Environment

Outrage after judgement in favour of the Norwegian oil state

The Supreme Court of Norway ruled in the People Vs Arctic Oil court case where environmental and youth organisations have sued the Norwegian State for opening up for new oil drilling in the Arctic, on December 22. The judgment was uneven, with four...

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New Zealand Declares Climate Emergency

New Zealand’s parliament voted Wednesday to declare a climate emergency and committed the government to achieving carbon neutrality by 2025.

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World’s governments must wind down fossil fuel production by 6% per year to limit catastrophic warming

A special issue of the Production Gap Report – from leading research organizations and the UN – finds that the COVID-19 recovery marks a potential turning point, where countries must change course to avoid locking in levels of coal, oil, and gas...

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Climate change now top threat to natural World Heritage – IUCN report

Climate change is now the biggest threat to natural World Heritage, according to a report published on Dec.2 by IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature). A third (33%) of natural World Heritage sites are threatened by climate change,...

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