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It is the time for nature: World Environment Day 2020

Manning Law

In celebration of Environment Day 2020 on June 5, we publish here in full the speech given by Inger Andersen, Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations and Executive Director of the UN Environment Programme. CO 2 levels in the atmosphere hit an all-time high in early May. “World Environment Day is a day of celebration.

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Tackling Ghost Gear in Mexico Waters

Ocean Conservancy

Results from the first multi-institutional ghost gear removal program in the vaquita marina area launched in 2016, showed that more than 1,300 nets were removed from the Northern Gulf of California (Sea of Cortez) as of 2020. Thanks for signing up for Ocean Conservancy emails. In 2020, Mexico recorded 1.7 Never miss an update.

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Will renewable energy save us from climate change?

Global Green

Moreover, as suggested by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Special Report on Renewable Energy Sources and Climate Change Mitigation, renewable energy is much better than fossil fuels exploitation in terms of sustainable development (unlike someone in Moore’s movie suggested). Ocean energy. Solar and wind.

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Interview with Inger Andersen, Executive Director, United Nations Environment Program

Environmental Progress

It gives us the food we eat, the water we drink, the materials with which we build our homes, and the mechanisms that regulate our weather patterns, our ocean currents, and much more. When we destroy nature, we also chip away at the foundation we need to guarantee just, sustainable development for all people on the planet.

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Waste and Water Woes

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC)

In North Carolina, where many hog CAFOs lie within 100 miles of the Atlantic Ocean, several hurricanes have struck and caused lagoons to overflow, including Hurricane Florence in 2018, Hurricane Matthew in 2016 and Hurricane Floyd in 1999. Majeti Narasimha Vara Prasad and Marcin Pietrzykowski (Cambridge, Massachusetts: Elsevier, 2020), 751.

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How climate change offers opportunities to revitalize and reconnect with rural communities

HumanNature

A study conducted at Duke University found that a small majority of rural residents do in fact support some climate action, overwhelmingly in the area of water quality protection (Bonnie, Diamond and Rowe 2020). National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Science and Policy for Sustainable Development , 58 (5), 4–23.

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ESA Policy News: December 5, 2022

ESA

National Committee for the Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development. Diplomats will work to adopt a Post 2020 Global Biodiversity Framework to address biodiversity loss and allocate resources for the implementation of this framework. Plastics tsunami: Can a landmark treaty stop waste from choking the oceans?

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