Academic experts have criticized the UN Food and Agriculture Organization’s report for “dismissing” the potential of alternative proteins, such as plant-based meat, to reduce the impact of livestock on the climate and the environment.
From his groundbreaking 1982 book Chimpanzee Politics: Power and Sex Among Apes to 2019’s Mama’s Last Hug: Animal Emotions and What They Tell Us About Ourselves, Frans de Waal shattered long-held ideas about what it means to be an animal and a human.
The presence of nesting bald eagles is proof of the improving health of Toronto’s green spaces, as these birds are highly sensitive to environmental disturbances.
February was 1.77C warmer than the pre-industrial average for the month, from 1850 to 1900, and 0.81C above 1991-2020 levels. The global average temperature for the past 12 months was the highest on record, at 1.56C above pre-industrial levels.
For the first time, global warming has exceeded 1.5C across an entire year, according to the EU’s climate service. This breach doesn’t break the Paris agreement, but it does bring the world closer to doing so in the long-term.
