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Climate not behind agri-sector fall
The Express Tribune
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August 4, 2025
Listen to article ISLAMABAD: Pakistan's GDP growth exceeded expectations during FY24. It proved wrong everyone, including international organisations, experts, and policymakers. A deep dive into GDP data revealed that the major push came from...
Environmental protection board intervenes as residents lament waste mgt crisis in FCT
The Guardian (Nigeria)
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August 4, 2025
A last minute intervention by the Abuja Environmental Protection Board (AEPB) has doused the situation as residents groaned over the waste crisis in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). Before the gradual descent of the capital city, it was once...
Environment minister to visit e-waste park in Norway to note best practices
Hindustan Times
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August 3, 2025
Delhi environment and industries minister Manjinder Singh Sirsa arrived in Oslo on Sunday to study electronic waste (e-waste) management systems, ahead of the city’s plan to develop an e-waste park in Holambi Kalan. The visit, facilitated in...
Government to train chiefs in Volta Region to resolve disputes and improve local governance – Prez
Business Ghana
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President John Dramani Mahama has announced that the Ministry of Local Government and Chieftaincy will roll out capacity building workshops to strengthen the leadership of traditional rulers in the Volta Region. The initiative, he said, is part of...
Government promises lack substantive action
Cyprus Mail
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August 4, 2025
And its lack of preparedness when the Limassol fire hit is just one sad example In addition to trying to solve the overarching Cyprus problem, governments have faced many interrelated challenges, including ensuring the adequate functioning of...
Companies take concrete steps toward capturing revenues from carbon dioxide
The Globe and Mail
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August 3, 2025
Open this photo in gallery:Carbon Upcycling CEO Apoorv Sinha says Canada punches 'well above its weight in carbon-to-value across the building material sector, even in carbon chemicals.'Jeff McIntosh/The Globe and Mail It can be used to make fuel,...
Confused politics fans the flames of southern Europe’s wildfires
Politico Europe
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August 4, 2025
“I expect that it may take a few weeks, but we’ll have a general reshuffling of the government so that there will be a new beginning,” he said. Maria Panayiotou, Cyprus’s rural development and environment minister, also told POLITICO about steps...
Balancing act: The environmental footprint of Morton Jaffray water treatment plant
NewsDay Zimbabwe
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For decades, the Morton Jaffray plant has served as the primary treatment facility for Harare, but as the population swells and climate change intensifies, the pressure on this facility is becoming increasingly complex. THE Morton Jaffray water...
Bridging the gap between climate-science communication and the public
The Standard
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Climate change communication can also be classified as communication that empowers positive framing, local impact, tangible solutions and stories that change lives. CLIMATE change is an existential problem ravaging the global landscape and...
'Don't just sit in the boardroom': Hong Kong climate finance chief calls on C-suite leaders to connect with nature
Eco-Business
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August 4, 2025
“Many did not have any yield last year because of extreme weather,” said To, a licensed aromatherapist who co-founded the social enterprise that runs an organic farm and organises aromatherapy workshops. To also said this first-hand experience...
Cấn Thị Thêu Hospitalized, Đặng Đăng Phước Isolated: Việt Nam’s Harsh Treatment of Political Prisoners
The Vietnamese Magazine
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August 4, 2025
Key Events Prison Health Crisis Raises Human Rights Concerns in Case of Cấn Thị Thêu; Political Prisoner Đặng Đăng Phước Placed in Solitary Confinement, Family Protests Harsh Disciplinary Measures; Cà Mau Principal’s 7-Year Sentence Over $420...
Zepp Health Corporation Reports Second Quarter 2025 Unaudited Financial Results
MENAFN
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August 3, 2025
(MENAFN- PR Newswire) MILPITAS, Calif., Aug. 3, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Zepp Health Corporation ("Zepp" or the "Company") (NYSE: ZEPP ) today announced its unaudited financial results for the second quarter of 2025. Second Quarter 2025 Financial and...
Fashion sector shows progress in climate strategies, but falls short on key transitions – report
Ethical Marketing News
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August 4, 2025
While some fashion companies have made progress in their climate strategies, the lack of critical transition measures and reliance on false solutions like biomass and fossil gas undermine the integrity of their efforts, according to the new...
Gasoline prices cooled off this summer in California. The politics haven’t.
East Bay Times - California
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August 3, 2025
California’s notoriously high gas prices are cheaper than usual, but you wouldn’t know it by watching politicians criticize each other about pain at the pump. Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom has sparred this summer with California Republicans and...
Faraday Future Founder and Co-CEO YT Jia Shares Weekly Investor Update: Company to Announce Major Breakthrough of Its Bridge Strategy on August 16 in Pebble Beach
Voice of Alexandria - Minnesota
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LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug 4, 2025-- Faraday Future Intelligent Electric Inc. (NASDAQ: FFAI) (“Faraday Future”, “FF” or the “Company”), a California-based global shared intelligent electric mobility ecosystem company, today shared a weekly...
John Swinney urged to crackdown on plastic pollution 'fuelling climate crisis'
Daily Record & Sunday Mail
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August 4, 2025
First Minister John Swinney has been called on to take urgent action to crackdown on plastic pollution. In an open letter signed by 18 environmental and civil groups, the SNP leader has been told to do more to protect Scots from the effects of...
Fracking failures hidden amid claims gas companies being “given free rein” in Top End
Renew Economy
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August 4, 2025
The Northern Territory government attempted to cover up a fracking company’s failure to comply with its environmental management plan when drilling between two underground aquifers, an environmental group says. On Thursday the Department of Land,...
How BRICS could become the Global South’s climate voice
The Interpreter
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August 4, 2025
Confidence is declining in global climate diplomacy. The familiar multilateral institutions in the field are fractured and struggling to remain relevant to address a rapidly worsening climate crisis. The return of Donald Trump to the White House,...
DLA Piper guides governments through ICJ hearings on landmark climate change advisory opinion
Australasian Lawyer
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August 4, 2025
“Pacific students spearheaded this landmark climate justice campaign, rallying governments, civil society, and communities around the world to fight for the future of their lands, cultures, and right to self-determination – and won”, Delaney said....
Nature protection and climate action essential for increased productivity
The National Tribune
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August 4, 2025
A new report by the Productivity Commission has emphasised how important protecting nature and cutting climate pollution are to productivity. The report, released today, says ‘Productivity growth is supported not only by fast approvals, but also...