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Draft Motion for a Resolution prepared for the EU Parliamentary Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety, March 2016
Draft Motion prepared by Rapporteurs Pavel Poc (Socialists and Democrats Group), Kateřina Konečná on behalf of the European United Left and Nordic Green Left group, Bas Eickhout of the Greens / European Free Alliance Group, Piernicola Pedicini of the Europe of Freedom and Direct Democracy Group, Mark Demesmaeker, Sirpa Pietikäinen and Frédérique Ries. This draft Motion was carried forward for the vote in a Parliamentary Plenary Session in April 2016.
Researchers find capacity stunted by pollution was restored after introduction of ultra-low emission zone
Children’s lungs grew bigger and stronger after the most polluting vehicles were restricted from entering London, a study has found.
Examinations of London schoolchildren before and after the introduction of the city’s ultra-low emission zone (Ulez) found a restoration of lung capacity that had been stunted by exposure to pollution.
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Food Foundation sounds alarm over supply risks and price shocks as about 40% of Britain’s food is imported
The UK is vulnerable to food price shocks because of its dependence on imports of fruit and vegetable from countries even more exposed to the climate crisis, researchers say.
Much of Britain has sweltered under a record five heatwaves this year and endured drought and wildfires, with the hot, dry conditions damaging crops and reducing yields of domestic produce.
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Greens say analysis shows government failure to take bold climate action could lead to big gains for party at election
Labour could lose dozens of seats to the Green party if the government allows new drilling in the North Sea, according to internal research shared with the Guardian.
Green party analysis suggests up to 50 Labour MPs, including Andy Burnham’s key ally Louise Haigh, could lose their seats at the next election if the government fails to make urgent climate action a priority or allows new drilling for oil and gas in the North Sea.
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Hottest periods this year in most sea regions would have been ‘virtually impossible’ in a preindustrial climate
Carbon pollution has fuelled a “massive expansion” of marine heatwaves in Europe this summer, research has found, with some waters recording temperatures 6C higher than normal.
The hottest fortnights of this year would have been “virtually impossible” in a preindustrial climate in three of the four sea regions studied, according to analysis by World Weather Attribution, while in the Celtic region, which covers much of the water around the British Isles, heat hit levels that used to strike just once a century.
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Nooks and crannies in urban areas provide a welcome alternative to intensive farming and other rural pressures
Wildflowers are having a rough time in the countryside, mostly from the onslaught of intensive farming with fertilisers, pesticides and herbicides and less grazing. On top of that, there are building developments, competition from invasive plant species and the climate crisis to contend with.
The UK has lost 97% of its wildflower meadows over the last century and over half of the country’s native flowers have been in decline for 70 years.
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Study finds older adults could face harmful heat stress at just 1.5C of warming above preindustrial levels
People aged 60 and over face dangers to their health from exposure to heat at much lower temperatures than previously thought, research has found.
Older adults will bear the brunt of increasingly frequent sustained spells of extreme heat globally as the world continues to warm up, according to a study in The Lancet Planetary Health.
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Madley, Herefordshire: The cool of our churches has been welcome to many, but my polyester robes are not made for the heat
Every summer, while roasting in my robes, I say to myself: “I must get a lighter set.” If I had a cotton cassock instead of a polyester cassock and alb, swaying to the singing of hymns might not raise my core temperature as much. In that regard, this year hasn’t been without its challenges.
Even so, our churches have become “cool spaces”. In Madley towards the end of term I received a call from Mr Batstone, headteacher of the primary school, wondering if classes could be held in church. Madley parish church is huge, with room in the nave for each class and a cool, subterranean crypt. I headed over later that week to find the church buzzing with children.
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Scientists surprised to find all but two of 12 grizzlies were dead within a year of ‘feelgood’ release, unable to sustain their high-calorie diet and inclined to approach humans
The orphaned grizzly bear cubs were bulked up with a generous diet of roadkill, watermelon, dog food and snacks donated by the public. Their contact with carers was limited to two people. Then, after up to a year in rehabilitation, they returned home to the wilds of British Columbia.
“It’s a feelgood thing – people feel good when the cage opens,” says Dr Lana M Ciarniello, a bear specialist who tracked the Canadian yearlings in a recent study. There is a perception that bears will thrive in their natural habitat, she says. “The reality is they’re not followed up on.”
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Officials have had to remove thousands of tons of sargassum from Florida’s beaches amid the climate crisis
Dealing with seaweed is the bulk of Chris Bumpus’s job during the summer. As chief of conservation for Miami-Dade county’s parks, recreation and open spaces department, Bumpus is in charge of cleaning sargassum off 17 miles (27km) of county beaches. But some days, the odds are stacked against him and his team.
More and more sargassum, a kind of floating brown algae, has been washing up on the beaches of south Florida, west Africa, the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean.
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Nearly a decade after fighting ended in northern Iraq, the climate crisis has brought extreme heat and a water shortage, making life almost impossible
The first thing that strikes visitors arriving in Faka, a small village in Sinjar district, northern Iraq, is the silence. No children play in the streets. No shops are open. Roofless houses stretch across the hillside, their walls pockmarked by shellfire, while weeds and wild grasses grow through collapsed living rooms.
