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Chelsea Bruce-Lockhart

In charts: e-transport momentum slows in tandem with Covid

After the first lockdowns, data suggested commuters were changing their transport ways — but old habits die hard

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Adam Vaughan

We must accept we won’t meet 1.5°C climate target, says report

Social, political and technological inertia mean the Paris Agreement’s target of limiting global warming to 1.5°C above pre-industrial temperatures is likely to be missed.

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Michael Le Page

How much do food miles matter and should you buy local produce?

Despite a study claiming that food-mile emissions are higher than previously thought, eating less animal produce remains much more important than how far your food travels

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Jayden Tester

Wallets on wheels: city visitors who use e-scooters more spend more

Shared e-scooters are becoming common across Australia and in major cities around the world. Initial safety concerns about e-scooters left some councils wary, but early results from a research survey shows major benefits from e-scooters for tourists and local economies.

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Rod Oram

50 years on from Stockholm Summit, sustainability can no longer be human-centric

We continue to create a deep, dangerous and widening chasm between the damage we inflict on the Earth, our life-support system, and the actions we take towards achieving true human sustainability in all meanings of that word – ecological, environmental, social, cultural and economic.

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