Photo: Usha Kiran/Unsplash (CC0)
In today’s edition, we’re exploring how global climate action is picking up speed, Brazil’s move to establish new Indigenous territories, and the guerrilla campaign in LA reconnecting waterways with nature.
Renewable energy is surging and global emissions are beginning to level off, even if several fossil-fuel-dependent nations continue to slow broader progress on climate action, based on new data from the Climate Change Performance Index.
Source: Deutsche Welle
Although global emissions are still climbing ten years on, the quick expansion of solar, wind, and electric vehicles shows that climate action is delivering real results.
Source: Deutsche Welle
The move grants the areas – one of which lies within the Amazon – legal protection for their cultures and environments, though enforcement remains uneven. It continues President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s recent efforts, after his administration recognised Indigenous rights to 11 territories last year.
Source: BBC News
From Taradell to Galicia, communities in Spain are forming clean energy cooperatives. Solar from rooftops of community buildings supports homes at up to a 2000-metre radius and income-qualified families get support from a government programme tasked with tackling fuel poverty.
Source: The Guardian
Insect-eating bird populations in France appear to be making a tentative recovery after a ban on bee-harming pesticides, according to the first study to examine how wildlife is returning in Europe.
Source: The Guardian
Reselling tickets for profit is to be outlawed under plans due to be announced this week, as the UK government goes ahead with a long-awaited crackdown on touts and resale platforms such as Viagogo and StubHub.
Source: The Guardian
New data from more than 86,000 people across 27 European countries suggests that speaking two or more languages is linked to a lower risk of accelerated aging. Previous research has suggested that multilingualism can help maintain cognitive function, but evidence has been inconsistent.
Source: Good News Network
While the number of memory care units in the US has risen 62% over the past decade, a growing number of communities have no dedicated memory facilities at all. Instead, they’re part of a growing movement to make life with dementia less segregated.
Source: NPR
For many residents, the Los Angeles River, lined with concrete embankments and flanked by constant traffic, barely resembles a river at all. But when Doug Rosenberg noticed a shopping cart overturned in the river’s shallow waters in 2020, he saw something else: an opportunity to reconnect the waterway with nature.
Source: NPR
Nick Hudson and his organisation E2AC are bridging the gap between two worlds: entertainment and non-profits. In our new podcast episode, Nick explains to us, how he came to create a “philanthropic Netflix”, how E2AC inspires movie lovers to take action, and why donating and supporting a cause can be addictive.
Source: Squirrel News
