The National Trust in west Cornwall, along with local community groups, have planted 800 trees to help tackle climate change.
The trust said there was a mixture of 22 different native species planted on the edge of Godolphin woods as part of its ambition to plant 20 million trees by 2023.
It said the planting programme was funded by Forest for Cornwall and paid for the supply of saplings.
Area ranger for the west Cornwall countryside team John Cartwright said increasing the woodland and forests was one of the "simplest ways to tackle climate change".
"Trees are like the superheroes of the environment; they mitigate against the effects of climate change and preserve biodiversity," said Mr Cartwright.
"Trees lock in carbon emissions that otherwise contribute towards global warming by absorbing and storing carbon, and at the same time improve biodiversity by providing shelter, food and habitats for wildlife such as insects, small mammals and birds."
The community groups involved included community interest company (CIC) Shifting Horizons, who offer forest and beach school early intervention programmes to young people in the west Penwith, members from Godophin Cross Community Association, and participants from Bys Vyken, a Cornish running events company.
Director at Bys Vyken Martin Penney said as a Cornish trial events company, it was important to them to give back to the local community.
Mr Penney said: "We've been working with the National Trust for several years and the team gave us the opportunity to help with green projects and to put something back into the countryside that we love so much."
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Chinese researchers have unveiled an innovative bio-based polyester nanocomposite that offers superior mechanical properties and reprocessability. This is reported by Xinhua News Agency, a partner of TV BRICS.
The research highlights the potential of this new nanocomposite to replace traditional plastics and provide a greener alternative to petroleum-based products, the experts claim.
The research team utilised a novel method involving two-dimensional (2D) nanosheets and one-dimensional carbon nanotube fibres to create a composite material with enhanced dispersion and structural stability.
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The bio-based nanocomposite offers a sustainable alternative for applications in packaging and engineering.
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Regional Green Trade Bloc To Fight Both Climate Ahange And Protectionism – Analysis – Eurasia Review
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US President Donald Trump’s decision to raise tariffs on imports from Canada, China and Mexico, and all imports of aluminium and steel has led the world to brace for major trade disruptions and economic confusion. Protectionism has come back into vogue and countries are cultivating critical sectors at home to bolster their economic security.
The retreat from free trade will accelerate under Trump, with far-reaching consequences — especially in the fight against climate change.
But the world has changed significantly in recent years. A deeper trend visible beyond the posturing and threats includes growing recognition of the urgency of cultivating home-grown green industries to combat climate change. This climate imperative must serve two mutually reinforcing goals — staving off further temperature increases and boosting economic growth and job creation.
Green trade is international trade in green goods and services in areas such as renewable energy, green transportation, energy efficiency, waste management, sustainable agriculture, nature-based solutions and environmental professional services. Allowing free green trade — the trading of green goods, services and technologies as freely as possible across nations — will help decarbonise the economy and protect the environment at low cost.
A green trade arrangement would involve reductions in tariffs and non-tariff barriers on a carefully selected list of green goods and services that deliver environmental and climate benefits. This will reduce the costs of green goods and services in most countries, boost green industries and enable faster and wider adoption of low-carbon practices and technologies.
Introducing green trade policy on a global scale is challenging as one or two nations can obstruct a complex global deal. But it can be built on the foundations of existing regional trade agreements, among a smaller ‘coalition of the willing’. In the Asia Pacific region, the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) offers one avenue for freeing up green trade. As the world’s largest trading bloc, by population and GDP, it comprises 15 countries and accounts for 30 per cent of global economic activity.
A green trade arrangement could operate within the terms of RCEP, eliminating tariffs and significantly reducing non-tariff barriers on green goods and services ahead of the bloc’s existing eight-year timeline for full tariff removal.
Designing the list of green goods and services that should be covered by the green trade arrangement is the first step that is needed. An initial study by the Institute of Finance and Sustainability (IFS) suggests that this list could include a few dozen categories and a few hundred products and services.
