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☆ Analysis: U.N. nature deal can help wildlife as long as countries deliver
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-22 | by ( Gloria Dickie | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

Conservationists praised the deal's ambition, saying it amounted to a Paris Agreement for nature in setting out 23 specific targets against which countries can measure their progress. "This is equivalent to the 1.5 degrees Celsius global goal for climate," said Marco Lambertini, director-general of World Wildlife Fund International. "Otherwise, there is a big risk that the cheapest areas are protected rather than those that matter most for biodiversity." During the talks, delegates discussed whether protected areas should be entirely off-limits to human settlement and development, or if some resource extraction should be allowed if managed sustainably. Canada, one of the world's largest nations, is expanding protected land and marine areas in the Arctic.

This time round, Charles III hosted the first state visit of his reign and welcomed South African President Cyril Ramaphosa to the UK. The South African state visit was Charles’s first big diplomatic test. But this week, the prominence of the Prince and Princess of Wales during the state visit indicated that the couple have been elevated into crucial central roles. PHOTOS OF THE WEEKHere’s a few of our favorite shots from the first state visit King Charles hosted as monarch. Stefan Rousseau/WPA Pool/Getty ImagesThe state visit also allowed UK PM Rishi Sunak the opportunity to welcome Ramaphosa to 10 Downing Street for a bilateral meeting.

☆ Charity clothing stores turn to Depop and Instagram as they head upmarket with vintage and designer items
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-30 | by ( Grace Dean | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +13 min

Britain's charity shops are changing how they look and trying to appeal to Gen Z customers. They're selling more designer and vintage items, creating listings on Depop, and carefully curating their social-media profiles — all targeted mainly at appealing to the growing number of Gen Z shoppers. The managers told Insider their retro and vintage stores were largely in urban areas with large student populations. Non-essential retail stores had to shut their doors for months during the pandemic, which the Charity Retail Association estimates cost UK charity shops about £28 million ($32 million) a month. But, as the aisles of charity shops across the UK show, a lot of people do choose to donate them.

☆ New money is pouring into Singapore, but a series of recent multimillion-dollar real-estate transactions show the old status symbols are as popular as ever
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-07 | by ( Nidhi Pandurangi | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Good Class Bungalows, or GCBs, are powerful status symbols for old and new money alike in Singapore. With land this scarce, the most elite level of property on the island is the Good Class Bungalow, or GCB. New money, old status symbolWith new money pouring into Singapore, a series of recent multimillion-dollar real-estate transactions show these old status symbols are as popular as ever. And in 2019, British billionaire inventor James Dyson purchased an SG$50 million bungalow opposite Singapore's Botanic Gardens, per the Straits Times. Moreover, some prospective Good Class Bungalow renters are not even living in these properties.

☆ Учёные нашли новый сорт кофе, устойчивый к изменению климата
▼ + stars: | 2021-04-20 | by ( Super User | ) mybusiness.md time to read: +2 min

Ученые считают, что редкий вид кофе, вновь обнаруженный в дикой природе спустя десятилетия, может обеспечить будущее напитка (и с отличным вкусом) в условиях изменения климата. Согласно дегустации независимых экспертов, загадочный узколистный кофе (Coffea stenophylla) из Западной Африки имеет вкус, схожий с ароматом элитной арабики, самого популярного в мире кофе, которому угрожают изменения климата, сообщает mybusiness.md со ссылкой на sciencefocus.com. Но необходимы действия для защиты этого вида в дикой природе, где ему угрожает исчезновение, а также оценка его полного потенциала, заявили ученые. Кофе находится под угрозой из-за изменения климата, которое приводит к повышению температуры, уменьшению количества осадков или их непостоянству, а также способствует распространению вредителей и болезней. Ранее было предсказано исчезновение кофе из-за глобального потепления.

Persons: mybusiness.md, Кью Organizations: Royal Botanic Gardens, Гринвичский университет, Сирад, Французский центр сельскохозяйственных исследований, СьерраЛеоне Locations: Западная Африка

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