Positive Climate & Biodiversity News - Week #20

Happy Monday! Here is your weekly dose of positive Climate and Biodiversity news to help motivate you and get your week off to a great start.

It's time to balance out all the “doom and gloom” news we often hear and add some positivity to our lives. 🙌

🌊 An historic achievement: Treaty of the High Seas is adopted

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"The Treaty of the High Seas was adopted by consensus and standing ovation during the United Nations meeting in New York. This Treaty is key to protect the ocean, promote equity and fairness, tackle environmental degradation, fight climate change, and prevent biodiversity loss in the high seas."

Read the full article on European Commission.

🦏 After 17-Year Absence, White Rhinos Return to the DRC

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"The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) recently welcomed the reintroduction of 16 southern white rhinoceroses to Garamba National Park. The last wild northern white rhino was poached there in 2006."

Read the full article on Eco Watch.

💦 Britain is embracing switch to refillable water bottles, say campaigners

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"In 2015, just 20% of people in the UK used a refillable water bottle, according to the anti-disposables campaign Refill. That figure is now almost 60%, they say."

Read the full article on The Guardian.

🇨🇭Climate 'victory': Swiss citizens vote in favour of new law to reach net zero emissions by 2050

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"The Swiss people have voted yes to a new climate law that will see the country cut net greenhouse gas emissions to zero by 2050."

Read the full article on Euronews.

🐳 No Whaling This Summer: Minister Halts Fin Whale Hunting

Image by Golli. A whale at Hvalur hf.’s whaling station in 2015

"Svandís Svavarsdóttir, the Minister of Food, Agriculture, and Fisheries, has decided to temporarily halt the hunting of fin whales until August 31."

Read the full article on Iceland Review.

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