Business and management graduates can become climate change and sustainability champions
May 01, 2024 03:43 am UTC| Insights & Views
There is no doubt about it: the world is in the grips of a climate crisis. The headlines are full of reports about extreme weather events and the negative effects of the fossil fuel industry. This reality means that...
Nature conservation works, and we’re getting better at it – new study
Apr 28, 2024 06:38 am UTC| Insights & Views
To work in nature conservation is to battle a headwind of bad news. When the overwhelming picture indicates the natural world is in decline, is there any room for optimism? Well, our new global study has some good news: we...
Apr 26, 2024 01:35 am UTC| Insights & Views Business
Did you receive a mail-order package this week? Carriers in the U.S. shipped 64 packages for every American in 2022, so its quite possible. That commerce reflects the expansion of large-scale retail in recent decades,...
Apr 25, 2024 06:01 am UTC| Insights & Views Business
In the two decades to 2019, global plastic production doubled. By 2040, plastic manufacturing and processing could consume as much as 20% of global oil production and use up 15% of the annual carbon emissions...
The stakes could not be higher as Canada sets its 2035 emissions target
Mar 22, 2024 11:41 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics
The Government of Canada is in the midst of a public engagement on the 2035 greenhouse gas emissions reduction target. The timeline is short, and the stakes could not be higher. According to Section 7 of the Canadian...
Climate change is warping the seasons
Mar 07, 2024 09:24 am UTC| Insights & Views Nature
The seasons arent what they used to be. People who live in Earths middle latitudes are accustomed to a spring, summer, autumn and winter. If youre in the northern hemisphere, you may have noticed plants flowering...
SEC approves first US climate disclosure rules
Mar 07, 2024 07:58 am UTC| Insights & Views Law
After two years of intense public debate, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission approved the nations first national climate disclosure rules on March 6, 2024, setting out requirements for publicly listed companies to...
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