People visit the immersive video experience hosted by the National Geographic Society during a press event during COP15 in Montreal on December 7.ANDREJ IVANOV/Getty Images Anyone who shows up at the UN biodiversity conference, known as COP15, will find that it takes time to get through the door. After first showing proof of vaccination in …
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The countries of the South demand that rich nations share the benefits of the biological resources extracted from their lands which are then used for medical, agricultural or industrial purposes. Known as “biopiracy”, the issue is a major stumbling block at the UN’s COP15 talks on biodiversity. In 2016, Indian environmental activist Vandana Shiva spoke …
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Water pollution targets are due to be weakened by the government next week, the Guardian can reveal, as Environment Act targets will give farmers an extra three years to reduce the dumping of their waste into the watercourse. River activists said the news was proof the government had not given up on its “attack on …
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Indigenous peoples have cared for Canada’s lands and waters since time immemorial. First Nations, Inuit and Métis have unique relationships with nature and experience responsible stewardship as a way of life. By working together and helping Indigenous peoples to further protect nature across the country, we continue to listen to their voices and help ensure …
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The UN’s environment chief has warned ‘we are at war with nature’ and must ‘make peace’ as countries gather at Cop15 in Montreal to agree a deal to protect nature biodiversity of the planet. “We have just welcomed the 8 billionth member of the human race to this planet. It’s a wonderful birth of a …
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Just a few small issues to fix. Photo: Eveleyn Hockstein (Reuters) The landmark Inflation Reduction Act is the largest U.S. contribution yet to meeting global emissions reduction goals. And the American allies are not happy about it. Certainly, they are happy to see that the United States is (finally) spending hundreds of billions of dollars …
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By Caitlin Doughty Graphics by Taylor Maggiacomo Caitlin Doughty is an undertaker and author of three books on death and the funeral industry. She founded The Order of the Good Death, a non-profit organization that promotes end-of-life alternatives. Eight years ago, panting heavily in the humid summer air, I hauled a pair of orange work …
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Schematic illustration of a holonomy. Scientists from the University of Rostock in Germany have been able to recreate fundamental physical properties from the field of elementary particle physics in a photonic system. The results are published in Natural Physics. In their fundamental research, experimental physicists routinely use gigantic but complex machines: huge particle accelerators smash …
The government will not be able to meet its nature targets by 2030, even if they are “embarrassingly poor”, the shadow environment minister and leading conservation groups have said. wildlife. Next week, at the Cop15 biodiversity conference in Montreal, Labor will unveil a “joint, detailed science plan to address the climate and ecological emergency”. The …
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Although the need for more diverse hPSC resources is clear, significant challenges remain in expanding cell collections and implementing these resources in the laboratory. First, it is critical to recognize that current efforts toward greater inclusion exist within a historical context of discrimination, where actions as well as inactions have eroded trust in scientific and …
