Writing in The Conversation, Robert McLachlan, a professor of applied mathematics at Massey University, said New Zealand was yet to make emissions reductions. Of 43 industrialised countries, New Zealand is among 12 that have seen net emissions increase between 1990 and 2018. … [Read more...] about New Zealand declares a climate change emergency
Oecd
Yet another Communist cover-up: Two WHO scientists are turned back by China over ‘positive antibody test’ as team arrives in Wuhan to probe Covid’s origins – but they will NOT visit virus lab and WILL investigate wet market discredited as ‘source’
Lab safety procedures are riddled with potential loopholes and flaws: breakages, animal bites, faulty equipment or simple mis-labelling can all lead to a deadly pathogen reaching its first human victim. If so, such carelessness has now cost tens of millions of lives. … [Read more...] about Yet another Communist cover-up: Two WHO scientists are turned back by China over ‘positive antibody test’ as team arrives in Wuhan to probe Covid’s origins – but they will NOT visit virus lab and WILL investigate wet market discredited as ‘source’
Countries must ‘urgently’ adapt to climate change, UN warns
How climate change is impacting the world's rivers Biodiversity and food loss Lake Chad is a stark example of how climate change is forcing people to search for new sources of water and food. The region has seen a rise in tensions as farmers and cattle herders move towards richer land. But other continents just now feeling the pressure of climate change are starting to see their fish stocks unsuited to warmer waters – and their waters evaporating in the heat. … [Read more...] about Countries must ‘urgently’ adapt to climate change, UN warns
Treasury denies plan to ditch golden rules as pressure grows on finances
Gordon Brown installed the fiscal "golden rules" when he was chancellor in 1997. The Conservatives and Liberal Democrats last night seized on the possibility of a rule change, first reported in the Financial Times, as evidence that his reputation for sound economic management was being eroded. … [Read more...] about Treasury denies plan to ditch golden rules as pressure grows on finances
How the country that gave the world covid is now the only one in the black: China is only economy to grow in 2020 after Beijing hid the scale of their outbreak from rest of the world
But Iris Pang, ING chief economist for Greater China, said 'when China can achieve a complete recovery is still an open question', given that without fiscal and monetary stimulus, the economy would not have recovered at such a pace. … [Read more...] about How the country that gave the world covid is now the only one in the black: China is only economy to grow in 2020 after Beijing hid the scale of their outbreak from rest of the world
