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  Plastic recycling in focus as countries meet in Paris for treaty talks

  France 24 - NEWS WIRES

  With countries meeting this week to work on a global plastics treaty, debate was emerging between countries wanting to limit the production of more plastics and the petrochemical industry favoring recycling as the solution to plastic waste. Ahead of the talks starting Monday in Paris, many countries …

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  How much did wind and solar contribute to global electricity in 2022?

  World Economic Forum - Anna Fleck

  Moving to clean energy is key to combating climate change, yet in the past five years, the energy transition has stagnated. Energy consumption and …

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  UN summit gets underway as water demand in cities set to rise by 80 per cent by 2050

  SBS News

  Key Points World leaders are meeting at a UN summit on global water issues. • Population growth and urban development has put more pressure on water …

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  Ecosystem-based management outperforms species-focused stocking for enhancing fish populations

  science.org - Johannes Radinger, Sven Matern, Thomas Klefoth, Christian Wolter, Fritz Feldhege, Christopher T. Monk, Robert Arlinghaus

  Adding habitat beats adding fish Conservation and management efforts are often focused on protecting individual species. Alternatively, management can …

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  Global Risks Report 2023

  World Economic Forum

  1. Global Risks 2023: Today’s Crisis 1.1 Current crises With the global landscape dominated by manifesting risks, we introduce this year three time …

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  Urban planet

  cnrs.fr - Philippe Testard-Vaillant

  Now a worldwide phenomenon, urbanisation keeps gaining ground, transforming our landscapes as well as our lifestyles and social organisation. By 2050 …