A decade after Islamic State (IS) swept across the region, war remains visible everywhere. But according to the people who returned, another enemy has quietly taken its place.
Rajab Mohammed says the problem in his village of Faka is no longer Islamic State but water and jobs
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Otprilike 65% odraslih osoba u SAD-u izvještava da svakodnevno konzumiraju jedno ili više napitaka zaslađenih šećerom. Znanstvenici Instituta za rak Mass General Brigham otkrili su da je svakodnevna konzumacija ovih napitaka povezana s povećanim rizikom od razvoja raka želuca.
Novi pregled otkriva da cjelovita, minimalno prerađena biljna hrana nudi najjače metaboličke koristi, dok rafinirana hrana, slatka pića i prekomjerno crveno i prerađeno meso mogu potkopati prevenciju i kontrolu dijabetesa.
Osobe koje žive s teškim mentalnim bolestima suočavaju se sa znatno većim rizikom od demencije tijekom odrasle dobi, kao i sa značajno povećanim rizikom od moždanog udara u ranoj i srednjoj odrasloj dobi, pokazuje nova studija.
Ulcerozni kolitis je kronična upalna bolest crijeva kod koje je teško kontrolirati ponavljajuću crijevnu upalu dugoročno. Trenutni tretmani uključuju 5-aminosalicilnu kiselinu (5-ASA), kortikosteroide, imunomodulatore, biološke lijekove i terapije malih molekula, ali otpornost na lijekove i nuspojave ostaju važna klinička pitanja.
Umjetna sladila se često koriste kao zamjene za šećer jer pružaju slatkoću s malo ili nimalo kalorijskog sadržaja. Međutim, odnos između konzumacije umjetnih sladila i dijabetesa tipa 2 ostaje kontroverzan. No, nedavno objavljena analiza šest studija pokazuje da je veći unos umjetnih sladila povezan s većim rizikom od dijabetesa tipa 2.
Hipertenzija jedan je od najvećih javnozdravstvenih izazova 21. stoljeća. Njezina prevalencija dosegla je alarmantne razine u posljednjim desetljećima. Potraga za učinkovitim strategijama prevencije i liječenja uključuje promjene u načinu života, poput prehrambenih intervencija. Iako nije primjenjiva na sve, posebno je zanimljiva u tom kontekstu ketogena dijeta, poznata kliničarima, a primjenjuje se i u liječenju epilepsije više od stoljeća. Njezini mogući korisni učinci sve se češće prijavljuju kod mnogih drugih stanja, uključujući hipertenziju.
Kakao polifenoli pojavili su se kao obećavajući nutritivni modulatori cerebralnog zdravlja zbog svojih višestrukih učinaka na neurobiološke putove. Novi pregled studija sintetizira suvremene kliničke i predkliničke dokaze o njihovim implikacijama na depresiju, osi crijeva-mozak, neuroplastičnost i kognitivnu funkciju kod različitih neuroloških poremećaja i zdravstvenog razdoblja.
Cijeljenje kostiju složen je proces koji ovisi o koordiniranoj aktivnosti mnogih različitih tipova stanica. Iako je poznato da stanice koje stvaraju kosti, zvane osteoblasti, obnavljaju oštećeno tkivo, studije sve više pokazuju da neke stanice izvan kostura ostaju neaktivne u normalnim uvjetima, ali mogu steći funkcije stvaranja kostiju nakon ozljede.
Istraživanja su pokazala da dobar noćni san ima mnoge prednosti, uključujući konsolidaciju pamćenja. Kako san omogućuje mozgu jačanje sjećanja još uvijek nije u potpunosti shvaćeno, no nova studija otkriva kako astrociti, moždane stanice poznate po potpori neuronima i njihovim funkcijama, mogu izravno regulirati moždane krugove uključene u konsolidaciju pamćenja.
Novo istraživanje povlači iznenađujuću vezu između dva stanja koja pogađaju milijune žena. Naime, nova velika studija otkriva da se žene s endometriozom suočavaju s 46% većim rizikom od razvoja dijabetesa tipa 2.
Deep in the mountains of Palawan, Conservation International scientists are capturing what few people ever see: the secret lives of the Philippines’ rarest species.
At Maido — the Lima restaurant recently crowned the best in the world — one of the star dishes is paiche, a giant prehistoric river fish.Its journey to the table begins on a small family farm deep in Peru’s Amazon.
“Jane Goodall forever changed how people think about, interact with and care for the natural world,” said Daniela Raik, interim CEO of Conservation International.
Conservation International’s Neil Vora was selected for TIME’s Next 100 list — alongside other rising leaders reshaping culture, science and society.
Climate change is happening. And it’s placing the world’s reefs in peril. What can be done?
After decades of negotiation, the high seas treaty is finally reality. The historic agreement will pave the way to protect international waters which face numerous threats.
The Amazon rainforest, known for lush green canopies and an abundance of freshwater, is drying out — and deforestation is largely to blame.
The ocean is engine of all life on Earth, but human-driven climate change is pushing it past its limits. Here are five ways the ocean keeps our climate in check — and what can be done to help.
In a grueling and delicate dance, a team led by Conservation International removes a massive undersea killer.
They say a picture is worth a thousand words. These pictures might be worth even more. An initiative featuring the work of some of the world’s best nature photographers raises money for environmental conservation.
