The EU is close to reaching its climate goals despite a green backlash.

The EU is broadly within target to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 55% by 2030 compared with 1990 levels, a victory for Brussels as it faces growing calls to weaken its environmental agenda.

The majority of the emissions drop will come from the energy sector, according to a tracker published by climate think-tank Ember.

https://mediafaro.org/article/20250525-the-eu-is-close-to-reaching-its-climate-goals-despite-a-green-backlash?mf_channel=mastodon&action=forward

#EU #ClimateGoals #GreenHouseGasses #CarbonEmmissions #Environment #Energy

All those trees planted in New Zealand to offset carbon emissions? It's not the perfect solution we thought it was... 

"The 30-year net present value of land with production forestry and carbon credits is NZ$21,300 per hectare, 144% more than the expected returns from sheep and beef"

https://phys.org/news/2024-05-millions-trees-isnt-climate-zealand.html

#NewZealand #CarbonCredits #CarbonOffset #Trees #CarbonEmmissions

All those trees planted in New Zealand to offset carbon emissions? It's not the perfect solution we thought it was...

"The 30-year net present value of land with production forestry and carbon credits is NZ$21,300 per hectare, 144% more than the expected returns from sheep and beef"

https://phys.org/news/2024-05-millions-trees-isnt-climate-zealand.html

#NewZealand #CarbonCredits #CarbonOffset #Trees #CarbonEmmissions

Should we be moving away from plastics in our everyday lives?

#CriticalQuestions #Quiz #PubQuiz #Plastic #Plastics #ClimateChange #CarbonEmmissions #StayHome #StaySafe #StayHomeStaySafe

https://youtu.be/yLgNavEPjtc

Yep, bucking the system to create a more liveable world is surely a crime!

#carculture #livablecities #walkablecities #walkability #livability #carbonemmissions

Image: cartoon found on LinkedIn without attribution to author. If you know the original source please advise and I will attribute.

Pleased to launch this year's People & Planet #UniversityLeague - ranking all #UK unis against a huge range of #sustainability criteria from #carbonEmmissions reductions to student and staff engagement and more.

And I enjoyed making it pretty!

Built on top of #openSource #CiviCRM and my own survey extension.

https://peopleandplanet.org/university-league