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Plastic recycling in focus as treaty talks get underway in Paris

By Valerie Volcovici May 29 (Reuters) - With countries meeting this week to work on a global plastics treaty, debate was emerging between countries wanting to limit the production of…

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Nature funding must triple by 2030 to protect land, wildlife and climate

Global annual spending to protect and restore nature needs to triple this decade to about $350 billion by 2030 and rise to $536 billion by 2050, a U.N. report said…

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UN emissions report: World on course for more than 3-degree spike, even if climate commitments are met

Even if countries meet commitments made under the 2015 Paris Agreement, the world is heading for a 3.2 degrees Celsius global temperature rise over pre-industrial levels, leading to even wider-ranging and more destructive climate impacts, warns a report…

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Towards environmental protection as a human right through new UN agreement

The UN environment agency and human rights office (OHCHR) signed a landmark new agreement on Friday aimed at better protecting vulnerable human and environmental rights defenders and their families, while…

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