policy
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Environment
We live in multiple intertwined crisis, but our policy has not been maintained.
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public domain Existing policies for working on environmental issues do not take into account that biodiversity, climate change, and pollution are involved in crisis, causing compound interest and strengthening. Policy measures taken alone can have unintended results. These are important surveys of two major evaluation reports on the Inter -Agency Science Policy Platforms on Biodiversity and Economy Service…
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Environment
New Zealand’s climate policy is no longer sufficient to limit warming to 1.5°C. what needs to happen
Credit: NASA/Earth Observatory, CC BY-SA It’s now official. Last year was the warmest year on record globally, and the first to exceed pre-industrial temperatures by 1.5 degrees Celsius. This does not mean it is too late to limit further warming, but each delay in action increases the ambition needed. New Zealand is no exception. Current climate policies are no longer…
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Science
UK Popper study highlights problems with proposed drug policy
Adjusted odds ratios for self-reported popper use by combination of gender and sexual orientation (full sample on the left, subsamples on the right). Source: The British Journal of Criminology (2024). DOI: 10.1093/bjc/azae055 New research into the use of the drug poppers (alkyl nitrites) has revealed contradictions in proposed changes to drug policy in the UK and how exemptions from the…
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