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Jordanians now only have access to publicly distributed water a day and a half a week – prompting many to turn to illegal markets.

This report focuses on the 20 investors and 20 banks that are funding the methane generating activities of 15 of the leading meat and dairy companies worldwide. Collectively these financial institutions fund a methane footprint that could exceed 503 Mt CO2e – nearly as big as the CO2emissions of Saudi Arabia.

This report reveals the tactics of Big Meat and Dairy companies to delay, distract, and derail action on transforming the food system, mirroring strategies used by the tobacco and fossil fuel industries. Food systems are responsible for around a third of global greenhouse gas emissions, with approximately 60% coming from animal agriculture, the largest source of man-made methane emissions.

EUCityCalc has officially launched its free, open source online platform that allows local councils and other stakeholders to visualise and simulate low-carbon scenarios for their towns and cities, as well as to assess the trade-offs related to available choices.

The European Commission has received an open letter signed by 110 academics, businesses, civil society organisations and research institutions urging the EU to separate emissions reductions, land-based sequestration and permanent carbon removals in the EU’s post-2030 climate framework. This separation should be at the heart of both the setting and the implementation of the 2040 target and associated plans.

At a time when we need to shift our collective climate action up a gear, the influence of the fossil fuels lobby is succeeding in slowing down ambition both at COP27 and in the EU.

De Wereldgezondheidsorganisatie (WHO) heeft nieuwe richtlijnen uitgevaardigd om kinderen beter te beschermen tegen “agressieve” marketing voor ongezonde voeding.

The UN-backed ‘Carbon Removal Pioneers’ stoke the development dreams of African countries but crash against the reality of climate science.

Disposition des Québécoises et des Québécois envers les défis climatiques

Le Pédalo est un nouveau venu dans le paysage des supermarchés coopératifs bruxellois. Ceux-ci proposent une alternative à la grande distribution. Alors que ce secteur rencontre actuellement de grandes difficultés, le modèle novateur lancé dans la capitale par BeesCoop il y a quelques années essaime peu à peu.