Demonstrating the economic benefits of a green trade agreement to all member states will be key. Robust design of the arrangement must ensure that all member countries in the bloc benefit economically, accelerating their pace of decarbonisation and advancing the growth of their green industries.
Incentives for green foreign direct investment and technology transfers — such as a more stable policy environment, enhanced protection for investors and intellectual property rights — need to be incorporated into the green trade arrangement to increase trade and encourage cross-border green investment and technology transfers and help low-income countries develop green industries and jobs.
If RCEP adopts the idea, a larger number of Chinese, Japanese and South Korean electric vehicle and renewable energy equipment manufacturers are likely to invest in supply chain development and license technologies to local producers across ASEAN countries.
There needs to be a balance between the need for policy incentives to stimulate green industries and trade-distorting subsidies. Government incentives for the production and consumption of green goods and services are often viewed favourably, but they can lead to trade disputes. Within the RCEP framework, it would be helpful if some no-significant-harm principles and prohibited subsidies could be agreed upon.
Non-tariff barriers not only tariffs must be removed or reduced. Under many free trade arrangements, non-tariff barriers are often more significant impediments than tariffs to international trade and investment in green industries. This requires a serious stocktake of all non-tariff barriers, including import and export quotas, quality inspection against domestic standards, customs clearance processes, product traceability requirements, trade finance and export credit insurance and cross-border payment and settlement. Options should be developed to reduce these barriers, including harmonising green product and traceability standards and reducing the cost of trade finance using green finance instruments.
A dialogue that considers all these factors will be crucial and larger economies such as China, Indonesia, Australia, Japan and South Korea can play a key role in forming an initial consensus on the economic and climate merit of a green trade initiative within RCEP.
A regional green trade arrangement can be an inclusive approach to support a ‘just’ climate transition. It will promote decarbonisation and mutual economic benefits in all member states — via job creation and revenue growth. A multilateral approach will build mutual trust for broader cooperation on climate and trade issues.
The case for green trade arrangements is even stronger compared to the approach being embraced by some advanced economies. While the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) favoured by the European Union can reduce carbon leakage from imports, it harms incomes and employment in developing economies exporting carbon-intensive goods. Such unilateral measures are likely to lead to retaliation and yet more protectionism.
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Evanston has been in the vanguard of climate action ever since City Council’s 2006 decision to support the U.S. Conference of Mayors Climate Protection Agreement. So it’s no wonder that young people who weren’t even born then have been getting involved in climate action and taking a special interest in Evanston’s municipal elections.
Beginning in February, with the help of Climate Action Evanston (and an assist from the RoundTable), E-Town Sunrise and Fossil-Free Northwestern invited candidates for the City Council to sit down and talk about issues of particular concern to Evanston youth. Fourteen of the 21 candidates were able to schedule time with the group. Most met up in the main library, while two talked via Zoom.
The wide-ranging conversations touched on bicycle safety and rooftop solar, transit-oriented development and the Healthy Buildings Ordinance, the possibility of bolstering public transit through an updated wheel tax, and how to keep housing affordable while transitioning to renewable energy. The young people wanted to know how candidates will help to elevate youth voices, considering that policies and plans like the Climate Action and Resilience Plan and Envision Evanston will continue to affect their lives well into the future.
”I think it’s been clear what young people want,” Olin Wilson-Thomas said later. “I think young people want to be able to move back to Evanston when they’re older. I think young people want action on the climate crisis that will affect them the most. And I think that young people want their ideas to be taken seriously.” The ETHS sophomore has been a frequent commenter at City Council meetings in recent months and operated the video camera for most of the interviews.
Joining him were Izzy Franconeri, ETHS junior and E-Town Sunrise liaison to Climate Action Evanston’s board, and ETHS freshman Ellie Hersher-Dale. Anusha Kumar and Gracey Ninmer of Fossil-Free Northwestern and Melanie Tapia of Sustainable NU also participated.
Candidates expressed appreciation for the chance to talk with young people. Jacqueline Mendoza (2nd Ward candidate) and Gennifer Geer (3rd Ward candidate) even proposed lowering the voting age to 16. Matt Rodgers (8th Ward candidate ) said that if he’s elected and they think he’s not listening, they should “smack me upside the head and tell me to pay attention.”
