil on select menu items at two locations in New York City. The pilot is part of Shake Shack's Stand for Something Good…
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Non-profit organisation Vegan Outreach has expanded its Green Tuesday Initiative to Vietnam after five years in India. The programme hopes to reduce the impact of the country's diet on the environment and is in talks with over 100…
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German alt-chocolate brand ChoViva (formerly NoCoa/QOA) has partnered with oat cereal producer Kölln on a new range of vegan muesli that uses the former's cocoa-free chocolate. Sibling founders Sara and Maximilian Marquart tell Green Queen…
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Precision fermentation, described as the third pillar of alt-protein alongside plant-based and cultivated foods, is on the rise. There are at least 62 companies working in this space globally across the supply chain, with a big focus on…
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A high-school student has developed Beach Board Hong Kong, a Monopoly-style game that sheds light on the environmental issues faced by the island's beaches. Featuring damning pollution facts, action prompts to tackle these challenges, it's…
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In its annual September event, Apple announced it's ending the use of leather from all its products – including Apple Watch bands and iPhone cases – to meet its 2030 carbon neutrality target. While it remains tight-lipped on what its…
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Dutch food tech brand Northern Wonder has made its retail debut with four beanless coffee products at supermarket chain Albert Heijn in the Netherlands. The Coffee-Free Coffee pods and filter grounds are the second iteration of the…
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Replacing 50% of our meat and dairy intake with plant-based alternatives by 2050 could result in significant climate benefits, reducing agricultural and land-use emissions by 31% and halting the destruction of forest and natural land,…
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COP28 made headlines last month when it announced it will serve mostly plant-based food – it signposts the increased focus on food systems at this year's UN climate summit (November 30 to December 12), in contrast to years past. In…
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