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Canada’s 2023 wildfires burned huge chunks of forest, spewing far more heat-trapping gas than planes. apne.ws/vgBKC9c

Miliband says Labour will honour pledge of £11.6bn in overseas climate aid theguardian.com/environment/ar…

🔎 "PM Keir Starmer now promises "action not words", but we must see that focus turn on the environment." CISL interim CEO, Lindsay Hooper, sets out what business, nature and climate need from the UK's new government in this @euronews op-ed 👇 euronews.com/green/2024/07/…

I dunno, man, I just think continually drilling for more fossil fuels when we know burning them is pushing temperatures beyond anything human civilisation has ever experienced might not end well.

Where are all the butterflies this summer? Their absence is telling us something important | Tony Juniper theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

🇪🇨 Historic news today - a court in Ecuador rules that pollution ‘violates the rights’ of the river running through Quito. Ecuador is one of the few countries that recognises the rights of nature not to be degraded or contaminated… UK, take note 🙏🏼 euronews.com/green/2024/07/…

Looks pretty clear June will soon be officially confirmed as the warmest globally on record, judging from this dark red line. Will be 13th warmest month in a row. Will any political leaders notice? From @CopernicusECMWF and its excellent Climate Pulse site

Disastrous fruit and vegetable crops must be ‘wake-up call’ for UK, say farmers theguardian.com/environment/ar…

"Climate...creates the largest possible collective action problem, one that not only affects all of humanity, but that also has huge distributional consequences within and across generations." Required reading from @martinwolf_ ft.com/content/b2b6fb…

Another great article by @nina_seega on how finance needs to respond to the new EU #NatureRestorationLaw forbes.com/sites/ninaseeg…

What do we do with the waste that can't be recycled? And how do we deal with the emissions that come from burning it? Janek Vähk from @zerowasteeurope and Charoula Melliou from @ESWET_EU join me on The Jolt to discuss 👇

🤝Yesterday, CLG Europe members gathered for a working group meeting. We discussed the EU election outcomes, our latest business agenda, and the Business Transformation Framework. We also looked ahead to upcoming events like the EU Council meeting, NYCW, and COP29.

🗳️The UK #GeneralElection is just weeks away, leading parties can agree on the urgent need for higher growth. But climate and economic growth come hand in hand, say Sophie Miremadi and Alex O'dell, co-chairs of @ClimateCLG UK in @CityAM. 👉cityam.com/climate-action…

Join me soon to find out more about this report and hear about the next steps for the Green Deal 👇

📢 We're excited to share The Green Deal and Beyond: A Business Agenda for a Sustainable, Competitive and Resilient Europe publication, created with our partners @ClimateCLG. 🔗Read the full publication here: bit.ly/4b5NAyi

BREAKING: EU finally adopts the Nature Restoration Law after months of deadlock Amazing news for Europe, which will now be legally obliged to restore at least 20% of land and sea by 2030 🌳🌊🐠🌿

We have economies that need to grow, whether or not they make us thrive. Now we need economies that enable us to thrive, whether or not they grow. Here's what I just wrote about it in @guardian 1/2 theguardian.com/books/article/…

Always surprised government does not make more of positive announcements like this. businessgreen.com/news/4208382/2…

🍃 Now is the critical moment for Europe to set the standard for a clean, green and equitable energy transition - and there is new research to help them do so. CISL Head of Policy Analysis @SannaMarkkanen @nature_org Elif Gündüzyeli discuss in @euronews: euronews.com/green/2024/05/…

Our very own @SannaMarkkanen in @euronews today talking all things renewable: 👉 Europe needs to triple renewable capacity by 2030, and community buy-in is critical 👈 euronews.com/green/2024/05/…