The ministers conducted deliberations during a two-day meeting in the eastern German city of Potsdam. Also in attendance were ministers from Brazil, China, India, Mexico and South Africa.
Germany’s environment minister said 150 species were lost to extinction every day, and that loss of plant and animal species was an economic disaster fuelling poverty in many areas.
The Stern report estimated that climate change could cost between 5% and 20% of annual gross domestic product.
Proposed legislation would further lower regulatory hurdles, despite environmental and public health risks.
Insiders aren’t surprised as ExxonMobil, the last remaining proponent of green algae biofuel, ends research.
Bayer’s efforts to sway public opinion are part of a strategy to “fight any sustainable transition which would harm its business”, say campaigners.
Greece’s worst rail disaster ever is the result of the same corporate cost-cutting and deregulation that led to East Palestine and Lac-Mégantic disasters.
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