A man stands in front of a screen with an AI-generated artwork at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland on Sunday (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber) Artificial intelligence has been all the rage at the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual summit in Davos this week. While tech leaders raved about its capabilities, the latest WEF GlobalContinue reading “Artificial intelligence, drinking water, carbon dioxide in the atmosphere a.o.”
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Unintentional or intentional destruction of a people in Gaza and a climate crisis
Although the UN Office on and the Responsibility to Protect offers a more legalistic definition, ‘genocide’ is universally understood to refer to the intentional destruction of a people in whole or in part. Intent can be difficult to prove in a court of law unless the accused has been foolish or brazen enough to expoundContinue reading “Unintentional or intentional destruction of a people in Gaza and a climate crisis”
Want to make a difference on air pollution? Cut down on your meat and dairy
A vegan diet is probably the single biggest way to reduce your impact on planet Earth.
Wildfires all over the northern hemisphere in 2023
Climate change has spurred on hotter, drier conditions around the world that have lengthened fire seasons in many regions, including California, Europe and Siberia. Changes to the climate have put more energy into the atmosphere, which means severe lightning storms are happening much further north.
Composted reads for August 2023
The good news ‘More in hope’: lessons from our tiny reforestation scheme in the Amazon Red admiral butterfly population soars 400% in UK as winters warm The sustainable building material we’ve all been waiting for Prospectors hit the gas in the hunt for ‘white hydrogen’ ‘This way of farming is really sexy’: the rise ofContinue reading “Composted reads for August 2023”
Storm Hilary is a sign of the unpredictable weather we must learn to live with
The exact consequences of this global heating still has the capacity to surprise
Record heat, violent wildfires – a punishing reminder of Europe’s climate challenge
The further far-right drift across Europe is alarming for many reasons including the de-prioritisation or weaponising of climate action.
Climate News by Louise Boyle for the 2nd week of June 2023
The smoke in New York is so thick you can feel it in your lungs.
Composted Reads at the beginning of June 2023
Story of the week ‘Farming good, factory bad’, we think. When it comes to the global food crisis, it isn’t so simple | George Monbiot The good news More than 5,000 new species discovered in Pacific deep-sea mining hotspot Heat pumps: more than 80% of households in Great Britain ‘satisfied with system’ York groundsel bloomsContinue reading “Composted Reads at the beginning of June 2023”
The Guardian looking at the world the first week of 2023 June
June 01 Headlines Kyiv strikes Three die in early morning attack by Russia Two children were among the dead, according to Ukrainian officials, in one of the most deadly attacks in recent weeks Macron Negotiating with Putin may have to take priority over war crimes trial, says French president French president calls forContinue reading “The Guardian looking at the world the first week of 2023 June”
Some View on the World 