Children’s rights in jeopardy 34 years after landmark UN treaty

mennessä CrNet Oy | marras 21, 2023 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development

Stronger action is needed to uphold children’s rights in a world where they are increasingly under threat due to conflicts, rising poverty and climate impacts, the head of the UN Children’s Fund, UNICEF, said on Monday. Catherine Russell made the appeal in a statement...

EU to strengthen criminal law response to environment crimes

mennessä CrNet Oy | marras 17, 2023 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development

EU Parliament and Council negotiators reached a provisional agreement Thursday on an update of EU environmental crimes and sanctions rules to strengthen ecosystem protection. The new rules provide an updated list of acts related to the environment that qualify as...

Reuse could eliminate 1 trillion single-use plastic bottles – report

mennessä CrNet Oy | marras 17, 2023 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development

The report, produced by ocean advocacy group Oceana, says this 10 percentage-point increase in reusable beverage packaging would prevent up to 153 billion single-use plastic containers from entering the world’s oceans and waterways. The report says other ideas “more...

A not so silver lining: Microplastics found in clouds could affect the weather

mennessä CrNet Oy | marras 16, 2023 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development

From the depths of the seas to snow on mountains and even the air above cities, microplastics are turning up increasingly often. Now, in Environmental Science & Technology Letters, researchers have analyzed microplastics in clouds above mountains. They suggest...

‘No end in sight’ to rising greenhouse gas emissions: World Meteorological Organization

mennessä CrNet Oy | marras 16, 2023 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development

Greenhouse gas emissions reached a record high in 2022 with “no end in sight to the rising trend”, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said in a report published on Wednesday. The Greenhouse Gas Bulletin comes ahead of the UN climate change conference COP28...

UNSW Researchers a Step Closer to Making Green Ammonia a Reality

mennessä CrNet Oy | marras 15, 2023 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development

Green ammonia has the potential to drastically reduce the carbon footprint needed to produce fertiliser vital for crop-growing. The production of ammonia for fertilisers – which has one of the largest carbon footprints among industrial processes – will soon be...