Sustainability News Update
With sustainability at the forefront of many people’s minds, it is a wonder why we don’t hear much about it in the news any more. Companies are enforcing travel policies to help prevent further damage to our environment, but if you don’t follow the right platform, or have the right connections, how are you to know what your efforts are doing to contribute to a more sustainable world.
That’s where I come in… As Sustainability Champion at Meon Valley Travel, I think it’s important to communicate progress, no matter how small, or how global, we need to celebrate it all.
Hannah Leggett – Sustainability Champion
2024 News
January 2024
Poland’s new government has announced a halt to planned logging in what it says are some of the country’s most valuable forests.
January 2024
Three Norwegian oil and gas field permits invalidated on environmental grounds.
January 2024
The combination of wild flowers and solar energy facilities increases insect numbers.
January 2024
The Environmental Protection Authority in New Zealand has banned the use of PFAS, also known as forever chemicals, from cosmetics.
February 2024
The European Commission recommended that the EU slash net greenhouse gas emissions by 90% by 2040.
March 2024
Kenya’s Black Rhinos make unimaginable comeback as numbers reach 1,000 milestone.
March 2024
MethaneSAT was launched to track methane emissions and their sources worldwide.
March 2024
The World’s biggest clean energy plant is being built in India, 5 times the size of Paris.
April 2024
France and Brazil join forces to protect the Amazon Rainforest with $1.1b investment programme.
April 2024
No-fishing zones announced in Antarctica, covering an area equivalent to eight times the size of Wales
April 2024
Second-hand clothing marketing in the U.S. grew seven times faster than brand-new clothing sales.
April 2024
Greece becomes first European country to ban bottom trawling in marine protected areas.
May 2024
Game developers are helping people learn about climate change by incorporating causes, impacts and solutions into their games.
June 2024
Cambridge University have found a way to make concrete using little to no emissions.
June 2024
Australian scientists have developed an AI system on satellites that can detect bushfires 500 times faster than traditional methods.
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April 2023
The University of Sydney discovered a plastic eating fungus which could significantly reduce plastic pollution.
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