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. 🙌
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"The second edition of the IUCN Leaders Forum brought together over 400 participants to identify solutions to protect and restore nature. The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has just launched an ambitious new initiative to protect the world’s oceans.”"
Read the full article on Euronews.
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"The busy Italian city may soon see cars banned from entering its city centre, in a move to improve air quality and make its streets more pedestrian-friendly. Milan mayor Giuseppe Sala hopes to bring the reform into force in 2024, if it gets the green light."
Read the full article on Curious.Earth.
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"In Kenya, Maasai women have found an eco-friendly solution to an invasive and hazardous plant. Parts of the opuntia cactus are edible, but its outer layers are covered in spikes and harmful to livestock which try to graze on it. A group of women are now transforming the prickly pear into a bio-gas and preserves."
Read the full article on Euronews.
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"Swedish researchers say they have developed a new, more efficient way of recycling electric car batteries. The method allows for the recovery of far more valuable metals found in EV batteries. The process does not require the use of expensive or harmful chemicals either, the scientists say."
Read the full article on Euronews.
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"Several single-use plastics have been banned from being sold across Wales as new legislation comes into force. The Welsh Government said the ban will reduce the flow of plastic pollution into the environment by prohibiting the supply of certain products."
Read the full article on Independent.
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