Author: Michael Sharp

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Plants Teach Their Offspring How to Adapt to Climate Change, Scientists Find

Can a plant remember? This may sound more like a line from a poem than a scientific enquiry. But new analysis suggests that plants can pass on climate adaptation tips to their offspring. From devastating floods to rising temperatures, the climate crisis is changing natural habitats all over the world. To survive, many plants have been forced to quickly adapt, […]

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Climate Change
Environment

Here Are All the Positive Environmental Stories From 2023 So Far

Eco-anxiety, climate doom, environmental existential dread – as green journalists, we see these terms used a lot – and often feel them ourselves. While there’s a lot to be worried about when it comes to the climate and nature crises, we must not lose hope – because hopelessness breeds apathy. The media has an important role to […]

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Europe
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Sport is Both a Climate Victim and Villain. These Champions Show There’s Another Way

Sport occupies an unusual place in society. It’s simultaneously public and private – something we do for our own personal health, but also a multibillion-dollar industry; both political and apolitical, accessible and exclusive. This is also why sport straddles such interesting territory when it comes to both the climate and nature crises. Champions for Earth, […]

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Europe

Sweden, Finland, Latvia: Which Eu Countries Use the Most Renewable Energy?

More than a fifth of energy used in the European Union in 2021 came from renewables, new data shows. Solar, wind and other ‘green’ sources contributed 21.8 per cent to the EU’s total energy consumption, according to Eurostat. This was a 0.3 per cent drop on 2020; the first decrease ever recorded. Experts say it […]

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Environment
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Global Stocktake is About Ambition, Accountability and Acceleration

Delegates at the UN Climate Change Conference COP27 wrapped up the second technical dialogue of the first global stocktake – a process that is critical both for implementing the Paris Agreement and accelerating climate action. Speaking at the close of the dialogue last Friday, UN Climate Change Executive Secretary Simon Stiell stressed that the stocktake is much […]

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