Industry and campaigners spar over S.Africa's carbon tax
South Africa's new carbon tax has provoked a storm of criticism from environmental campaigners who say it is too weak—and from industry that predicts it will cause mass job losses.
South Africa's new carbon tax has provoked a storm of criticism from environmental campaigners who say it is too weak—and from industry that predicts it will cause mass job losses.
Environment
Jul 17, 2019
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A new commentary in the journal One Earth highlights not only climate-related risks to the global food system, such as drought and floods, but also exposes the coronavirus pandemic as a shock to the system that has led to ...
Environment
Jun 22, 2020
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The first large-scale study of the views held by those working to protect the natural world has found agreement on the goals of conservation—but substantial disagreement on how to move towards them.
Environment
Apr 9, 2019
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Agricultural organizations are joining forces to develop drought-resistant crops for farmers in the global South, amid warnings of a global food crisis that threatens the world's poorest.
Agriculture
May 18, 2022
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Rather than heralding a new era of prosperity for rural and remote regions, remote working, inspired by the pandemic, is exacerbating the global urban-rural divide in the digital platform labor market, according to new analysis ...
Economics & Business
Oct 21, 2022
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Community legal clinics, paralegal services, social workers and others assisting those who cannot easily access legal help, are a few ways of narrowing the gap in accessing justice that's prevalent across the globe, says ...
Social Sciences
Apr 21, 2023
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In 2018, Cape Town, South Africa's second most populous city, came very close to running out of water as the multi-year "Day Zero" drought depleted its reservoirs. Since then, researchers from Stanford University determined ...
Earth Sciences
Nov 8, 2021
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Since the beginning of the century, the world has experienced a global land rush with thousands of transnational land investments being made by foreign entities resulting in a surge of large-scale land acquisitions, which ...
Earth Sciences
Feb 6, 2023
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The U.N. and other international organizations agree that forest restoration is a critical part of the collective global effort to combat climate change, reduce extinctions, and improve the lives of people in rural communities. ...
Environment
Jan 17, 2020
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The international community must prepare for "climate change refugees"—displaced either within their home countries or across borders—experts from Rice University's Baker Institute for Public Policy argue in a new report.
Environment
Oct 20, 2022
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