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Shorthand Story: 6zt3LIyXDB Shorthand Story Head: Ghost Words: Reading the past Shorthand Story Body: Ghost Words: Reading the past TwitterFacebook A new virtual exhibition from Cambridge University Library (UL) is set to bring to life the hidden words buried in some of our oldest manuscripts – known as palimpsests. #ULghostwords Ghost Words examines the quest…
February 2021: Human population growth and overconsumption of resources are accelerating biodiversity decline and climate disruption. These trends can lead to climate induced mass migrations, pandemics, and resource conflicts which are threatening employment, healthcare, economic growth, and political stability. Scientists are calling for systems level changes and accelerated action on biodiversity loss and climate change…
February 2021: The Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative aims to increase publicly available data about environmental payments and to highlight needs for environmental policies that promote better natural resource and environmental management practices. Increased financial transparency in the extractive industries can be linked to significant reductions in carbon emissions.
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Rock lobsters may have lived further north in the past, and may be vulnerable to climate change in the future, according to a new study published this month (March 2021). … The post Rock lobsters’ long-distance relationship appeared first on British Antarctic Survey.
Hosted by the Cambridge University International Law Society. Can we use international criminal law to tackle the climate emergency? What changes could be made to the International Criminal Court (ICC) to improve how it functions? Will the new U.S. President Joe Biden change America’s hostile stance to the ICC? These…
ClimateWise annual review highlights insurance sector’s role in shaping resilience to climate change
17 February 2021 – ClimateWise Principles Review indicates significant improvement in climate-related disclosure of insurers and highlights sector’s vital role in shaping resilience to climate change.
Newsletter Spring 2021 Newsletter Spring 2021 jar35 Tue, 09/02/2021 – 12:51 Ethical Capitalism, in the Age of Abolition and Now Image There’s a saying that history doesn’t repeat itself, but that it often rhymes. In the case of my new book, Not Made By Slaves: Ethical Capitalism in the Age of Abolition (Harvard, 2020) the research and…