Half the tree of life’: ecologists’ horror as nature reserves are emptied of insects
- A new point in history has been reached, entomologists say, as climate-led species’ collapse moves up the food chain even in supposedly protected regions free of pesticides
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#ICYMI, here's what flight attendants on deportation planes told us about what it's like on board:
Nando's has a 32,000 piece collection of South African art that it displays in its restaurants around the world.
It's rare to find such a positive corporate story, but the artists I spoke to who sell work every few months to the chain said it was a big reason they could be full-time artists
Less than 10% of world's #plastic is made from recycled material
- most of 400m tonnes per year produced using fossil oil and coal
- only 28% is recycled
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“The US spent 8 decades building an international system of rules, norms and values that has produced the longest period of great power peace and global prosperity in human history.” Fareed Zakaria on how upending the world order will only weaken America: www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
A group of women in rural India have found an unexpected path to earn an income and some independence: operating drones for agricultural uses such as crop spraying reut.rs/4i5595O
Half of world’s CO2 emissions come from just 36 fossil fuel firms, study shows
- Researchers say data strengthens case for holding firms to account for their contribution to climate crisis
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#climatecrisis #carbonmajors
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Incredible portraits, incredible stories
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Amnesty International accused the state of Israel of committing genocide against Palestinians in the Gaza war in a report, an allegation Israeli leaders have repeatedly denied reut.rs/4gj4nkl
I enjoyed editing this paper for the Centre on Armed Groups about how Sudan’s increasingly fragmented conflict is forcing civilians to broker fragile truces with warring factions on their patch — in the absence of a nationwide ceasefire www.armedgroupscentre.org/reports-and-...
I must say I love volunteering with Migrateful, which does such brilliant work training refugees and asylum seekers to lead their own cookery classes. Last week’s session was with Chef Nadereh whose homesickness and love for Iran, expressed through food and her mother’s recipes, touched many hearts
