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The Stream, May 28, 2021: Australian Coal Mine’s Water Withdrawals Need Deeper Analysis, Court Says

Circle of Blue

The African Development Bank approves a new water policy that will shape the bank’s lending. The African Development Bank approved a new water policy that will shape the bank’s lending programs. Study shows fish farms in British Columbia can transmit a virus to wild salmon. It’s like night and day.

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India’s banks unprepared for climate breaking points

A Greener Life

And despite the mounting warnings from experts, India’s big banks appear to be turning a blind eye to climate risk. . Climate scorecard for India’s banks . A recent analysis offers a rare glimpse into how India’s largest commercial banks think about climate change. trillion) as of March 2021.? .

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Sounding Green vs Being Green: How to finance sustainability?

HumanNature

The Sustainable Development Goals outlined by the UN Foundation in 2015 not only provide a guideline for an ideal future, but also illustrate the multi-pronged dilemma of emerging economies. “A climate investment trap in developing economies.” ” (2021). Citations: Ameli, Nadia, et al. Egli, Florian.

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Analysis: What challenges face Chile’s new ‘environmentalist’ government?

A Greener Life

Chile’s president-elect Gabriel Boric speaks in Santiago, the day after his election victory in December 2021. He was president of the Central Bank of Chile from 2016 until this year and has had a long career in international organisations and working on financial policies, including under several previous Chilean governments.

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Pike County Conservation District: Floodplain Mapping

PA Environment Daily

By regulation in Pennsylvania, the floodway, in areas that do not have a detailed floodplain mapping is assumed, absent evidence to the contrary, to extend 50 feet back from the top of bank on both sides of the stream. Floodplains perform a variety of functions that are valuable to humans and fish and wildlife species.

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Canada delivers on climate promise, takes significant step towards ending public fossil finance 

Enviromental Defense

Vanessa Corkal, Senior Policy Advisor, International Institute for Sustainable Development. From 2019 to 2021, Canada supported fossil fuels 11 times more than renewables. From 2019 to 2021, Canada supported an annual average of CAD 11.1 Émile Boisseau-Bouvier, Climate Policy Analyst, Équiterre.

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How Tackling Ghost Gear Can Help Mitigate the Impacts of Climate Change

Ocean Conservancy

In October 2021, I had the honor of joining world leaders, activists and other representatives from non-governmental organizations in Glasgow for the United Nations Climate Change Conference (also known as COP26). The central message of the conference was abundantly clear: the impacts of climate change are all around us.