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90% of global farm subsidies damage people and planet, says UN
Almost 90% of the $540bn in global subsidies given to farmers every year are “harmful”, a startling UN report has found. This agricultural support damages people’s health, fuels the climate crisis, destroys nature and drives inequality by excluding smallholder farmers, many of whom are women, according to the UN agencies.
Thousands of scientists, academics call for fossil fuel ‘non-proliferation treaty’
More than two thousand leading scientists and academics have called on world leaders to commit to a new fossil fuel ‘non-proliferation treaty’, committing to urgently phase out the use of coal, gas and oil in response to the emerging threats posed by climate change.
Climate change: Hydrogen to create jobs – but is it green enough?
“Blue hydrogen” is made using gas, which is a fossil fuel. Part of the production process involves capturing the carbon. It is considered to be better for the environment than gas, but some carbon is still released into the atmosphere.
Reports
International Fuel Prices 2014 (GIZ)
The 2014 International Fuel Prices Data Preview report provides an overview of the retail prices of gasoline and diesel in over 170 countries based on a GIZ survey undertaken in
