‘Nature Has Rights’: Aruba Could Become 2nd Country to Recognize Rights of Nature in Constitution

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Fact: 90% of the world's most bottom-trawled seas are in Europe.⁠

Fact: The 🇪🇺 allows it in 'protected' waters.

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According to preliminary estimates from the International Disaster Database (EM-DAT), flooding in 2023 affected an estimated 1.6 million people in Europe and caused around 81% of the year’s economic losses due to climate impacts on the continent.

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Ytterligare privatisering av fiskerättigheter hotar Östersjön! Sedan de överlåtbara fiskerättigheterna (ITQ) infördes 2009 har andelen fisk som fiskas för humankonsumtion minskat drastiskt, till förmån för det storskaliga industritrålarna
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Director of Act Church of Sweden, Erik Lysén, describes the speed of the change as “almost irresponsible. I am afraid you will lose a lot of quality because of the haste.”
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'It is enormously fast,” says Lennart Reinius at Union to Union . He worries whether fairness can be ensured. “I have been working in this sector for 30 years and I have never seen anything like it.” The consultancy Vergenta AB will assist with tendering.
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Meanwhile in Slovenia, record-breaking temperature drop turns the weather from summer to winter mode in one day. Photo via Massimo