“We’ll see next cycle, when the new people get in office, where they land on this,” Wilson-Thomas said.
Already, though, he said, “We’ve made some big steps recently.” Three young people — two from ETHS (Wilson-Thomas and Jexa Edinberg) and one from Northwestern (Anusha Kumar) — are on the Environment Board, for example, and E-Town Sunrise has been successful in getting young people out to speak at Land Use Commission and City Council meetings. “The earlier that kids learn to stick up for themselves and advocate for their interests without relying on their elected officials to do so, I think they’re gonna see the impacts of what they want become a lot more tangible,” Wilson-Thomas said.
Speaking in support of the Healthy Buildings Ordinance at the March 10 City Council meeting, retiring Councilmember Eleanor Revelle (7th Ward) asked the rhetorical question, who will benefit? “The answer is the students that we have at many of our council meetings speaking eloquently about the need for our HBO and the children growing up in our community today who deserve a future with cleaner air and most of all a livable climate,” she said. The measure passed on a 7-1 vote with Kelly voting no and Geracaris absent at the time of the vote.
These candidate interviews are one of the first initiatives of the Climate Action Evanston Youth Committee. The group, facilitated by CAE director Jack Jordan, includes what he describes as “youth around town who are anxious or want to do something about climate action.” E-Town Sunrise is part of a global youth movement fighting for “government action that actually meets the scale, scope and urgency of the climate crisis.” In addition to speaking out at City Council meetings and demonstrations and writing letters to the editor, last year they succeeded in persuading ETHS to adopt a “green new deal.” Fossil-Free NU, a student organization pushing for climate and environmental justice, has also shown up at City Council meetings to advocate for adoption of the Healthy Buildings Ordinance.
Videos of the interviews can be viewed through at the Climate Action Evanston website. E-Town Sunrise and Fossil-Free Northwestern also share updates on Instagram.
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India: Reserve Bank to address climate risks – Asia Insurance Review
India's central bank Reserve Bank of India (RBI) will contribute to the global efforts to mitigate the risks associated with climate change and ensure that the Indian financial system remains resilient.
RBI governor Sanjay Malhotra has said that climate related changes are perceptible, clear, and visible. They are intensifying and threatening ecosystems, livelihoods, and economies. It is our individual and collective responsibility, to work together effectively.
Mr Malhotra was addressing a policy seminar on climate change risks and finance organised by the bank recently. He said there are two dimensions to climate change-related risks that regulators, policymakers and practitioners have to be aware of — the first is facilitative involving capacity building, development of the ecosystem and financing of green and sustainable transition; and the second is the prudential aspect, which is related to risk management.
He said, “All the major types of financial risks - be it credit, market, or operational risk - are influenced by climate change. These risks include losses from credit portfolio due to extreme climate events or natural disasters (physical risks) and loss in value of collaterals due to stranded assets (transition risks); losses from investments; and operational losses.
“Although climate change impacts almost all economic sectors, the extent and nature of these risks vary by sector, industry, geography, and institution. The mitigation of climate change risks, therefore, rests – firstly, on realistic and comprehensive assessment of the frequency and severity of climate risks and secondly, estimating their financial impact, which is no easy task.”
He said there is a need to build innovative solutions and capabilities. The Reserve Bank has been encouraging and facilitating innovations through its regulatory sandbox and hackathon initiatives in the Fintech space.
Mr Malhotra said the bank proposes to set up a dedicated “on Tap” cohort on climate change risks and sustainable finance under RBI’s Regulatory Sandbox initiative. We are also planning to conduct a special “Greenathon” on climate change and related aspects.
He said there is a need to adopt a holistic approach towards mitigation of climate change risks considering the country specific requirements and circumstances. We will collaborate and coordinate with the government and other regulators to ensure that there is harmonisation and consistency in rules, regulations and our approach towards mitigating the impacts of climate change.
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