Chris Hall

JULY 16, 2024

When a mysterious anthrax outbreak hit communities on the Yamal peninsula, Northwest Siberia, in 2016, scientists initially traced it back to the local reindeer population, which had been ravaged by the disease. Some of the identified risks are, unsurprisingly, environmental.

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Chris Hall

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

New sheriffs have set up shop and are drawing up rules on both the supply and demand side of voluntary markets, which may eventually be reinforced by regulation introduced by policymakers in line with Article 6 of the Paris Agreement. . “At Global mangrove forests sequester around 22.8

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Chris Hall

DECEMBER 15, 2023

In January this year, the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) cast doubt on some of the more extravagant claims made for the ‘green-ness’ of natural gas. Here too, the skills of lobbyists are urgently sought, due to a UN agreement that member-governments will finalise a global treaty on plastic pollution by the end of next year.

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