Study raises concern over future methane leaks following Siberian heatwave

The Siberian heat wave of 2020 led to new methane emissions from the permafrost, according to research. The potent greenhouse gas emissions are currently small, the scientists said, but further research is urgently needed.

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Global Tiger Day Marks Uneven Progress Towards the Global Goal to Double Wild Tigers by 2022

Wild tiger numbers are declining in all tiger range countries in mainland Southeast Asia, and it is now a near certainty that these countries will have fewer tigers than they did in 2010 - the year the global goal was set to double the world's wild tigers by 2022.

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Major international legal report backs growing institutional investor focus on achieving positive sustainability impacts

Freshfields has today released a new report, providing the first ever comprehensive analysis of how far the law requires or permits investors to take deliberate steps to tackle sustainability challenges.

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Western Indian Ocean region declares 550,000 sq km as protected, a 63% jump since 2015

The Western Indian Ocean region has declared 143* marine and coastal areas as protected – an area covering 553,163 square kilometers, representing 7 percent of the total Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) for the region – according to a new publication by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP)-Nairobi Convention and the Western Indian Ocean Marine Science Association.

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