🌲 Climate News and Resources for Founders - October 20th, 2023
Good evening, climate founders!
Welcome back to Sustainability Bulletin, your weekly source for climate innovation, breakthroughs, and news. We’ve pulled together the best reads from this week for you to read over the weekend to help keep you up to date.
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🌍 Top Sustainability Headlines
📸 Prize-winning photos highlight the impact of climate change on nature
Check out these photos on New Scientist that feature in the best entries to the Royal Society of Biology Photography Competition.
❄️ Climate Science in the Arctic ‘Broken’ as US and Europe Isolate Russia
Collaboration between Western and Russian scientists stopped after the invasion of Ukraine and is still nearly impossible, putting vital research in jeopardy - Read more on Bloomberg.
🇬🇧 UK to miss net-zero goals and face climate change peril, Rishi Sunak warned
Government’s green plans ‘not cutting the mustard’, advisers say, as multi-billion-pound infrastructure plan unveiled - Read the full story on The Independent.
More news:
Climate change forces Italy’s farmers to focus on water »»
UK competition watchdog green lights rules for climate collaboration »»
Gavin Newsom could declare climate change a public health emergency »»
The blunt and frustrating truth about climate change schemes »»
Drifting crustaceans could slow climate change »»
What is hydrogen energy, and is it a key to fighting climate change? »»
Councils ‘underperforming’ on climate change action, say campaigners »»
How a ‘mosaic forest’ is helping France adapt to rapid climate change »»
Zombie Viruses Are Waking Up After 50,000 Years as Planet Warms »»
Other interesting reads:
Do posters about climate change work? | Creative Review
“Every poster in this exhibition is a failure” is how Poster House in New York introduces its new exhibition, We Tried to Warn You!, which brings together 50 years of posters about the environment.
A Global Roadmap To Address Anthropogenic Climate Change | Green Queen
How can we realistically shift away from animal agriculture, incorporate more plant-based foods in our diet, and ensure policies and funding go towards helping the environment and mitigating climate change? Two researchers put forth their ideas in a new study.
What Teenagers Are Saying About Their Role in Fighting Climate Change »»
Plastic is a climate change problem. There are ways to fix it »»
Fast Fashion Is The Industry’s Sustainability Scapegoat. Here’s Why That’s Wrong, And What Should Happen. »»
🚀 Startups, Business, and Sustainability
Copenhagen-based Klimate.co secures €3.5 million to address climate change through carbon management solutions »»
Combatting Climate Change: Founders Moving Carbon in the GCC »»
Climate change and marketing - how creatives can turn awareness into meaningful action »»
How Companies Can Achieve Their Sustainability Targets »»
Rebellion against EU’s new sustainability reporting standards defeated »»
AI and sustainability are top priorities for the UK’s small businesses, but many say they’re being held back by rising costs and lack of resources »»
We need to start designing for sustainability »»
Evaluating sustainability software? Here are 5 smart tips to get started »»
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