Cattle farming emits methane, a powerful greenhouse gas that has the greatest impact on the climate after CO2. Its warming power is more than 80 times that of CO2 over 20 years. Adding certain feed additives to fodder would help reduce emissions from cows and thus contribute to more sustainable agriculture. But what about the long-term effects on animals?
In a report published on the occasion of World Amazon Day, the environmental NGO Mighty Earth criticizes Carrefour for sourcing from “meat and soy traders with devastating practices”. In particular, it targets the group’s activities in Brazil, where it controls 25% of the market, and calls on it to respect its commitments to combat deforestation.
Using animals for meat is twice as polluting as producing plant-based food. Based on the observation that meat contributes to the climate crisis, a Dutch city of 160,000 inhabitants located west of Amsterdam has decided to ban advertising on buses, shelters or screens in public places, with the aim of reducing meat consumption and greenhouse gas emissions.
Boohoo, the UK-based online fast-fashion brand, has announced that it will be teaming up with Kourtney Kardashian to embark on a “sustainable path”. It’s hard to believe when you know that its clothes are made from cheap, environmentally damaging materials, that its workers in Pakistan are paid just 33 cents an hour and work in dangerous conditions.
This concept, invented by Adrien Nougaret aka “ZeratoR” and Alexandre Dachary aka “Dach”, brings together some sixty of France’s most popular streamers for an online charity marathon featuring video games, challenges and debates broadcast live on each streamer’s Twitch account. This year, ecology is the lucky beneficiary!
Angela Birchler, a building biologist, and her friend are experimenting with life in the “KREIS house”, an almost self-contained dwelling designed for one to two people. The house is intended to be an experimental laboratory for ecological construction and living. Among the things its two residents appreciate most are the interior atmosphere created by natural building materials and the self-sufficiency of the house.
A major study shows that the climate crisis has brought the world to the brink of several tipping points: five of these may already have been crossed as a result of global warming of 1.1°C. These include the collapse of the Greenland ice cap, the collapse of a key North Atlantic current and the sudden melting of carbon-rich permafrost.
The long-awaited report from the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights describes as “credible” allegations of torture, including rape and sexual violence, discrimination, mass detention, forced labor and widespread surveillance against Uighurs and other predominantly Muslim groups in Xinjiang province.
How fast is Greenland losing its ice, and what are the consequences for future sea-level rise? Over the past decade, the loss of Greenland ice has contributed to global sea level rise at a rate of around 1 millimeter per year. Its manifestation is complex, but the concept is simple: ice caps don’t like warm weather or baths. Unfortunately, the heat is on.
The three-month German experiment began on June 1, and was designed to reduce fuel consumption and alleviate the cost-of-living crisis. Some 52 million tickets were sold, a fifth of them to people who did not usually use public transport. People who have given up their cars for public transport have contributed to this reduction.
