Hello Dear Readers! Happy Friday! The intersection of climate policy, resource extraction, and environmental preservation underscores the complex relationship between economic progress and ecological sustainability.
The week's first article highlights that AI analysed climate policies and identified policies that are effective in reducing emissions. The results show that only 63 climate change interventions led to significant reductions in carbon emissions. In the second article this week, you could take a look at the article where scientists have warned that while the mining of transition metals is vital for green technology, it risks damaging critical habitats such as Africa's great apes' habitat. The third article talks about window to secure the future of the Great Barrier Reef is closing due to climate change. This is due to the deterioration of the reef. Finally, Antarctica is under threat from rafts of debris which could transport alien invaders to a warmer climate. Take a look at this week's video where the world's biggest solar and battery project in the Northern Territory has cleared environmental approvals.
Tim Hanigan
Economist
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AI analysed 1,500 policies to cut emissions. These ones worked
Researchers used machine learning to analyse roughly 1,500 climate policies and identify those that have drastically reduced carbon emissions. Their study, published in Science today, found that policies that combine several tools are more effective in slashing emissions than are stand-alone measures. Read more here
Study: A third of Africa’s great apes at risk from mining of transition metals
Scientists have warned that mining of the metals needed for the global clean energy transition could threaten Africa’s already beleaguered great apes unless strong conservation measures are implemented. Read more.
‘Humanity is failing’: official report warns our chance to save the Great Barrier Reef is fast closing
The Great Barrier Reef will continue to deteriorate, largely due to climate change, and the window to secure its future is rapidly closing. That is the sobering conclusion of a major new report into the state of the reef. Read more
Rafts of garbage, kelp and other debris could transport alien invaders to a warming Antarctica
Rafts of garbage, kelp and other debris could transport alien invaders to a warming Antarctica. Read more.
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