| March 2021 |
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| Your guide to the top
environmental stories of the month
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| In this month’s issue we look at
whether COVID-19 recovery spending is helping the
environment, the voyage of a boat made from flip
flops and a vow by tech companies to take on
climate change. |
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| How green are COVID-19 recovery funds?
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| A new report from UNEP and Oxford
University finds that only 2.5% of the trillions
of dollars marked for COVID-19 recovery spending
will have “positive green characteristics,” like
reducing greenhouse gas
emissions. |
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| New fund to help countries grapple
with a changing
climate |
| A global investment fund, led by
UNEP, will bankroll innovative projects that
help states adapt to droughts, extreme weather
and rising seas. |
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| With new pact, tech titans confront
climate change |
| Twenty-five companies, including
Microsoft, Ericsson and Vodafone, have signed a
pledge to help the world slash greenhouse gas
emissions. |
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| In Kenya, rangers endure threats and
24-hour days |
| A UNEP documentary follows rangers as
they patrol Mount Kenya, one of Africa’s great
wilderness reserves – and a hotbed of poaching and
illegal logging. |
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| The Flipflopi, a boat made from
sandals, sails again |
| The 10-metre-long dhow, cobbled
together from flip flops and water bottles, is
raising awareness about how plastic is
smothering Africa’s biggest
lake. |
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| How wasting food is trashing the
planet |
| Shoppers throw away nearly one-fifth
of the fare they buy, needlessly propelling
climate change, say
experts. |
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| International
Good Practice Principles for Sustainable
Infrastructure |
| Sustainable construction will be
vital to combating climate change, improving
public services and driving the economic
recovery from COVID-19, finds this
study. |
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| UNEP Food
Waste Index
Report |
| This report gauges the environmental
toll of food waste, finding that up to 10 per
cent of all greenhouse gas emissions come from
producing fare that is ultimately thrown
away. |
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| Climate Thought Leadership Series –
Green Bonds |
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| Sustainable Investment Forum Europe
2021 |
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| United Nations Biodiversity
Conference (CPO 15) |
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