This last week or two there has been a substantial amount of publicity and discussion about the New Zealand government’s proposed Zero Carbon Bill. There is also the almost concurrent visit to NZ of United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, who while positing the proposal has much merit infers the barre has not been set sufficiently high – perhaps inferring the politicians being pragmatic to their constituencies rather than the science-led need.
For space reasons it has been decided not to canvas these issues in this edition of Sustainability Matters in which you can read about;
• UK Labour Plan to Delist Companies to Force Action on Climate Change
• Sustainable Business Network Awards 2019
• How the World Got Hooked on Palm Oil
• Greta Thunberg to UK’s Parliament: Future Sold So Small Group of People Could Make Unimaginable Amounts of Money
• How a Boulder Startup’s Innovative Business Model is Fighting Climate Change, Preserving Land, and Improving Livestock Health
• Chernobyl: TV Exposé of the Catastrophic Meltdown
• Coastal Recovery: Bringing a Damaged Wetland Back to Life
• Homestar in Prefab and More
• Measuring Emissions: A Guide for Organisations
• Framework Launched to Deliver Net-zero Built Environment
• UK MPs Have Declared a Climate Emergency. Isn’t it Time for Business to Do the Same?
• Investing Prophet Jeremy Grantham Takes Aim at Climate Change
• Australia to Cull Over Two Million Feral Cats by 2020
• Australian University Pioneers Urban Mining ‘Micro-factories’
• Aiming Even Higher with EPDs
• Sexy Killers
• Grounding
• Can Recycling Help Overcome Homelessness