Landmines and remnants of war pose a serious threat, and more needs to be done to solve it

In recent weeks, wildfires have ravaged Europe amid record-breaking heat and drought. These fires posed an immediate threat to life, forcing the evacuation of over 300,000 people across France, Spain…

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Nestlé coffee comeback starts beneath the surface

How Nestlé is futureproofing coffee productionNestlé targets soil health to strengthen long-term coffee productionDegraded soils threaten yields, quality, costs and farmer resilienceOver 100,000 farmers trained across 15 coffee-producing countriesRegenerative practices…

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Kirin puts ¥43.8bn price tag on transition to green packaging

The Japanese beverage giant’s latest climate-risk assessment estimates that carbon pricing could add ¥43.8bn to packaging costs by 2050 under its Sustainable Scenario, which assumes a stronger global shift towards…

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Deforestation Is Changing Mosquito Feeding Habits, Putting Humans at Greater Disease Risk

A study in Brazil’s Atlantic Forest found human blood in 18 of 24 successfully identified mosquito samples, raising concerns that habitat loss could increase opportunities for diseases to spill over…

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China’s Tianmu Mountain reserve tackles modern conservation amid religious tradition

Buddhist, Daoist and Confucian traditions have long guided the protection of plants and wildlife in a nature reserve on Tianmu Mountain in eastern China. Local temples enforced strict rules and…

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